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Beetle Dung Helps Forests Recover From Fire
Beetle droppings -- known in the scientific world as frass -- are crucial to forests recovering from fire.Armed with a pair of tweezers and a handful of beetle droppings,researchers have discovered why bug-sized dung is so important to areas ravaged by fire. Keeping Workers Safe During Clean Up and Recovery Operations Following
News releases and audio of public service announcements from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about dangers for workers associated with hurricane recovery. Topics include flooding, electrical, chainsaws, falls, and mold. Also includes fact sheets on natural disaster recovery and related information. Most materials are in English and Spanish. Flying Precisely: Fruit Fly Research May 'Clean Up'Conventional Impres
The metamorphosis of biology into a science offering numerically precise descriptions of nature, has taken a leap forward with the elucidation of a key step in the development of fruit fly embryos -- discoveries that could change how scientists think not just about flies, but about life in general. Verizon to Offer Tethering for Motorola Droid
While iPhone users still wait for the promised tethering option, Verizon Wireless is ready to offer it to Droid users next year.
 United States Continues To Have Highest Level Of Health Spending
Researchers report that the United States continues to spend the most on health care when compared to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Health care prices and higher per capita incomes are major factors for higher U.S. spending, according to a new study. Compared to the average OECD country in 2004, the United States has fewer health resources?physicians, nurses and hospital beds?and lower utilization of these resources. Spouses Often Mirror Each Other's Health Habits
If one spouse exercises, quits smoking, stops drinking alcohol... the other spouse is more likely to do the same. For example, smokers were more than five times more likely to quit smoking if their spouse quit, when controlling for other relevant factors. Similarly, spouses were five times more likely to quit drinking alcohol if their partner didn't drink. The changes were less apparent in clinician-directed preventive behavior, such as obtaining cholesterol screening. HIV-TB Spreads In Africa, Undermines Control Of World's Two Deadliest
The largely unnoticed collision of the global epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis has exploded to create a deadly co-epidemic that is rapidly spreading in sub-Saharan Africa. However, health systems cannot adequately diagnose, treat, or contain the co-epidemic due to unanswered scientific and medical questions, according to a new report. The report urges research and immediate action to thwart co-epidemic as threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis/HIV mounts. Controversial Dates Of Biblical Edom Reassessed In Results From New Ar
New archeological research from modern-day Jordan indicates the existence of the biblical nation of Edom at least as early as the 10th Century B.C., the era of kings David and Solomon, and adds to the controversy over the historical accuracy of the Old Testament. Endangered Rangers: A Study of the Severe Staffing Shortages Crippling
This March 2004 report explores staffing shortages in national parks due to "chronic under funding and increasing park responsibilities that do not come with additional funding, such as protecting the Statue of Liberty ... from the possibility of terrorist attack."The report describes the situation and includes case studies, suggests short-term solutions, and makes recommendations for the future. Includes a list of information sources. From the National Parks Conservation Association. Slime-mold Beetles Named For Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld now each has a slime-mold beetle named in his honor. Two formerCornell University entomologists recently named 65 new species of slime-mold beetles; they are Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller, Cornell Ph.D. '01, whose monograph on the new species is published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.
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