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The Infertility Paradox: Why Making Babies Is So Hard
livescience.com — Although we spend most of our adult life assuming that any sexual misstep results in a pregnancy, the truth is that conceiving a child is actually pretty difficult. Without birth control, women have only a 15 percent chance of conceiving every cycle, and more than half those conceptions naturally don't make it.More… (General Sciences)
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New Technology Can Turn Heat Waste Into Electricity
cleantechnica.com — Scientists have invented a new material that can efficiently convert heat waste in cars, power generators & heat pumps into electricity. The new material is thermoelectric, and can turn heat into energy without any pollution.More… (General Sciences)
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Unknown Insects Found In A 110 Million Year Old Amber
news.yahoo.com — The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday.More… (General Sciences)
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Where Is Human Evolution Heading?
usnews.com — If you judge the progress of humanity by Homer Simpson, Paris Hilton, and Girls Gone Wild videos, you might conclude that our evolution has stalled—or even shifted into reverse. Not so, scientists say. Humans are evolving faster than ever before, picking up new genetic traits and talents that may help us survive a turbulent future.More… (General Sciences)
MookiBlaylockMissing link found between circadian clock and metabolism
eurekalert.org — Two new research studies have discovered a long sought molecular link between our metabolism and components of the internal clock that drives circadian rhythms, keeping us to a roughly 24-hour schedule. The findings appear in the July 25th issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press.More… (General Sciences)
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How a tiny bug is ravaging Colorado's forests
newsweek.com — "We have no illusions, no choice," says Tony O'Rourke, executive director of Beaver Creek's Home Owners Association. "We can't stem the tide." O'Rourke's dire tone comes from the resort's lost battle with a bug--the mountain pine beetle--that is destroying much of Beaver Creek's lush green vistas and reducing them to barren brown patches....More… (General Sciences)
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Unique Habitat Found Inside Earth
livescience.com — Researchers studying life in the deep subsurface of our planet have discovered a unique bacterium living 1 mile (1.7 km) below the Earth's surface. The tiny bacteria live in a community of subsurface microbes inhabiting a South African platinum mine. More… (General Sciences)
MediaSightOrigins of Cancer: Rare Mutant Cells Glimpsed
sciencedaily.com — MIT biological engineers have developed a new imaging system that allows them to see cells that have undergone a specific mutation. The work, which could help scientists understand how precancerous mutations arise, marks the first time researchers have been able to pinpoint the number and location of mutant cells in intact tissue.More… (General Sciences)
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Why You Will Eat Less in the Future
livescience.com — With food and fuel costs soaring and the financial costs of global warming becoming reality, a new cure-all prescription has emerged: The average American should eat less. And with a new University of Illinois report forecasting even higher food prices next year, the suggestion could become an inevitable way of life for people on tight budgets.More… (General Sciences)
Worms Do Calculus to Find Food
livescience.com — Worms calculate how much the strength of different tastes is changing, equivalent to the process of taking a derivative in calculus, to figure out if they are on their way toward food or should change direction and look elsewhere....the calculating-worm conclusion was reached by studying two anatomically identical neurons from the worm's brain More… (General Sciences)
petsheepRussian Mystery Blast Caused by Comet, Acid Rain Hints
news.nationalgeographic.com — The theory that a comet-based meteorite devastated a vast area of Siberia when it blew apart in Earth's atmosphere (the Tunguska explosion) on June 30, 1908 is supported by growing evidence of acid rain triggered by the event, scientists announced.More… (General Sciences)
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chris1234Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic: study
reuters.com — People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.More… (General Sciences)
dagorretWhy Microwave Auditory Effect Crowd-Control Gun Won't Work
spectrum.ieee.org — New Scientist magazine recently reported that Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to build what it calls a nonlethal microwave ray gun with the ability to beam irritating sounds into people’s heads. But experts in the underlying biophysics say it cannot work: the device would kill you well before you were bothered by the noise.More… (General Sciences)
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Scientist: Donuts Helped Shape Our Culture
abcnews.go.com — From foreign pastry to blue-collar treat, donuts tell much about American life. Researcher Claims American Devotion to Donuts Fueled by Life's Other Struggles.More… (General Sciences)
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