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  1. Health & Medicine

    Pressurized Pregnancies: Schizophrenia linked to fetal diuretic exposure

    A Danish study has found that pregnant women who take diuretic medication for high blood pressure during the third trimester substantially raise the chances that their unborn children will develop schizophrenia by age 35.

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  2. Astronomy

    Planet’s Slim-Fast Plan: Extrasolar orb is too close for comfort

    A new study of the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system suggests that some orbs will vaporize if they orbit too close to their parent star.

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  3. Earth

    Killer Crater: Shuttle-borne radar detects remnant of dino-killing impact

    Radar images gathered during a flight of the space shuttle Endeavour 3 years ago show the subtle topography related to the impact of an asteroid or comet that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

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    Your article left me wondering. If the drug could help an allergic person eat up to 24 peanuts, it really isn’t a complete cure, is it? I guess I’ll just keep on avoiding all peanut products and their derivatives. Oh, well. Bob BeckettCollegedale, Tenn.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Tough Nut Is Cracked: Antibody treatment stifles peanut reactions

    Researchers have successfully demonstrated the first preventive drug treatment against peanut allergy.

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  6. Humans

    From the September 13, 1930, issue

    alt=”Click to view larger image”> SQUATTY STEEL TANK If you fill a rubber balloon with water, put the inside under about 15 pounds pressure, and set it down on a table, it will assume a shape very much like that of the huge metal tank shown on the front cover. In fact, that is the […]

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  7. Humans

    From the September 6, 1930, issue

    alt=”Click to view larger image”> LIONS IN ALASKA Alaska, with its vast herds of caribou, its foxes and beaver, its mountain sheep and goats, and its great bears, black, brown, grizzly, and white, is one of the world’s game paradises; but 100,000 years ago, long before the slow-witted men who inhabited Europe thought to follow […]

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  8. Humans

    From the August 30, 1930, issue

    alt=”Click to view larger image”> IN COTTON CLOTHING Wolves in the clothing of sheep have been familiar, at least as metaphors, for a couple of millennia. More lately, since we have begun to pay close attention to our trees and shrubs, have we become acquainted with a tiny wolf disguised as a tiny tuft of […]

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  9. Archaeology

    Blasts from the Past

    Dig into the latest archaeological news reports, updated daily, from around the world at Archaeologica. The site also features links to Web pages on a wide range of archaeological topics, including ancient Egypt and North American rock art, and forums for discussing a variety of issues. Go to: http://www.archaeologica.org/

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  10. The Big Birdcast

    Track the autumn migration of birds across the eastern portion of the United States at the BirdCast Web site. The site presents daily analyses of weather radar images to predict migration activity and patterns. Birdwatchers can also report their observations to help scientists refine such analyses and pinpoint the favored resting places of these feathered […]

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  11. Planetary Science

    Planets in Autumn

    On Sept. 22, Earth joined two other worlds in the solar system where it is northern autumn. At this NASA Web site, learn more about Earth’s September equinox and ponder the bizarre seasons of other planets. Go to: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast22sep_1.htm?list110076

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  12. Snap, Whistle, Pop at Sea

    The depths of the ocean are a noisy place. Sample the sounds of the croaker fish and other denizens of the sea. Listen to the calls of various marine mammals and the racket created by a bed of snapping shrimp. Then ponder the pinging pitter-patter of rain as heard from down under. Go to: http://www.jandaenterprises.com/sounds.htm, […]

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