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A Billion Light Years from Home
Have you ever come across this kind of description of an astronomical event?“…astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole blasting its galactic neighbor with a deadly beam of energy…Both galaxies are situated about 1.4 billion light-years away from Earth…The offending galaxy probably began assaulting its companion about 1 million years ago…”How can that be, asks [...] Bubbling ball of gas: SUNRISE telescope delivers spectacular pictures
The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart up -- and behind the whole thing are the magnetic fields, the engines of it all. The SUNRISE balloon-borne telescope has now delivered images that show the complex interplay on the solar surface to a level of detail never before achieved. National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Website for this early summer "multi-event sports and rehabilitation program for military service veterans who use wheelchairs for sports competition due to spinal cord injuries, amputations, or certain neurological problems. ... [It] is the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world."Features a fact sheet, event rules and results, background about participants, and a photo gallery. Also includes a presentation on "Wheelchair Etiquette for non-Wheelchair Users."From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dual Simulation Improves Crash Performance
Crash tests often produce startling results. A new simulation process which factors in deformation during production as well as preliminary damage can predict the results of a crash test more accurately than ever. Rutgers-Newark Psychology Researchers Reveal Link Between Body And Act
With the help of two patients suffering from an extremely rare degenerative neurological condition, a Rutgers-Newark Psychology Professor and his team of researchers have established that the body plays a significant role in helping humans to perceive and understand the actions of others. Multiple Genetic 'Flavors' May Explain Autism
In a pair of studies, the researchers identify and characterize a number of mutations in the gene that regulate brain levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in breathing, digestion, sleep, appetite, blood vessel constriction, mood and impulsivity. About 25 percent of people with autism have elevated levels of serotonin in their blood. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) drugs improve some of the symptoms of the disorder. These findings have led scientists to propose that serotonin plays an important role in autism. Bioterrorism Alerts Induce Anxiety And May Pose Health Risk, Study Fin
In the wake of September 11, 2001, the government and the media have periodically alerted the American people to potential threats of bioterrorism. Now, a team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that such messages measurably raise anxiety levels, which could pose adverse health effects. Having a family member under 50 diagnosed with pancreatic cancer incre
A person who has multiple family members with pancreatic cancer ("familial pancreatic cancer") is six times as likely to develop that cancer. This risk is even higher, nine times that of the general population, if one of their relatives developed their cancer under the age of 50, according to a new study. American Cheerleader: Stunt 101
Illustrated instructions for cheerleading stunts such as extensions, partner stunts, dismounts, and transitions. Includes images of step-by-step sequences demonstrated by cheerleading squads. From a cheerleading magazine. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying.
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