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offspring - New individuals resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction. Synonym: progeny. [FAO]

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Birds Band Together to Raise Offspring in Dire Times  -  21 Aug 2007
New York Times,The behavior is cooperative breeding, in which some individuals delay their own breeding to help raise the offspring of others, who may or may not be

Yarrr: Franz Ferdinand Tells Fans To Pirate Away  -  21 Aug 2007
CrunchGear,I’m not sure how their record label feels about these recent comments, but I seem to remember back in 2000 that The Offspring tried to make their

Tests confirm third Brown child  -  21 Aug 2007
Augusta Chronicle (subscription),Mr. Dallas and Rodney Peeples, an attorney for the trustees, have declined to identify the late Godfather of Soul's newly confirmed offspring.

Staying silent during marital rows is a killer for women  -  21 Aug 2007
Daily Mail,Her team looked at 3682 men and women participating in the Framingham Offspring Study, most of whom were in their 40s and 50s at the beginning of the study.

Study: Women like pink, men like blue  -  21 Aug 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Hinny -- A hinny is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey (jennet or jenny). They are rarer than mules, which are the offspring of

Relax at Lake Ella? Not if you're a duck  -  21 Aug 2007
Tallahassee Democrat,I am talking about big ducks and their offspring. Those ducks are one of the reasons I like to go to Lake Ella. I enjoy watching them swim, play,

Darkest Hour Star's Wife Pregnant  -  21 Aug 2007
Starpulse.com,The heavy metal guitarist admits he's looking forward to scaring fellow parents with his unkempt appearance when his offspring starts school.

Your Mama or Your MAOA  -  21 Aug 2007
Scientific AmericanStrangely, as the Meaney paper illustrates, certain such changes may rise in offspring because of the environment that shaped the parents.

WWE: Raw Results 20/8/07  -  21 Aug 2007
Wrestling 101,Why no, to talk about his offspring angle. He said he found out his offspring is male. He said that he hopes his son is more like Randy Orton than John Cena

Lawmakers tour horse farm in Saratoga  -  21 Aug 2007
The Saratogian,Mares and their owners flock to Royal Classic, who had an offspring win a stakes race at Saratoga Race Course just last week. "His offspring have earnings

Female Hyenas Avoid Incest By Causing Male Relatives To Leave Home  -  Aug 20, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Like most mammals though, male hyenas do not contribute to the rearing of their offspring, making it highly unlikely that females know who their father is.

City Place, Songandaprayer Offspring Attracting Buyers' Attention ...  -  Aug 19, 2007
BloodHorse,She's from the family of grade I winner Lady Love and her grade I-winning offspring Tantalizing. 135. Bay colt, Northern Afleet -- Beat Becky, by Minardi.

Today’s photo special: celebrity offspring and baby bumps  -  Aug 19, 2007
Fametastic,Kate Hudson was snapped taking a stroll around Boston with her favourite little man, son Ryder and current boyfriend Dax Shephard. Heath Ledger was snapped

• Revolutionary War soldier's far-flung offspring to gather  -  Aug 19, 2007
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com,We drove through a wild piece of the town of Pompey the other day. It's a rough ride over dirt and grass, the weeds slapping the GMC truck all the way.

Eating Junk Food While Pregnant And Breastfeeding May Lead To ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Science Daily (press release)..."This could send offspring on the road to obesity and make the task of teaching healthy eating habits in children even more challenging.

The Offspring  -  Aug 18, 2007
G4 TV,Hoping to further his creator's work and perpetuate his species, Data creates an android named Lal, who receives Data's programming through neural transfers

The Offspring Debut New Song In Japan  -  Aug 17, 2007
Ultimate-Guitar.Com..."The Offspring played a sold out show tonight at Tokyo‘s Studio Coast club. The extra show was added after the band played the Summer Sonic Festival last

Greening Up Baby: Celeb Offspring are Off to a Good Start  -  Aug 17, 2007
Plenty Magazine,...“People follow the lead of a celebrity; it becomes the latest thing to do,�? Jill says, and this time we’re talking Earth-friendly celebrity offspring.

Junk-food pregnancy diets 'produce obese offspring'  -  Aug 16, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,The impact of unhealthy diets in new mothers and mothers-to-be is thought to harm offspring's normal control of appetite and produce an exacerbated taste

Pedigree Profile: Silvery Swan Has Sterling Offspring  -  Aug 17, 2007
BloodHorse,...by Avalyn Hunter Few Thoroughbred breeders normally care to breed a 2-year-old filly. Fewer still have gotten good results by doing so, probably because

Clones On Task Serve Greater Good, Evolutionary Study Shows  -  Aug 20, 2007
DentalPlans.com,At least if you're among the creatures that produce scads of genetically identical offspring -- like microbes, plants or water fleas.

Expediency's offspring  -  Aug 11, 2007
Seattle Times,By Harry Petersen Thank you for "Another child slips through the cracks" [Times editorial, Aug. 7], about the failures of Child Protective Services (CPS).

Off set your offspring's student loan with a student home  -  Aug 15, 2007
Easier,Owning the property is also a good way of getting piece of mind knowing that your offspring are living in a safe well maintained house.

Giant panda gives birth at San Diego Zoo to fourth offspring  -  Aug 4, 2007
Hindu,4 (AP): A giant panda at the San Diego Zoo has given birth to her fourth offspring The cub was born on Friday, but its gender was not immediately known.

Where the Boys Aren’t  -  Aug 18, 2007
New York Times,...plot of the movie is likely to involve fathers who struggle to balance their instinctive need to protect and their offspring’s craving for adventure,

Offspring of 4 colliding galaxies to be colossal  -  Aug 7, 2007
Xinhua,BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Four galaxies at least the size of the Milky Way comprised of billions of stars are on a collision course that when

Many Parents Share Genetic Test Findings With Kids  -  Aug 17, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,..."Parents with the BRCA mutation are discussing their genetic test results with their offspring often many years before the offspring would need to do

Allman offspring to rock Wild Bill's in Banff  -  Aug 15, 2007
Rocky Mountain Outlook,It's a name synonymous with decades of southern rock. But these days a new Allman, Devon, is on the rock scene. Devon is the son of Greg Allman of the

Offspring springs eternal for Spring Street jobs  -  Aug 6, 2007
The Age,New Premier John Brumby has suggested one of the reasons he overlooked Tim Holding for the Treasury portfolio is that the young Finance Minister is

DNA tests confirm 2 more of James Brown's offspring  -  Aug 5, 2007
Seattle Times,By AP DITA ALANGKARA / AP COLUMBIA, SC — DNA testing on about a dozen people who claim James Brown was their father has found at least two are telling the

Three types of voters  -  Aug 20, 2007
Kathimerini,...job for their child in the public sector (to ensure that his offspring has a “job for life�? plus the benefits that often accompany civil service posts).

Birds With Child-care Assistance Invest Less In Eggs  -  Aug 16, 2007
Science Daily (press release)In many animal species, parents caring for their offspring are assisted by so-called 'helpers', adults that forego reproduction to help others raise young.

Offspring of Obese Mothers May Have an Increased Risk for Certain ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Medscape (subscription)..."A strong association has been demonstrated between a woman's prepregnancy [body mass index] BMI and risk for offspring with certain birth defects,

Delving into fundamental differences  -  Aug 18, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Violence – whether committed in the name of the Bible, the Torah or the Koran – has become an offspring of the marriage between piety and politics.

San Diego Zoo's giant panda Bai Yun is expecting another offspring ...  -  Jul 31, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Mei Sheng is a valuable addition to the giant panda breeding program because he is the first offspring of a male giant panda – Gao Gao –not yet genetically

Parents Seeking Sex Abandon One In Three Offspring Among Certain ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...“We have shown that over the course of the breeding season desertion enables the parents to produce a greater number of offspring, improving their

Craving for junk food can start in womb, study says  -  Aug 15, 2007
CTV.ca,British researchers have shown that the offspring of female rats that ate junk food during pregnancy and lactation were significantly more drawn to high-fat

Blackstone offspring outclass their parent  -  Jul 28, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,As one of the world's most formidable money-making machines, Blackstone has earned billions of dollars by listing companies on stock exchanges around the

Rove Heads Home to Eat Offspring  -  Aug 13, 2007
Wonkette (satire),Karl Rove quits the White House after ushering in an unprecedented bipartisan era of good feelings and guiding the president to a time of unparalleled peace

Mother's helper saves lives  -  Aug 19, 2007
ScienceAlert,...“In some bird species, helpers deliver lots of extra food to dependent young, but the offspring don’t appear to gain any advantage as a result.

The Offspring Split The Atom And Bring In New Drummer  -  Aug 10, 2007
Chart Attack,The Offspring have parted ways with drummer Atom Willard and replaced him with Pete Parada, who has previously played with Alkaline Trio, Saves The Day and

All Black's offspring will be Scots qualified  -  Jul 26, 2007
Scotsman,HE WAS signed to help move Glasgow rugby forward to a new era, but former All Black Daryl Gibson is about to get three tiny reasons why he will almost

Superb Fairy-Wren Solves Mystery of Altruism  -  Aug 17, 2007
Wired NewsResearchers at the University of Cambridge found that mother birds with helpers have smaller offspring (extra feeding from the helpers offsets any

Mother Wrens With Childcare Live Longer  -  Aug 17, 2007
Discovery ChannelIn mammals, co-operative breeding generally produce bigger and stronger offspring, which makes sense given the extra food they get from the helpers.

You are what your mom eats, study suggests  -  Aug 15, 2007
Toronto Star,..."There's more and more evidence this will have consequences for the development and the long-term health of the offspring." The study, published yesterday

TEJANO OFFSPRING DOMINATE FINALS  -  Aug 11, 2007
Harnesslink,Ornellix fought her way to the lead in the $43000 Maryland Sire Stakes final for two-year-old trotting fillies at Rosecroft Raceway on Saturday,

Full Text  -  Aug 16, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)Cooperative breeding systems are characterized by nonbreeding helpers that assist breeders in offspring care. However, the benefits to offspring of being

Female hyenas prefer foreign mates: study  -  Aug 15, 2007
Reuters.uk,Male hyenas who move to groups containing the highest number of young females ultimately sired the highest number of offspring, the researchers said.

Sex proportion of offspring and exposure to radiation  -  Aug 6, 2007
Medicexchange (press release),High radiation exposure among male radiologists has been reported to result in a significantly higher proportion of female offspring, as a study in the July

Fishy Behavior  -  Aug 19, 2007
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),And these weren't just any eggs: They were eggs the male had fertilized only moments before - potentially, his own future offspring.

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