Archive: 08/28/2006
Could a pint of cider help keep the doctor away?
The saying goes that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but now scientists at the University of Glasgow are looking into whether a pint of cider could have the same effect. Researchers have discovered that English cider ...
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Remote Island Provides Clues on Population Growth, Environmental Degradation
Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa. This horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin, located essentially in the middle of nowhere, is “a microcosm ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Brain's Filing System Uncovered
Socks in the sock drawer, shirts in the shirt drawer, the time-honored lessons of helping organize one’s clothes learned in youth. But what parts of the brain are used to encode such categories as socks, shirts, ...
Aug 28, 2006 |
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