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Burrowing Mammals Dig For A Living, But How Do They Do That?
Next time you see a mole digging in tree-root-filled soil in search of supper, take a moment to ponder the mammal's humerus bones. When seen in the lab, they are nothing like the long upper arm bones of any other mammal, according to a paleontologist. An American Idol for Crypto Geeks
The federal government is holding a competition for a new cryptographic hash function that will become the national standard. Really, this is exciting stuff. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. Green Chemistry Can Help Nanotechnology Mature, Professor Says
The safest possible future for advancing nanotechnology in a sustainable world can be reached by using green chemistry, says James E. Hutchison, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon. Researchers Develop MRI Technique To Study Brain Anatomy In Invertebra
Scientists with the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, a research consortium based at Georgia State University, have for the first time used a form of magnetic resonance imaging to reveal anatomical features of the nervous system in a live crayfish, a crustacean whose brain measures only 3 millimeters wide. Disney Coupons
I’ve been struggling this week to think of an excuse to mention Disney coupons. This is a science blog after all, but as regular readers are well aware it is supported in part by a coupons section. At the weekend, I usually try to shoehorn in some spurious reference to a product or service for [...] California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness
Publications and resources from this initiative "launched by the [California] State Legislature in 2002 to address the critical issues of physical activity and nutritional health in California's schools and workplaces."Features health and wellness tips, a report on the costs of obesity, details about programs of the task force (such as California Fitness Month), and related materials. Burmese Buddhism and the Spirit Cult Revisited: An Interdisciplinary C
Details about this 2004 academic conference on religious practices in Burma in relation to those of its neighboring Theravada country, Thailand. "[O]ur knowledge of Burmese religion and society is still limited, due to the fact that Burma (Myanmar) has been inaccessible to foreign scholars since the military takeover in 1962."Includes a conference overview, text of most of the conference papers, and a few conference photos. Organized by the Stanford University Center for Buddhist Studies. Wild Indonesia
Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series of wildlife programs that "explore this spectacular archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, stretching 3,000 miles from Asia to Australia."Topics addressed include the Komodo dragon and the birth of the fourth island in the Krakatau group (and the eruption of Krakatau in 1883). Also includes classroom resources and links to related sites. How A Latent Virus Eludes Immune Defenses
The mouse gamma-herpesvirus is invisible to its host immune system by virtue of its episome maintenance protein (ORF73), which is analogous to a protein in the human EBV. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.
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