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You damn global warming freaks are going to kill us all! A widely accepted strategy to combating global warming is to add iron to the ocean waters. Unfortunately, it appears now that it actually results in promoting toxic blooms in the ocean. DUN DUN DUN! Louisiana State University’s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate [...]

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It has been known for a while that shorter people have to exppend more energy to walk than us tall and handsome fellows (I’m not dark, more just pretty ). How hard is it for your baby taking their first step? Not as hard as figuring out what this guy is talking about, or building [...]

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If you haven’t learned your lesson that smoking is gonna do something bad to you by middle age, at least you won’t remember that you smoke if you actually get to your Golden Years. Heavy smoking in middle age appears to be associated with more than double the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms [...]

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You ever wonder why that guy that goes out and gets you drunk on a Tuesday night after work until 2 AM is bright and chipper at 7AM the next day while you feel like someone is gagging you constantly? Wishing you had a colon cleanser on hand to suck all the chemicals out of [...]

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Everyone has moles on their body. At least normal people that don’t have them all removed anyways so you aren’t wasting your diet pills and you fulfill your vanity. Most are harmless collections of cells called melanocytes. But occasionally, these melanocytes turn cancerous, creating the potentially deadly skin tumor melanoma. So how do you tell [...]

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It is common knowledge that those suffering from blindness, or any other sensory loss tend to have heightened development in other senses. Those that are blind may hear much better than someone who isn’t blind. There has never really been a scientific explanation of why this is other than guesswork until recently. The University of [...]

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A new study suggests that exposure to light at night may lead to obesity even if you don’t change any of your habits such as eating more, or doing less activity. A very odd study indeed. No more browsing car insurance rate quotes by the dim light of your PC in bed kids. Researchers found [...]

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The “Asian Unicorn” as it is dubbed in the media is a rare animal that hasn’t been photographed in over 10 years. The saola of Laos and Vietnam was captured recently and photographed. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (also known as Laos) announced on September15 that in late August villagers in the [...]

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If you watch enough Forensic Files, CSI, or any other A&E murder investigation show, you most definitely have noticed that arsenic is the favorite poison of housewives and husbands. Does arsenic serve a possible use for humans though? Most definitely. A form of arsenic called arsenic trioxide has been used as a therapy for a [...]

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A funny study recently suggests that great apes like to play tag too. A paper published in the

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