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Record $736k paid for single tuna fish in Japan

A deep-pocketed restaurateur shelled out nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for a single tuna, the most ever paid for the fish, at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Thursday.

Biology / Other

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gut feeling: Intestinal germ helps sushi digestion

Japanese have an easy time digesting sushi and other seaweed-wrapped delicacies thanks in part to an intestinal bacterium that hijacked genes from a marine germ, scientists report on Wednesday.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna

While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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Antidepressants and pregnancy: Women must consider the impact of drugs on baby, and of depression on baby, themselves

Upon learning they are pregnant, most women dutifully nix the alcohol, sushi and caffeine. But what about antidepressants?

Medicine & Health / Medications

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Algae may be sustainable alternative for animal feed

The pigs and poultry in Professor Xingen Lei's lab have been consuming feed one wouldn't expect in Ithaca: marine algae.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say

Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Transporter 5: Solving an ancient mystery of the cell

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery by scientists in Cambridge and Alberta of a fifth adaptor protein – a tiny and vital component of many cells –will lay the foundations for a greater understanding of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Review: IPhone 4S has some great features, including Siri

If you're an iPhone fan, you're going to really like the iPhone 4S.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Review: It's not an iPhone 5, but so what?

To some people, Apple's new iPhone 4S isn't the complete overhaul they have been hoping for. Its model number, which doesn't include a "5," reeks of the status quo.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 13

Augmented reality apps have some work to do

Imagine if you could wander the streets of a new city and get monuments and shops to reveal detailed information about themselves in a speech balloon. Like in a cartoon.

Technology / Software

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'It works' -- face transplants now mainstream

(AP) -- They savor pizza and burgers, no longer frighten children, and many of them can walk the streets without people knowing they have someone else's cheeks, nose, lips and skin. People who have had face ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Web search needs a shake-up

A University of Washington computer scientist is calling on the international academic community and engineers working in industry to take a bolder approach when designing how people find information online.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Web-based tablet apps challenging app-store offerings

An app war is brewing. Pressure to break the grip of app stores and the need for multiple versions of applications to run on the slew of devices out there are driving some companies, notably media outlets, to test tablet ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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