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Naked mole rats may hold clues to surviving stroke
Naked mole-rats can withstand brain oxygen deprivation for more than 30 minutes -- more than any other mammal. The finding may provide clues for developing new brain injury treatments following stroke or heart attack. Silence The Gene, Save The Cell: RNA Interference As Promising Therapy
Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have used RNA interference in transgenic mice to silence a mutated gene that causes inherited cases of amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), substantially delaying both the onset and the progression rate of the fatal motor neuron disease. Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
This 162-page report examines volunteering, community-based efforts, and other civic engagement opportunities for the baby boom generation (people born in the United States during the later 1940s through the early 1960s). "The main message of the Report is that there is an opportunity to help boomers create a social legacy of profound importance."Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Harvard School of Public Health-MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement and Civic Engagement. The Boarding Pass Brouhaha
A researcher lands in hot water for creating a website that allowed visitors to create fake boarding passes capable of fooling airport screeners. Why isn't the TSA in trouble for staging such easily circumvented security theater in the first place? Commentary by Bruce Schneier. Teen Diets Can Hurt Their Lungs
For most teenagers in the United States and Canada, fish and fruit are not high on their delicious list. Also, many of them -- about 20 percent of those under 18 -- cough, wheeze, and suffer from asthma and bronchitis. Researchers have now found a connection between these two situations. A study of more than 2,100 high school seniors found that those who eat the least fruit and fish have the weakest lungs. Humpback Whales Have Brain Cells Also Found In Humans
A new study compared a humpback whale brain with brains from several other cetacean species and found the presence of a certain type of neuron cell that is also found in humans. This suggests that certain cetaceans and hominids may have evolved side by side. Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet
Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source -- ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff. Trees Appear To Respond Slower To Climate Change Than Previously Thoug
Genetic analysis of spruce trees provides strong evidence for the presence of a tree refuge in Alaska during the last glacial period, and suggests that trees cannot migrate in response to climate change as quickly as some scientists thought. [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. Close Relations Exhibit Greater Agreement On The Attractiveness Of Fac
Researchers at Harvard University have shown that spouses, siblings and close friends are more likely to have similar preferences with regard to the attractiveness of faces.
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