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Science (29 Oct, 2007)
Scientists Discover Clays to Fight Deadly Bacteria
Mud taken from French volcanoes is believed to help scientists save thousands of human lives. ...
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Technology (23 Nov, 2007)
The Choice of Social Network Linked to Race, Ethnicity and Education
The latest study shows that one's choice of social network is largely related to person's race, ethnicity and parent's education, at least for students. It is also suggested that students from different backgrounds do not usually socialize with each other. ...
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Science (27 Nov, 2007)
Scientists Manage to Revive Sensations in the Amputated Limbs
Scientists had given chance to all amputees managing to provide sensations to amputated limbs. Researchers from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University conducted an experiment, where they channeled the key nerves to the chest that send sensations from hands to the brain. Two patients with lost arms reported that they manged to get the feelings in their artificial limbs. ...
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Health & Fitness (22 Apr, 2008)
Life Expectancy of American Women Falls Significantly
A great number of American women face shorter life expectancy than in the early 1980s, scientists say ...
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Press-releases (23 May, 2008)
sbie Ends with Extraordinary Success and Nets Multimillion Riyal Deals for Exhibitors
Saudi Building and Interiors Exhibition ended the annual five-day show at the Jeddah International Exhibition & Convention Center over the weekend, with unprecedented success. ...
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Offbeat (06 Jun, 2008)
NY Plans to Introduce Transplant Ambulance
New York City is planning to create an ambulance that will rapidly arrive to newly deceased to preserve their bodies for further organ transplant. ...
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Offbeat (22 Jul, 2008)
Portraits and Writings Reveal Michelangelo as Ugly and Unclean
The series of extremely rare modern portraits and writings, presented on the show in Florence, showed that one of the greatest artists of western civilization, Michelangelo Buonarroti, was an ugly and unclean man. ...
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Science (06 Nov, 2009)
A Virtual Friend for Autistic Kids
An unusual invention released by ArticuLab – a virtual friend for autistic children. More and more children are diagnosed with autism – incurable mental disorder affecting child's ability to communicate with the outer world. ...
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Environment (06 Aug, 2008)
Bones of 6000 Year-Old Ancient Wild Camels Found in Desert
As much as 40 skeletons of ancient wild camels were discovered in Al Gharbia, the western region of Abu Dhabi, by a group of archaeologists from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH). ...
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Offbeat (16 Oct, 2009)
Bullying Leaders Simply Want to Cover Their Inferiority and Incompetence
One of the recent studies showed that incompetent leaders really bully other people in order to cover their inferiority. ...
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Science (21 Aug, 2008)
Want to Live Longer - Get a Second Wife
For those who want to live longer there's more than just controlled diets, green tee and long walks. According to the latest research the key to a longer life lies in polygamy. The new study showed that men from polygamous cultures live longer than those from the monogamous cultures. ...
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Science (23 Sep, 2008)
Neanderthals Had Seals and Dolphins for Dinner
Anthropologists in their new study revealed that Neanderthals that lived in caves located on the Mediterranean Sea had mussels, fish and other representatives of marine life for dinner. Researchers consider that Neanderthals were great lovers of seafood just like modern humans. ...
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Environment (23 Sep, 2008)
Chemical Equator to Help Map Air Pollution
Researchers from the University of York found a "Chemical Equator" which separates the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the clean air of Southern Hemisphere. Scientists working at the University's Department of Chemistry spotted the atmospheric chemical equator about 50 kilometers wide in clear skies in the Western Pacific. ...
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Environment (01 Dec, 2008)
Evolution of Turtle's Shell Retraced
The recent discovery of turtle fossils in southwestern China gave scientists the possibility to determine the origin of their shells. As they found out, ancestors of modern turtles had hardened skin on their backs instead of shells. ...
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Health & Fitness (11 Dec, 2008)
Suicide - A Genetical Problem?
Serious depressions can lead to specific changes of DNA in the brain. It changes genes' activeness, which, in its turn, leads to pathological psychic disturbances. ...
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