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Ionophore reverses Alzheimer's within days in mouse models
Health & Fitness – Scientists report a remarkable improvement in Alzheimer's transgenic mice following treatment with a new drug. The study, published by Cell Press in the July 10th issue of the journal Neuron, provides the first demonstration that an ionophore, a compound that transports metal ions across cell membranes, can elicit rapid and pronounced improvement i
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Superfast muscles in songbirds
Science – Certain songbirds can contract their vocal muscles 100 times faster than humans can blink an eye
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Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
Science – This image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago.
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Computer scientist turns his face into a remote control
Gadgets & Tech – A computer science Ph.D. student can turn his face into a remote control that speeds and slows video playback. The proof-of-concept demonstration is part of a larger project to use automated facial expression recognition to make robots more effective teachers.
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Was it good for you too?
Love & Personals – The sexual and feminist revolutions were supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just as men always had. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after one-night stands suggest that they are not well adapted to fleeting sexual encounters.
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From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom
Science – For the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The callsÃ;¢ââ;;¬"which are perfectly audible to humans and sound like "umph! umph! umph!"Ã;Â&
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A plane with wings of glass?
Science – Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.
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DNA study unlocks mystery to diverse traits in dogs
Pets – What makes a pointer point, a sheep dog herd, and a retriever retrieve? Why do Yorkshire terriers live longer than Great Danes? And how can a tiny Chihuahua possibly be related to a Great Dane?
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Vertebrate innovations found in worm-like marine animal
Science – The marine invertebrate amphioxus offers baseline information for genetic roots of vertebrate innovation such as the adaptive immune system
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Oh Baby! First photograph of early modern computer
Gadgets & Tech – Here is the first known photograph of the great grandfather of modern digital computers
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A trio of super-Earths
Science – Today, at an international conference, a team of European astronomers announced a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla Observatory, they have found a triple system of super-Earths around the star HD 40307.
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Coffee's aroma kick-starts genes in the brain
Food – Drink coffee to send a wake-up call to the brain? Or just smell its rich, warm aroma? An international group of scientists is reporting some of the first evidence that simply inhaling coffee aroma alters the activity of genes in the brain.
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University of Alberta paleontologists think they may have found a new dinosaur
Science – A partial dinosaur skeleton unearthed in 1971 from a remote British Columbia site is the first ever found in Canadian mountains and may represent a new species, according to a recent examination by a University of Alberta researcher.
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How to Protect Yourself from MRSA in Gyms, Health Clubs
Health & Fitness – Loyola infection-control physician, nurse say simple steps can help reduce your risk of contracting potentially deadly superbug.
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Complete 'family tree' of all British birds gives clues about which species might be endangered next
Science – A new complete evolutionary 'family tree' showing how all British bird species are related to each other may provide clues about which ones are at risk of population decline, according to new research published today (11 June) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
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