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Antidepressants Aren’t For Fish
Each year, tons of medicine ends up in the environment. Some is excreted by patients. In other instances, leftovers are flushed down the toilet or thrown out with the trash. Unfortunately, wildlife don’t find these pollutants necessarily benign, much less therapeutic. Details of their potential ...
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M84 Shows Galaxies Are Dancing - And Black Holes Provide The Rhythm
The powerful black holes at the center of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters act as hearts to the systems, pumping energy out at regular intervals to regulate the growth of the black holes themselves, as well as star formation, according to new data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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Exercise increases brain growth factor and receptors, prevents stem cell drop in middle age
A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical which promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells.
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Darwin 200 : Specials : Nature News
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin falls on 12 February 2009. Darwin was arguably the most influential scientist of modern times. No single researcher has since matched his collective impact on the natural and social sciences; on politics, religions, and philosophy; on ...
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The Scientific World Is Round - Science Progress
Comment added by François Dongier on 11/19/2008+1 Ideas want to be free! If profit considerations get too much in the way of knowledge sharing, we probably do need another model. -
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Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says - CNN.com
Comment added by JDP on 11/17/2008We say they are "heroes". They are injured and killed fighting for their country, following orders. And yet we can't take their word for what has happened and is happening to them. It takes years of research and study, showing the same thing over and over again, to get a sliver of an ... -
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Discovery Of Genetic Link To Gender Identity
Comment added by JDP on 11/13/2008Yet more proof that - for those with certain genetic traits - their gender identification is NEITHER a "sin" NOR a (moral) "perversion". Barring some postulation of "previous sin" passed down from their parents(!?), such persons' leanings are "natural" (dare one even say "god given"!?). Ergo, ... -
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Modified genes spread to local maize : Nature News
Comment added by JDP on 11/13/2008This is a blockbuster on several levels. First, any "evils" of transgene crops contamination might be laid at the GM companies' "door" - in the way of suits for damages! Second, any "benefits" of transgene crops (specifically those associated with some gene that "spread") showing up in other ...
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M84 Shows Galaxies Are Dancing - And Black Holes Provide The Rhythm