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Cutting calories could limit muscle wasting in later years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Chemical concoctions can smooth over wrinkles and hide those pesky grays, but what about the signs of aging that aren't so easy to fix, such as losing muscle mass? Cutting calories early could help, say University of Florida ...





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Italy's poor go to the hospital more

Medicine & Health / Health

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Despite free public healthcare, Italy's poor are more likely to end up in hospital with avoidable conditions, new research shows. This pattern, reported today in the online open access journal BMC Public Health, mirrors findin ...


Nine gaming predictions for 2010

Technology / Software

created 8 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


Sucking Up To Survive

Sucking Up To Survive

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.


The Meandering Channels of Mars

The Meandering Channels of Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Sinuous channels on the Martian surface may be evidence of relatively recent rainfall. Researchers plan to test this hypothesis by studying sinuous streams on Earth.


Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

Biology / Ecology

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.


Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...


Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock

Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock, Gboard keyboard

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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The iP1 iPod/iPhone dock from iHome is part of the company's Studio Series launched earlier this year.


Amount of gene surplus determines severity of mental retardation in males

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. The more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; ...


Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009

Other Sciences / Other

created 22 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.



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