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Robert's Veggie Booty is recalled

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Veggie Booty Snack Food because of possible bacterial contamination.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Modern brains have an ancient core

Hormones control growth, metabolism, reproduction and many other important biological processes. In humans, and all other vertebrates, the chemical signals are produced by specialised brain centres such as the hypothalamus ...

Biology /

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Alcohol abuse is in the genes

According to a study by the research group "Alcoholism and drug addiction", of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada), although there are no specific reasons to become an alcoholic, many social, family, environmental, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

'Megafishes' project to save the world's largest freshwater fish

University of Nevada, Reno researchers Zeb Hogan and Sudeep Chandra know “Megafishes” mega-well.

Biology /

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Nanosoccer debuts at RoboCup 2007

Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not anymore.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Breast cancer prognosis runs in the family

The chances of developing breast cancer are to some extent inherited, but important new findings suggest survival also runs in the family. Research published in the online journal Breast Cancer Research suggests that if a w ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 29, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Where did we come from, and how did we get to where we live today?

In the first scientific publication from The Genographic Project, a five-year effort to understand the human journey, we see the first attempts to answer these age-old questions.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 29, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Common preterm labor drug has more side effects than alternative

The drug most commonly used to arrest preterm labor, magnesium sulfate, is more likely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious side effects in pregnant women, according to a study from researchers at Lucile ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 29, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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