Man survives 16 days without heart
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Doctors in Taiwan say a 60-year-old man survived 16 days without a heart while awaiting transplant surgery.
The voyage to America: Fossilized human feces reveals the first immigrants
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 03, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by Danish professor Eske Willerslev shows that the ancestors of the North American Indians who came from Asia were the first people in America, and that they were of neither European nor African ...
Enzyme complex could be key to new cancer treatments
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Penn State scientists are the first to observe in living cells a key step in the creation of adenine and guanine, two of the four building blocks that comprise DNA. Also called purines, the two building blocks ...
Food for thought
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Millions of people tend bird feeders in their backyards each year, often out of a desire to help the animals. But a new survey of research on the topic finds that feeding may not always bring a positive outcome for the birds.
Ayurvedic nightshade deadly for dengue mosquito
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Mosquitoes responsible for spreading disease are increasingly becoming resistant to synthetic insecticides. Now research published in the online open access journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggests that t ...
Probing Question: Can logging be done sustainably?
Apr 03, 2008 |
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In an era of ever-increasing environmental awareness, few industries receive more scrutiny than logging. For decades, environmental groups have claimed that commercial logging practices result in devastating consequences, ...
Cultural biases may influence parenting studies, scientist finds
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When two University of Illinois scientists set out to learn about the differences in Chinese and American parenting behaviors at mealtime, they learned something important about the reliability of cross-cultural research.
Traders Who Sell Short Stocks Are Well-Informed
Apr 03, 2008 |
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The term “short selling” refers to the practice of selling shares the seller does not own, in the hope of repurchasing them later at a lower price. A new study in The Journal of Finance reveals that there is a large occurr ...
Harmful algae taking advantage of global warming
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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You know that green scum creeping across the surface of your local public water reservoir" Or maybe it’s choking out a favorite fishing spot or livestock watering hole. It’s probably cyanobacteria – blue-green algae – and, ...
Computer system consistently makes most accurate NCAA picks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Sports professionals and fans get pretty emotional about their picks for the NCAA basketball tournament each year, and that emotion often clouds their judgment.
A little anxiety pays sometimes, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Anxiety gets a lot of bad press. Dwelling on the negative can lead to chronic stress and anxiety disorders and phobias, but evolutionarily speaking, anxiety holds some functional value. In humans, learning to avoid harm is ...
Sony Rolls Out World's Smallest Full HD Camcorder
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 03, 2008 |
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The new pocket-sized Sony HDR-TG1 Handycam camcorder's weighty high-definition capability will appeal to vacationers who prefer to "travel light." This diminutive camcorder weighs in at only ten ounces. It ...
Possible link found between earthquakes along the Cascadia and San Andreas faults
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Seismic activity on the southern Cascadia Subduction fault may have triggered major earthquakes along the northern San Andreas Fault, according to new research published by the Bulletin of Seismological Society of America. The re ...
The influence of the irrelevant: Researchers show stimuli unrelated to a decision can still influence the choice we make
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Attractive women plus cool cars equal brisk sales for auto dealers as men snap up those cars, prompted - or so advertising theory goes - by the association. But is the human male really so easily swayed? Can the irrelevant ...
Brunel cement find is world first
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Archaeologists working on a site in the Bristol Docks have discovered what is thought to be the first ever substantial use of Portland cement in the construction of a major building. The building was designed in 1839 by ...
