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REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The average American eats 17.6 pounds of turkey per year, more than double the figure for 1970, according to the National Turkey Federation. To feed the growing appetite, some 273 million turkeys will be raised in the United States in 2009, and a good number of them will be consumed on Thanksgiving, after which many Americans will loll about, overstuffed, sleepy and in many cases intoxicated.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/top5surprisingturkeyfacts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1595928429.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=Nf7P1LiB0V97LQI7QMQOSw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="A turkey stands in its enclosure at the Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts November 25, 2009, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/surpriseyourskincanhear livescience/20091125/surpriseyourskincanhear LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:06:22 GMT LiveScience.com - We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/carbondioxidetriggersprimordialfearofsuffocation livescience/20091125/carbondioxidetriggersprimordialfearofsuffocation LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT LiveScience.com - The brain's fear center apparently has a built-in chemical sensor triggered by a primordial terror - threat of suffocation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/paperthinbatteriesmadefromalgae livescience/20091125/paperthinbatteriesmadefromalgae LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:01:50 GMT LiveScience.com - Imagine wrapping paper that could be a gift in and of itself because it lights up with words like "Happy Birthday." That is one potential application of a new biodegradable battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/5mythbustingfactsforasafeturkey livescience/20091125/5mythbustingfactsforasafeturkey LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:34 GMT LiveScience.com - Whether you're a seasoned cook or it's your first time stuffing a turkey, you likely want the end result to be tasty and easy on the belly. Yet even experts admit Thanksgiving dinner can be challenging. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091124/sc_livescience/smokinggunfoundinrejectedhearttransplants livescience/20091124/smokinggunfoundinrejectedhearttransplants LiveScience.com science Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:03 GMT LiveScience.com - Scientists have long suspected that smoking increased the risk that a transplanted heart would be rejected. Now they have a smoking gun. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091124/sc_livescience/5questionablehealthscreeningtests livescience/20091124/5questionablehealthscreeningtests LiveScience.com science Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:11 GMT LiveScience.com - Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091124/sc_livescience/biggerbrainsnotalwayssmarter livescience/20091124/biggerbrainsnotalwayssmarter LiveScience.com science Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:25:43 GMT LiveScience.com - More brains doesn't necessarily equal more smarts, a new comparison of animal noggins reveals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091124/sc_livescience/walkingandtalkingonphonedangerousforseniors livescience/20091124/walkingandtalkingonphonedangerousforseniors LiveScience.com health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:37 GMT LiveScience.com - For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study, although earlier research did not find the same connection among younger people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091123/sc_livescience/teensychameleonisnewspecies livescience/20091123/teensychameleonisnewspecies LiveScience.com science Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:46:00 GMT LiveScience.com - A tiny chameleon species with a scaly horn atop its snout and blue dots on its limbs has been discovered in Tanzanian forests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091123/sc_livescience/raredarwindraftsgoonline livescience/20091123/raredarwindraftsgoonline LiveScience.com science Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:46:40 GMT LiveScience.com - Darwin is going digital. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091123/sc_livescience/whykidsaskwhy livescience/20091123/whykidsaskwhy LiveScience.com health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:46:55 GMT LiveScience.com - A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091123/sc_livescience/shockingtreatmenthelpserectiledysfunction livescience/20091123/shockingtreatmenthelpserectiledysfunction LiveScience.com health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:36:06 GMT LiveScience.com - If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091122/sc_livescience/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered livescience/20091122/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered LiveScience.com science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091122/sc_livescience/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091123/capt.74e37faf1b3b48aa6a20317afd38a5e4.jpeg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gHeHGw7BQPVAgvuczxWViQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="At more than 1 mile down (2,000 to 2,500 meters), scientists discovered this bizarre, elongated orange animal identified as Neocyema -- only the 5th specimen of the fish ever caught and never before on the mid-Atlantic Ridge. The odd fish was found as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life. (LiveScience/David Shale)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091122/sc_livescience/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091123/capt.74e37faf1b3b48aa6a20317afd38a5e4.jpeg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gHeHGw7BQPVAgvuczxWViQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="At more than 1 mile down (2,000 to 2,500 meters), scientists discovered this bizarre, elongated orange animal identified as Neocyema -- only the 5th specimen of the fish ever caught and never before on the mid-Atlantic Ridge. The odd fish was found as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life. (LiveScience/David Shale)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091122/sc_livescience/reptilemomssharenests livescience/20091122/reptilemomssharenests LiveScience.com science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:35:27 GMT LiveScience.com - Some species of reptiles nest communally; that is, females lay their eggs together in the same spot around the same time. Some? Maybe that should be "many," says J. Sean Doody, an ecologist now at the Australian National University in Canberra. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091121/sc_livescience/reallyrarerhinosfoundbydungsniffingdogs livescience/20091121/reallyrarerhinosfoundbydungsniffingdogs LiveScience.com science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:05:41 GMT LiveScience.com - We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos in Vietnam. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091120/sc_livescience/howtotakeagorillasbloodpressureverycarefully livescience/20091120/howtotakeagorillasbloodpressureverycarefully LiveScience.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:21 GMT LiveScience.com - Humans can be difficult enough patients, but try a 300-pound gorilla. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091120/sc_livescience/zaplightusedtoparalyzetinycreatures livescience/20091120/zaplightusedtoparalyzetinycreatures LiveScience.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:31 GMT LiveScience.com - Set your ultraviolet rays to stun. Researchers have now developed a molecular on-off switch that can paralyze animals when they are exposed to ultraviolet beams. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091120/sc_livescience/roboticspyplanesgogreen livescience/20091120/roboticspyplanesgogreen LiveScience.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:09 GMT LiveScience.com - Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091120/sc_livescience/thinspirationdowebsitesencourageanorexia livescience/20091120/thinspirationdowebsitesencourageanorexia LiveScience.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:34 GMT LiveScience.com - Recently there has been increased concern over hundreds of "pro-eating disorder" Web sites that provide "thinspiration" to legions of young women who want to become stick-thin. These sites provide an online community to swap tips on how to fast, disguise disordered eating, and generally "encourage" anorexia (though people don't really need to look far for information on dieting tips or how not to eat).