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- Health & Medicine
Itch
When it comes to sensory information detected by the body, pain is king, and itch is the court jester. But that insistent, tingly feeling—satisfied only by a scratch—is anything but funny to the millions of people who suffer from it chronically.
- Space
Half-life (more or less)
Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what’s unchangeable—the rate of radioactive decay.
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Science Future for November 22, 2008
December 8–10 The National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment in Washington, D.C. Visit ncseonline.org December 9–12 Arctic Change 2008 to be held in Quebec City, Canada. Visit www.arctic-change2008.com December 13 Make body products with natural ingredients taken from cacao at the New York State Museum in Albany. Visit www.nysm.nysed.gov/calendar
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Science Past for November 22, 1958
Volunteers show vaccine can prevent colds — The common cold can be prevented, a British scientist reported to the sixth annual Symposium on Antibiotics meeting in Washington, D.C. Weekly injections of a vaccine prepared from the volunteer’s own nose and throat bacteria significantly reduced the number of colds, Dr. J. Morrison Ritchie, director of the […]
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- Life
Morse Toad: When amphibians tap their toes
Toe wiggling creates motions, vibrations that get potential prey moving.
- Earth
Stalagmite is scribe for monsoons, society
Cave formation has recorded monsoon strength in China since the third century.
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Science Future for November 8, 2008
November 15 The Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C., unveils its holiday mechanical sculpture display. Visit www.ncmls.org November 20 “Irreplaceable: The World’s Most Invaluable Species” debate held in London. Visit www.earthwatch.org/europe December 15–18 20th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives in San Diego. Visit www.maglev08.com
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Science Past for November 8, 1958
Temperate zones may be man’s limit for cold — Men living in the temperate zones had better not leave home for colder climes. The areas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle represent the limits as far as their cold endurance goes, a […]
- Humans
Food allergy advice may be peanuts
Early exposure to peanuts in a baby’s diet seems to lessen the risk of developing a peanut allergy later.
