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Got smell? Research shows that accurate taste perception relies on a functioning olfactory system
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2009 |
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As anyone suffering through a head cold knows, food tastes wrong when the nose is clogged, an experience that leads many to conclude that the sense of taste operates normally only when the olfactory system is also in good ...
First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered ...
Scientists retrieve Caravaggio's presumed remains
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Italian scientists Monday collected from a small chapel bones that are presumed to be the remains of celebrated Renaissance artist Caravaggio who died 400 years ago.
The world's next economic hot spot?
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.
Attention Demands May Explain Why Texting While Driving Is So Dangerous
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A timely study in the journal Human Factors suggests why texting while driving is riskier than talking on a cell phone or with another passenger. Human factors/ergonomics researchers at the University of Uta ...
Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...
Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Patients with sudden loss of kidney function, called acute kidney injury (AKI), are more likely to die prematurely after leaving the hospital—even if their kidney function has apparently recovered, according to an upcoming ...
BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.
Invasion without a stir
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Bacteria of the genus Salmonella cause most food-borne illnesses. The bacteria attach to cells of the intestinal wall and induce their own ingestion by cells of the intestinal epithelium. Up till now, researchers assumed ...
Food aromas could become new weapon in battle of the bulge
Dec 16, 2009 |
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A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review ...
Text of Jewish exorcism discovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare - and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies.
Looking for the heartbeat of cellular networks
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Our cells' molecules form an intricate network of interactions. Today's techniques, however, can only be used to measure individual molecular reactions outside the cells. Since molecular concentrations are much higher in ...
World's first skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi reveals new biology
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Early Cretaceous sauropod Paluxysaurus jonesi weighed 20 tons, was 60 feet long and had a neck 26 feet long, according to scientists who prepared the world's first full skeletal mount ...
Study: Looking young may mean living longer
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.
Google tests new phone to profit from mobile Web
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is determined to gain more influence over how the Web is used on mobile phones, even if the next step in the quest tramples some of the relationships forged during its two-year expansion ...
