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NOAA Offers Electronic Field Guide To Harmful Algal Blooms In Great L A new Web site, created by the NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health, serves as an electronic field guide to the types, locations and habits of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. New Treatment Guidelines For Pregnant Women With Asthma The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) is issuing the first new guidelines in more than a decade for managing asthma during pregnancy. The report reflects new medications that have emerged and updates treatment recommendations for pregnant women with asthma based on a systematic review of data on the safety of asthma medications during pregnancy. Neurotransmitters Signal Aggressive Cancer, Offer Potential For Early Nerves talk to each other using chemicals called neurotransmitters. One of those "communication chemicals,"aptly named GABA (gamma amino butyric acid), shows up in unusually high amounts in some aggressive tumors, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 'Cold Linac' Commissioning Major Step For ORNL's Spallation Neutron So The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has met a crucial milestone on its way to completion in June 2006 -- operation of the superconducting section of its linear accelerator. About Mardi Gras: History of King Cakes This cake baked with a toy baby in it is a staple of New Orleans cuisine. King cakes are typically served from the Feast of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night) through Mardi Gras, the pre-Lenten celebration. Includes two king cake recipes. From NOLA.com. Filling In The Blanks Of Southeast Asian Prehistory As archaeologists in the last half century have set about reconstructing the prehistory of Southeast Asia, data from one country--centrally located Laos--was conspicuously missing. Little archaeology has occurred in Laos since before World War II, and beginning in the mid-1970s, Laos shut its doors completely to outside researchers. God Bless This Lube A Christian sex-toy shop hopes to help married couples increase pleasure and intimacy through toys, games and Happy Penis Massage Cream. Commentary by Regina Lynn. Face Value: Hidden Smiles Influence Consumption And Judgment In studies led by Piotr Winkielman, of the University of California, San Diego, people altered their consumption behaviors after exposure to subliminal facial expressions. Hidden smiles persuaded thirsty subjects to pour more and drink more of an unidentified beverage than did neutral expressions. Frowns had the opposite effect. Snow Data Helps Maintain Nation's Largest, Oldest Bison Herd NASA satellite data and computer modeling and US Department of Agriculture information are helping track the remnants of the once mighty bison herd in Yellowstone National Park as they migrate with the melting snowpack. Friends, Enemies Communicate With Plants In Similar Ways Two soil-dwelling strangers -- a friend and a foe -- approach a plant and communicate with it in order to enter a partnership. The friend wants to trade nitrogen for food. The foe is a parasite that wants to burrow in and harm the plant.
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