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Sea Turtles: Ambassadors of the Ocean
This series of essays discusses conservation of endangered sea turtles, covering reasons for conserving them (including "explanations that are valid even to 'anti-environmentalists'"), health assessment of sea turtles, turtle tracking, and related topics. Includes links to other sea turtle content and activities. From the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Vitamin B1 Deficiency Key To Vascular Problems For Diabetic Patients,
Researchers have discovered that deficiency of thiamine -- vitamin B1 -- may be key to a range of vascular problems for people with diabetes. They have also solved the mystery as to why thiamine deficiency in diabetes had remained hidden until now. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Kaposi Sarcoma Arises Independently From Multiple Cells
Kaposi sarcoma is unique among cancers because most tumors grow from a small number of different cells, whereas nearly all other cancers arise from a single cell, according to a study published online July 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Love May Be A Lateralized Brain Function, Like Speech; Links Seen To S
Einstein/SUNY Stony Brook/Rutgers team find quantifiable love responses in fMRIs of 17 young people who were newly, madly in love. Intense love was a strong basic reward "drive"very different from sex, the New York City-area team (neuroscientist, anthropologist, social psychologist) shows.Two big surprises: fMRIs changed markedly over time, and activation regions (including the VTA) associated with intense romantic love are mostly on the brain's right side. Links seen to stalking, suicide, depression, autism. Don’t judge a lemur by its cover
If you’re ever out lemur spotting, and thing you’ve seen an entirely new species, you may wish to refer back to US research published today in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology wherein you will find a study that claims that different coat colour does not necessarily correspond to a different species for nocturnal lemurs. In [...] Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies fo
This "tutorial will introduce you to the basic tenets of digital preservation. It is particularly geared toward librarians, archivists, curators, managers, and technical specialists."Topics include terms and concepts, obsolescence, and challenges. Also includes a bibliography and a timeline dating back to 1950 that "highlights key events, projects, publications, and technological changes affecting the use of digital technology and efforts to preserve it."Searchable. From Cornell University Library. Why Are Uniforms Uniform? Because Color Helps Us Track Objects
If someone hadn't thought to make team uniforms the same color, we might be stuck watching World Cup soccer matches with only two players and a ref. It is that color coding, psychologists have now demonstrated, that allows spectators, players and coaches at major sporting events to overcome humans' natural limit of tracking no more than three objects at a time. Drought As The 'New Normal'
Droughts are slow, tortuous emergencies that seem to sneak up on us. It doesn't have to be that way, say a climatologist and a political scientist who point to a better way. New 'Seed'Therapy Helps Pinpoint Breast Tumors With More Accuracy
Physicians are using a new technique in which a small radioactive pellet, or "seed,"is implanted into a mass or suspicious lesion in the breast to pinpoint its exact location for surgical removal. During the procedure, a radiologist uses a needle to insert a small radioactive seed, about the size of a grain of rice, into the mass. Once lodged, surgeons use a wand that detects radioactivity to locate the mass and find the best pathway for removal.
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