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Snow at Highest Elevations No Longer Pure - Yahoo! NewsThe pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas. While the overall PCB levels were quite low, the results show that these ...
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Music of Mozart Soothes the Preemie Baby - Yahoo! NewsCould the music of the 18th century classical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart help tiny infants born today? Yes, suggests an Israeli study that found that listening for just 30 minutes a day helped premature babies use less energy, which may help them grow faster. "Within 10 minutes of ...
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Study disputes testosterone aggression link - Yahoo! NewsA new study challenges the common belief that testosterone causes aggression in humans and proposes instead that the hormone encourages status-seeking behaviour, the journal Nature reported Tuesday. The study involving 120 women also showed that folk wisdom about the effects of the sexual ...
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Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed - Yahoo! NewsPetunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Indeed, carnivorous behavior may be far more widespread in plants than commonly thought - if we take a closer look, botanists said. At least six different kinds of killer plants have been recognized since the ...
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BookmarkHumans Have Hidden Sensory System - Yahoo! NewsThe human body may be equipped with a separate sensory system aside from the nerves that gives us the ability to touch and feel, according to a new study. Most of us have millions of different types of nerve endings just beneath the skin that let us feel our surroundings. However, the ...
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Chromosome changes can cause cancer: US study - Yahoo! NewsA chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected. With virtually all human cancers having an abnormal number of chromosomes, scientists have "long suspected that gene mutations which ...
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Mammogram radiation may put some women at risk - Yahoo! NewsLow-dose radiation from mammograms and chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer in young women who are already at high risk because of family history or genetic susceptibility, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. They said high-risk women, especially those under 30, may want to ...
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Loneliness Spreads Like a Virus - Yahoo! NewsLoneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research finds. While a runny nose might spread through handshakes, people likely catch the loneliness bug through negative interactions. A lonely person will be less trusting of others, essentially "making a mountain out of a ...
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Climate science update: from bad to worse - Yahoo! NewsThe planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, a figure that lies at the farthest range of expert predictions made only two years ago, scientists said on Tuesday. The study is the biggest overview on global warming since the UN Intergovernmental Panel on ...
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New Map Bolsters Case for Ancient Ocean on Mars - Yahoo! NewsSeveral lines of evidence point to the possibility of a past ocean on Mars, from apparent ancient shorelines to chemicals in the soil. Add to the list a new map of the red planet's valleys. The map shows extensive valley networks around the equator and in the southern hemisphere, suggesting a ...
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