2019-03-01
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Eat Right, Don’t Breathe
March 15, 2002John Paterson, a biochemist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, says that eating organic food may help reduce your risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer. Until now there has been little scientific evidence to suggest that organic food is... continued
Put On Your Thinking Cap
March 15, 2002A monkey with a brain implant the size of a fingernail can move a cursor on a computer screen just by thinking. One day scientists may be able to implant similar chips in human brains so that we can control... continued
Men: We’ll Miss ‘Em
March 15, 2002In Science News, J. Raloff writes that boys' birth rates are falling and scientists aren't sure why. During fetal development, "the male sex is clearly the more fragile one," says Bruce B. Allan, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Alberta, Canada. While some... continued
Water Polluted by Medicines
March 15, 2002A national study by the U.S. Geological Survey of U.S. streams across 30 states shows they are polluted by the painkillers acetaminophen and ibuprofen, prescription medicines for cardiac disorders and hypertension, and female sex hormones used in birth control pills... continued
Test Your Intellect
March 15, 2002See if you can answer these mind-bending questions. 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get catgut? 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October... continued
Healing Saliva
March 14, 2002A substance found in saliva could help develop new drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant infections. It raises hopes for people with diseases like HIV and cystic fibrosis, who regularly develop infections that are difficult to treat with conventional drugs. Dr. Libuse... continued
Hunger Hormone Discovered
March 14, 2002Dr. Alison Wren, Research Fellow at Imperial College, London has isolated a ?hunger hormone? that dramatically boosts human food consumption. Scientists have known for some time that the hormone stimulates hunger in rats, but they had never been able to... continued
New Food from Fungus
March 14, 2002A fake meat that is made from fungus, but tastes like chicken (of course) has arrived in U.S. supermarkets. Known as mycoprotein, it is marketed under the trade name Quorn (pronounced kworn) and made into a variety of fake foods,... continued
Nukes Missing Worldwide
March 14, 2002International researchers at Stanford University have compiled what they say is the world?s most complete database of lost, stolen and misplaced nuclear material. This database reveals that we live in a world that is filled with weapons-grade uranium and plutonium... continued
New Ocean in the Arctic
March 13, 2002Doug O'Harra reports in the Anchorage Daily News that the polar ice cap has been shrinking so fast due to global warming that ships may be sailing through the Northwest Passage each summer by 2015, according to a U.S. Navy... continued