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Siberian Lakes Burp 'Time-bomb' Greenhouse Gas
Frozen bubbles in Siberian lakes are releasing methane, a greenhouse gas, at rates that appear to be "... five times higher than previously estimated"and acting as a positive feedback to climate warming, said Katey Walter, in a paper published today in the journal Nature.Walter's project is the first time this type of bubbling has been accurately quantified. Walters is an International Polar Year post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. At The Molecular Level, The Predator Is The Prey
An evolutionary arms race between predatory garter snakes and their newt quarry is turning out to be something of an illusion. At the molecular level, another battle rages. And in this second, miniature realm, it's the newt who's the aggressor. System Built Housing: More Home in Less Time
Resources for consumers about systems-built housing, homes that are preconstructed or prefabricated in a factory or mill before being transported to the home site to be completed. Includes material about concrete, log, modular, and panelized homes. From the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and sponsored by home building companies. Airbags Associated With Increased Automobile Accident Deaths, Accordin
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags installed in automobiles have saved some 10,000 lives as of January 2004. A just-released study by a statistician at the University of Georgia, however, casts doubt on that assertion. In fact, said UGA statistics professor Mary C. Meyer, a new analysis of existing data indicates that, controlling for other factors, airbags are actually associated with slightly increased probability of death in accidents. One In Ten Hospice Patients Referred 'Too Late,'Study Shows
A new study led by Brown University researchers shows that one out of every 10 families said their dying loved ones were referred "too late"for hospice services, resulting in unmet needs such as unrelieved pain. Results appear in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. In-Flight Fitness Guide From APTA
This brief airline travel fitness guide suggests "some simple, seated exercises to keep the blood flowing, the joints mobile, and the muscles relaxed while en route."From the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Apple Draws Flak for Obscuring IPhone's Difficult Battery Replacement
The new gadget's battery is soldered in and cannot simply be swapped out. Apple failed to mention this before the iPhone went on sale, and is now hearing about it. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Russian Bear Ending Hibernation
Russia is poised to undertake an ambitious rearmament program to beef up its intercontinental ballistic missile stocks and nuclear submarine fleet. By the Associated Press. Check Colon Tumors For Signs Of Syndrome, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that, after surgery, all colon tumors should be tested to learn if the patient may have an inherited syndrome that carries an extremely high risk of cancer. It also suggests that this prescreening can be done using a relatively inexpensive microscopy test already used in hospital pathology laboratories.
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