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Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-16
Information about Elizabethan England from a living history perspective. This "is not a series of essays or articles, but rather bites of Elizabethan life. ... It is primarily social history, not political or military."Includes information about games, food, money, religion, fashion, education, and more. Also includes links to related sites. Searchable. From a performer at Renaissance fairs. Indigenous Perspectives On Climate Change Needed, Northern Researcher
Global climate change is being felt most severely in the Arctic and appears certain to cause enormous environmental problems worldwide, a leading northern researcher says Ammonia-loving Archaea Win Landslide Majority
A genetic analysis of soil samples indicates that a group of microorganisms called crenarchaeota are the Earth's most abundant land-based creatures that oxidize ammonia, according to an international team of researchers from Norway, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. Cleanup Method Uses Activated Carbons To Anchor Toxins To Bottom Of Th
Imagine a Brita filter big enough to clean up San Francisco Bay. One researcher has a plan to clean polluted sediment at Hunters Point in San Francisco with activated carbon--the same technology in many water filters. He proposes to sequester dangerous toxins by mixing activated carbon, a type of carbon with a large surface area, into the bay's contaminated sediment. Miscarriage And Abortion Triple Chances Of Future Low Birthweight Babi
Women who have miscarried or had an abortion run three times the normal risk of having a subsequent low birthweight baby, suggests new research. The more miscarriages or abortions a woman has, the greater are her chances of giving birth to a child that is underweight or premature in the future, the research shows. Low birthweight (under 2500 g) and premature birth (less than 37 weeks) are two of the major contributors to deaths among newborn babies and infants. Mountain Life Spells Longer Life
Mountain dwellers live longer than people in lowland areas, finds research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The findings are based on tracking the cardiovascular health and death rates of 1150 inhabitants of three villages not far from Athens, Greece, for a period of 15 years. NOAA Hurricane Hunter Pilot Captures Katrina At Her Meanest
NOAA hurricane hunter P-3 and Gulfstream IV aircraft conducted ten long flights into and around the eye of Hurricane Katrina. Lt. Mike Silah, a P-3 pilot, got to see Hurricane Katrina up close and personal, especially when she was an extremely dangerous Category Five storm in the Gulf of Mexico. Transcendental Meditation Effective In Reducing High Blood Pressure, S
This study is unique in that it shows transcendental meditation to be effective in reducing high blood pressure compared to other stress reduction programs. The transcendental meditation technique produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that is not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management. Sex, Sugar And Metabolic Disease
Overweight children and adults have low blood levels of the protein SHGB, which transports sex steroids and regulates their tissue entry. Low levels of SHGB are a marker of the metabolic syndrome, a medical disorder that increases an individual's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease. New research in mice and in vitro using human cells provides an explanation as to why low SHGB levels are a good marker of the metabolic syndrome. NASA Satellites Measure And Monitor Sea Level
For the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those changes and the effects that sea level change may have worldwide. Although scientists have directly measured sea level since the early part of the 20th century, it was not known how many of the observed changes in sea level were real and how many were related to upward or downward movement of the land.
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