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[Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Uranium Isotope Ratios Are Not Invariant, Researchers Show
For years, the ratio of uranium's two long-lived isotopes, U-235 and U-238, has been considered invariant, despite measurements made in the mid-1970s that hinted otherwise. Now, with improved precision from state-of-the-art instrumentation, researchers unequivocally show this ratio actually does vary significantly in Earth materials. New Drug Resistance Found In River Blindness: Parasite Could Re-emerge
A 20-year effort to control the spread of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, in African communities is threatened by the development of drug resistance in the parasite that causes the disease, a recent study has found. River blindness, which is the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide after trachoma, is caused by the filarial nematode parasite, a worm transmitted by black fly bite. NY Draft Riots
This illustrated presentation recounts the events of the New York City Draft Riots of July 1863, violent reactions to U.S. Civil War draft legislation and related political and social tensions. Includes maps showing the locations of events in Manhattan. From the New Media Lab, City University of New York (CUNY). CSCOR-Supported Research Provides Foundation for Effective Management
Overview of research concerning the "largest zone of oxygen-depleted [hypoxic] coastal waters in the United States, and the second largest for the world's coastal oceans, ... in the northern Gulf of Mexico on the Louisiana continental shelf."Provides links to relevant studies, press releases, action plans, and participating committees and institutes. From the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Octopus And Kin Inspire New Camouflage Strategies For Military Applica
Researchers are studying the remarkable shape- and color-changing abilities of the octopus and its close relatives in an effort to understand one of nature's most remarkable feats of camouflage and self-preservation. Eventually, such knowledge could lead to new and improved camouflage strategies for military applications. Witnessing Event Can Produce Same Fear Response As Experiencing It, NY
Witnessing a traumatic event can produce the same fear response as experiencing the event itself, according to a new study by researchers at New York University. The findings broaden our understanding of Pavlovian fear conditioning by revealing that it applies not only to directly experiencing an event, such as being bitten by a dog, but also to witnessing one. Shot May Be Able To Replace Blood Pressure Medicines
A hypertension vaccine could be an important alternative to conventional drug therapy because of patients'inconsistent drug intake -- if further research supports results from a small study testing the safety and tolerability of a vaccine. Egg's Energy Stores Key To Preserving Fertility
An immature egg's internal nutrient supply is critical to its survival, an insight that offers a new route to understanding and treating infertility due to egg death, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. Does Zinc Fight Prostate Cancer?
Scientists have known for decades that zinc may play a role in maintaining the health of the prostate, the walnut-size gland in males, located just behind the bladder. Now, studies led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Liping Huang are providing new details about how zinc in the foods we eat might keep prostate cancer cells from proliferating and spreading.
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