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Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease
Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost three decades. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease can exacerbate the negative effects of bleaching. A new article shows that when they occur together, this combination of afflictions causes greater harm to corals than either does on its own. How Not to Grab the Blogosphere
This week I, and a dozen or so other science writers and bloggers, got spammed with a single email by a public relations company hoping to get us to write about the “next big thing” from their client. Nothing shocking there, we all get PR puff blown at us every day of the week. One [...] Funny Phone: Is This a Joke?
In the mobile-phone broadcasting arena, all bets are off. Amateurs, like the producer of Laugh Rocket's joke-of-the-day videos for cell phones, may just find the next killer app. By Tom McNichol from Wired magazine. Brain Changes In Patients With Migraine
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have found increased thickness of two areas of the brain cortex in people with migraine when compared to healthy controls. Google, Openness Triumph as Verizon Adds Android Phones
Verizon announces Tuesday that it will soon sell Google-powered smartphones. But the announcement really means that openness -- even if only Google-style -- triumphs over the insular business models of wireless companies.
 Colorful View For First Land Animals
When prehistoric fish made their first forays onto land, what did they see? According to a new article, it's likely that creatures venturing out of the depths viewed their new environment in full color. 'Virtual' Colonoscopy Considerably More Expensive
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researchers have found that "virtual"colonoscopy using a computer tomography scanner is considerably more expensive than the traditional procedure due to the detection of suspicious images outside of the colon. Screening For Fragile Skin In Sheep
In Australia, white dorper sheep breeders and owners are hoping to eradicate a genetic disorder causing a lethal fragile skin condition among some of their drought-hardy flocks. The disease dermatosparaxis also exists in other breeds but white dorper breeders are the first to opt for a mass flock screening program in Australia. Specific Type Of Cell Death May Accelerate Decompensated Heart Failure
Autophagy, a normal process by which cells eat their own proteins to provide needed resources to the body in times of stress, may paradoxically cause harm to hearts already weakened by disease, researchers have found. Deadly Wave: Researchers Learn From Analyses Of Rare Tsunami Earthquak
Analyses of a classic, slow-rupturing tsunami earthquake whose massive waves devastated the coast of Java, Indonesia, this past summer are providing insight to seismologists and engineers, who want to better understand these rare events, recommend strategies to improve safety and perhaps provide long-range forecasts of potential danger zones worldwide.
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