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- E(14 trillion eV )=m(?)c(close to the speed of light ) squared: This fall, the massive Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland will switch on
- Stranded: A whale of a mystery: Scientists generally agree that sonar can trigger strandings of certain whales, but no one really knows what leads these deep divers to the beach
- Sick and down: To fight off an infection or illness, the body shifts into a slow-down mode that mirrors some symptoms of depression. In fact, scientists now think the immune response itself may even cause the mood disorder.
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When one of psychiatrist Andrew Miller’s patients asked about receiving the best drug available for treating hepatitis C, Miller said: “No way.” The patient — in his early 20s and accompanied by his mom to the appointment — had no job, few friends and a history of depression. While Miller knows that hepatitis C patients often benefit from the new generation of immune-boosting treatments, he’s keenly aware that those same immune therapies have a strong tendency to bring people down — and, in people predisposed to depression, dangerously down. Certain immune ...Published: 1:03 pmFound in: Body & Brain and Psychology -
With a lifespan of just five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other land-dwelling vertebrate.Published: 07/01/2008Found in: Biology, Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology -
Mary Jane’s got more goodness in her buds than Cheech or Chong ever imagined. A compound found to ease swelling, pain and inflammation has now been extracted from marijuana. The compound, structurally different from anti-inflammatory medications now on the market, provides new avenues for drug development to help those who suffer from diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s disease, a new study reports. And unlike THC, the other Cannabis compound with a similar anti-inflammatory outcome, this chemical has nothing to do with feeling high. “We wer...Published: 06/23/2008Found in: Body & Brain
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Connections between nerve cells may be lost when communication between the cells lapses.Published: 06/23/2008Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells -
Making a face might have helped human ancestors survive.Published: 06/17/2008Found in: Body & Brain, Humans and Life -
Date palm pit found at Masada sprouts at age 2,000, becoming the oldest known seed to germinate.Published: 06/12/2008Found in: Archaeology and Botany -
Small tumors can be detected using a new technique that safely, reliably and noninvasively measures tissue chemistry.Published: 06/11/2008Found in: Biomedicine and Body & Brain -
Genes key to the development of modern animals' body plans show up in primitive-looking comb jellies.Published: 06/06/2008Found in: Genes & Cells and Life -
Unsuspected genetic diversity found in asexual animals.Published: 05/29/2008Found in: Life and Zoology -
Home / SN Bookshelf / Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century by Arthur MacGregorChock-full of unicorn horns (narwhal teeth), griffin claws (antelope antlers), leopard skins, petrified wood or other gems hand-picked from nature, “cabinets of curiosities” have developed a modern-day reputation as whimsical caboodles of miscellaneous oddities. This book will overturn that impression. A proper collection was “a model of universal nature, made private,” as Francis Bacon, the 17th century philosopher and statesman, is quoted as saying. In providing a grand tour of Western European collections, Arthur MacGregor shows that “purposeful collecting” embodied n...Published: 05/12/2008Found in: Science & Society -
With a mix of reptilian, bird and mammalian features, the duck-billed platypus genome looks as strange as the animal.Published: 05/08/2008Found in: Biology, Genes & Cells and Life -
Psychiatrists measuring the degree of similarity between dreams and psychotic ruminations report some strange features common to both.Published: 04/30/2008Found in: Body & Brain and Psychology
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Some conservationists recommend creating marine parks in areas most likely to survive climate change.Published: 04/08/2008Found in: Environment
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A team of biologists places comb jellies, not sponges, at the base of a new tree of animal life.Published: 04/02/2008Found in: Zoology -
The Tibetan Plateau formed when the Indian and Eurasian plates collided, but scientists may have had the order of events wrong.Published: 04/02/2008Found in: Earth Science
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