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Recent Archives
Listening to Twisters
Infrasound instruments can detect tornadoes long before traditional means
Anthrax vs. Cancer
Genetically engineered anthrax toxins kill cancer in mice w/o harming healthy tissue
Houses and Environment
Increase in number of households harm the environment more than increasing populations
Pain Sensitivity
Women are more sensitive to pain than men — probably because a protein called GIRK-2 doesn’t function as well in women
Senior Citizen Stories
Control over retirement, schmoozing with friends and eating fish help cognitive preformance in older people
Vitamin C Origin
Researchers have teased out the gene that makes vitamin C in strawberries, and found it increases other plant’s ability to make vitamin C as well