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Young Women Who Smoke Prior To Their First Pregnancy Have A Higher Ris
Researchers outline in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings their study of postmenopausal women, which supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who began smoking after the birth of their first child or were never smokers. Silencing Small But Mighty Cancer Inhibitors
Researchers have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is in fact so dangerous. The Myc protein can stop the production of at least 13 microRNAs, small pieces of nucleic acid that help control which genes are turned on and off. Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From The Ocean Flo
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this dissolved methane remains uncertain. Researchers have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air -- good news for the Earth's atmosphere. Dust To Dust: Particles Could Affect Entire Earth, Paper Says
You probably consider those dust particles that make you sneeze and wheeze a nuisance, but those tiny pieces of matter could potentially affect the world's climate, its oceans and even the food chain process, note the authors of a paper appearing in this week's Science magazine. The War Relocation Centers of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger tha
A lesson plan designed to study the U.S. government's confinement of people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers during World War II. Resources include maps, readings, photographs and layouts of the Manzanar (California) and Rowher (Arkansas) camps, activities, and links to related Web sites. From the U.S. National Park Service program, Teaching with Historic Places. The Man Booker Prize
This British literary award spotlights contemporary literature published in the English language "by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland."Includes prize background information, details about the current year's nominees and judges, prize-winning books that have been made into movies, and a list of previous winners back to 1969. From the Booker Prize Foundation. Passwords Are A Piece Of Cake -- For Cybercrooks
Choosing a good password is one of the many choices students make as they head to college, and it's a decision that should not be taken lightly, according to experts. What really makes a password difficult -- or easy -- for someone else to figure out? A computer cracker or identity thief will never know the name of your favorite great-aunt's cousin's dog -- so that's a good password, right? Can You Feel The Heat? Tiny Hair-like Cell Structures, Your Cilia, Can
Scientists have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch. Cilia, tail-like projections found on the surface of cells, are perhaps best known as molecular flippers that help cells move around. Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa'Allowed Humanity To Emerge
Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed mountains and valleys, creating environments that favored the emergence of humanity. Give A Visiting Ant A Nice Place To Stay And It Might Stick Around
Many insects enter the United States accidentally, as hitchhikers on various plants imported in commerce, but how many really stay? Conventional thinking says the answer is in the numbers of both insects and times they enter, but new findings suggest that opportunity alone is no guarantee of a successful invasion.
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