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The Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress is funded by taxpayers to the tune of $100 million annually. But the reports are not public information. In 27B Stroke 6. Marine life collected to inventory DNA sequence of all Pacific island'
Researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of a massive effort to inventory the DNA sequence of every living species there. Tropical Storms Endure Over Wet Land, Fizzle Over Dry
If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ground moisture where the storms make landfall is a major indicator of what the storm will do from there. If the ground is wet, the storm is likely to sustain, while dry conditions should calm the storm. Learning To Cover Up Reduces Risk Of Skin Cancer
Educating children in primary school and adults at the beach about the benefits of wearing sun-protective hats and clothing can effectively motivate them to cover up and reduce their exposure to cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation, according to a systematic review of evidence. Health care professionals failing to tell patients they are not fit to
Many health care professionals are failing to advise people with medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive whether they should get behind the wheel, according to new research. Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Associated With Some Adverse Outco
Exposure to a certain class of antidepressant medications during pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, a low five-minute Apgar score (a measure of overall health of the baby) and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, according to a new report. Statewide [Redistricting] Database
This is the raw data used for the California state and local legislative redistricting and reapportionment done after the census. Search for specific data by election or geographic area. Includes information from 1990 to the present. From the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library, University of California, Berkeley. Jolene'sTrailerPark.com
Lots of silliness, some amusing crafts (make your own cause bracelets using rubber bands and a marker), and other features from a self-proclaimed trailer park queen "undoing years of damage to the trailer park lifestyle." Includes a blog on trailer park life, decorating ideas (pink flamingos: "having more than one is a necessity"), and meal suggestions (try fried dandelion heads). The site has a lot of (quite entertaining) promotion of the author's comedy appearances and products for sale. Treating Drug Addiction
There is not much in the plant world that people have not sniffed, snorted, smoked, rubbed in, injected or attempted to get inside their bodies in other ways in the hope of eliciting someone kind of magical response. The well-known plants that gave a positive result in the primitive tests - the coca plant, poppies, marijuana, tobacco, betel trees, coffee beans - have since grown infamous leaving the air heavy with their tragic scent in so many places. Chromosomes make a rapid retreat from nuclear territories
Chromosomes move faster than we first thought. New findings show the way chromosomes move around the nucleus when leaving the proliferative stage of the cell cycle and entering quiescence -- and the unexpected speed at which they move.
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