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Pollution Reducer

February 21, 2001

Engineering a mini refinery in your car ti

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Dog Belly Button

February 20, 2001

Do dogs have a belly button? (yes, look for the hair whorl on his tummy)

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Good Salmonella

February 19, 2001

Using salmonella to treat melanoma- cancer of the skin

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Jupiter Sings

February 16, 2001

The Cassini spacecraft recorded radio waves broadcast by Jupiter.

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Cold Skin

February 15, 2001

Why does the hair on our body stand up in extreme cold? (Vestigial response from when humans had …

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Sponge Drug

February 14, 2001

A compound from a sea sponge that kills cancer cells has been synthesized in the lab for the first …

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Sneezing and Sleeping

February 13, 2001

Why can you wake up coughing but not sneezing? (The histamine system shuts down.)

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Picture Passwords

February 12, 2001

Picture-style passwords offer greater security than traditional passwords and PINs.

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Musical Tastes

February 9, 2001

People with frontotemporal dementia can show unusual switches in musical taste.

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Menthol

February 8, 2001

What medicinal value does menthol have? (Stimulates cold receptors to distract us from pain.)

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Space Superbubbles

February 7, 2001

Six superbubbles -- formed by exploding stars -- have been discovered in a galaxy 7 million light …

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Vitamin Names

February 6, 2001

What happened to vitamins F through I? (The old vitamin naming system was confusing.)

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