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We soon may be able to run our cars ontrash. Willhydrogen fuelever become a reality? It will if you?re willing to run yourcar ongarbage. Andother researchers are developing a car that runs on solarpower!

In the November 12 edition of the Telegraph, Roger Highfieldreports that ?the problem is that most hydrogen availabletoday is produced by expensive processes that require theburning of polluting fossil fuels, such as natural gas.?This produces as many (or more) greenhouse gas emissions assubstituting hydrogen from gasoline prevents.
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Do ancientcures work? A team of scientists have discovered thatgreen tea hasan antitumor effect in breast cancer cells, so women:switch togreen tea!

Cancer is a disease caused by the increased proliferation ofcells which group and form a lump called tumor. Tumors canbe benign or malignant. Cells from malignant tumors breakaway from the original tumor and invade other parts of thebody, growing and forming new tumors. They can circulatethrough the bloodstream and take root anywhere in the body.Dr. Radha Maheshwari and his colleague Rajesh LoganathanThangapazham found that green tea can inhibit the invadingcapacity of breast cancer cells so that they are less likelyto spread.

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It may behard tobelieve but it’s true: kangaroo–er, "emissions"–may save us from global warming.

Fox News reports that flatulent kangaroos could save the planet: Australian scientists are trying to figure out how toisolate and transfer kangaroos’ digestive bacteria to otherspecies, such as cows, since kangaroo emissions containalmost none of the dangerous greenhouse gas methane. One ofthe main sources of methane in the gas passed from thedigestive tracts of millions ofcows, sheep,pigs and humans.
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We?ve written before about howusing yourhands can help your memory. Are your kids?or you?havingtrouble with math? Another reason to use your hands!

Psychologists have discovered that kids who are told togesture while doing math are more likely to solve mathproblems. Researchers conducted two studies with a total of176 children in late third and early fourth grade. SaraBroaders and her colleagues randomly assigned the studentsto do different manipulations. Some were told to gesture,others were told not to gesture, and some were not toldanything either way (they were the controls). These were allkids had made mistakes in solving math problems in the past.
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