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[Interesting] Ground 'Moves' as Cane Toads Invade Park
Hundreds of thousands of poisonous baby cane toads invaded an Australian national park Friday, hopping around in such numbers that the ground seemed to move, an ecologist said. The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987."This project "make[s] accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI."Participants include Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, and Aldous Huxley. From the Department of Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Benefits Of Lung Cancer Screening With CT Questioned
Annual screening with helical computed tomography (CT) can help radiologists detect lung cancers at their earliest, most curable stage, but has not been shown to reduce mortality from the disease, according to a study published in the April issue of the journal Radiology. [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. Mayo Clinic Discovery On Nature Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Lung Disease M
A discovery by a Mayo Clinic research team may pave the way for the creation of new drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) lung disease, which affects an estimated 500,000 patients in the United States. Currently, there are no effective treatments for RA lung disease. New Light Cast On Key Chemical Reactions In Interstellar Space
A detailed understanding of key chemical reactions that take place in interstellar space has been provided by new research. Scientists have developed a detailed understanding of the dynamics of reactions between neutral radicals and neutral molecules, known as ?neutral-neutral?reactions, at temperatures as low as 20 Kelvin, approximately the temperature of interstellar space. Legionnaire's Bacterial Proteins Work Together To Survive
Proteins in the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease work together to survive. The bacteria that causes the disease -- Legionella pneumophila -- replicates inside macrophage, which are cells that are part of the immune system and "eat"cellular debris and toxins. Social Habits Of Cells May Hold Key To Fighting Diseases
Scientists are working to change the social habits of living cells -- an innovation that could bring about cleaner and greener fuel and help fight diseases such as cancer and diabetes. How Snakes Survive Starvation
Starving snakes employ novel survival strategies not seen before in vertebrates, according to new research. These findings could be used in conservation strategies to determine the health of snake populations. The results showed that the snakes could lower their standard metabolic rates, some by up to 72 percent. Surprisingly snakes continued to grow despite the lack of food. Leprosy Microbes Lead Scientists To Immune Discovery
With the unusual opportunity that human leprosy infections provide for study of human immune responses, scientists have discovered how the body's early warning system prompts a rapid immune response by two separate armies of defensive cells. The finding helps explain why, when threatened by microbes like the leprosy bug, this initial defense sometimes succeeds in limiting the damage, but in other cases yields to a dangerous, spreading infection.
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