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[Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Fowl Play: Adult Swim's Low-Budget, High-Geek, Stop-Mo Hit Robot Chick
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An international team of scientists is able to see the "shimmering quantum world"at ambient temperatures with the help of high magnetic fields and a fascinating material called graphene. Resistance And Genetic Sensitivity To Sleeping Sickness
Human African trypanosomiasis, transmitted by tse-tse fly bite, is a mainly rural disease and is strongly linked to people's living patterns and conditions, proximity to water-courses, in particular. Although environmental and behavioural risk factors are important in the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis, individual sensitivity to the disease appears to exist, according to experimental and immunological studies. IRD researchers investigated the role of human genetic diversity in the resistance or sensitivity to parasitic diseases, including sleeping sickness. Gallery: Body-Contouring Patients
Gastric-bypass surgery can leave people with pounds of sagging skin. For some, plastic surgery is a solution. See before-and-after photos of success stories. New Microsensor Measures Volatile Organic Compounds In Water And Air O
Researchers have developed a miniature sensor that uses polymer membranes deposited on a tiny silicon disk to measure pollutants present in aqueous or gaseous environments. An array of these sensors with different surface coatings could be used during field-testing to rapidly detect many different chemicals. Molecular Steps Involved In The Creation Of Gene-silencing MicroRNAs I
MicroRNAs are small, remarkably powerful molecules that play a pivotal role in gene silencing. But how do miRNAs arise? In a study published last year in Nature, researchers at The Wistar Institute identified the earliest steps in the creation of miRNAs in the cell nucleus. Now, in a new Nature study, the Wistar group picks up the process in the cell cytoplasm and tracks it through to the maturation of the finished miRNAs. This Is Your TV on Acid
A graphic artist creates the Gemotion Screen, a soft living display capable of bulging in response to visual stimuli. What does this mean for Russ Meyer film festivals? At Table of Malcontents. Rediscovering the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
"More than 60 years after the last confirmed sighting of the species in the United States, a research team announced [in April 2005] that at least one male ivory-bill still survives"in Arkansas. The site features information about the sightings of this bird (thought to be extinct), identification tips with images, photo galleries, quotes from the searchers, historic encounters (including a quote from John James Audubon), and more. From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Study Reveals How Cells Destroy Faulty Proteins In Cystic Fibrosis
The cellular system that degrades faulty proteins created by the cystic fibrosis gene has been identified by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists. Turning off the degradation system allows some proteins to regain their proper shape, offering a new avenue for treatments aimed at curing the disease.
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