Food Bacteria-Spice Survey Shows Why Some Cultures Like It Hot
...uths and our taste for certain flavors. People who enjoyed food with antibacterial spices probably were healthier,especially in hot climates. They lived longer and left more offspring. And theytaught their offspring and others: 'This is how to cook a mastodon.' Webelieve the ultimate reason for using spic...Schmidt-Nielsen Autobiography Details Scientific Adventures
...entually permitted me to choose myown ways, I have enjoyed the excitement of a life spent in finding out howanimals work." His autobiography describes how he and his family arrived in the U.S.in 1946, on a coal ship, which was the only passage available. The bookalso relates the launching of his scientific ...New Studies Shed Light On Facial Features Of Popular Dinosaurs
...ghingbetween 100 and 150 pounds -- and most likely enjoyed the same plant-based diet.Sheep, like all mammals, have fleshy, muscular cheeks. Scientists who comparedthe animals to ornithischians operated under the assumption that these dinosaurshad the same muscular cheeks as sheep. "Scientists have re...Fully Endoscopic Brain Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...e gonehome within 48 hours of surgery and all have enjoyed rapid overall recovery. "I stayed in the hospital for a couple of days, then went roller-blading ninedays after I went home," says Ken Baker, 28, a staff correspondent for Peoplemagazine. Baker underwent the procedure on July 8, 1998, to remove a la...Should Great Apes Be Given Legal Rights?
...tally-handicapped-have been denied the full rights enjoyed by others. Based on what we know about the nonhuman great apes, there is no logicalreason for the broadening of moral concern to cease with humans, says Singer."The case is clear for these beings. Like humans, they are entitled to certainrigh......out a decade ago), thenational regulatory agencies enjoyed the confidence of most of the survey'sparticipants...rmland is an importantenvironmental resource to be enjoyed by people from cities and countrysidealike. In contrast, most Americans do not considered farms to b...Blueberries: New thrills for those over the hill
For centuries, people have enjoyed blueberries for their flavor and color. In anew research study, animals fed a blueberry extract diet, rich innaturally-derived antioxidants, showed fewer age-related motor changes andoutperformed their study counterparts on memory tests. Indeed, bl...Droughts worse than the 1930's likely in the 21st century
...st alarming is the revelation that East Africa has enjoyed a relatively high level of water availability during the past 800 years (with three episodes of water shortages much more severe than the 1930's Dust Bowl). Consequently, development and population growth during the past centuries increased during th...Cincinnati researchers document environmental problems caused by tourist trade in Crete
...Eisner to study carbon levels in thaw lakes. "I've enjoyed being able to put some of the theories we learn about into practice." In addition to the wetland, Wray has concentrated his energy this summer on the water management challenges of Hersonissos. Historically, Crete hasbeen an island with plenty of fr...Supermarket shelf labels help African Americans, others shop healthier, study finds
... a part of their regular diet, and which should be enjoyed in moderation," says Holly Noble, R.D., who currently coordinates the M-Fit supermarket program. "Based on this study, it appears that they're seeing and using it." Though the stores used in the study do not currently participate in the shelf-labelin...Hair follicles provide the stem cells for the skin's entire epidermis
... the epidermis. Dr. Sun and Dr. Lavker have enjoyed a working partnership that extends over two decades. They are especially known for their discoveries of stem cells residing in various organs of the body. In the 1980s, for example, they found that the stem cells for the cornea resided in an area cal...A bizarre new predatory dinosaur unearthed on Madagascar
...e baking Malagasy sun, expedition crews played and enjoyed a great deal of Knopfler's music. Second, and perhaps more significantly, his music appeared to have an additional, unanticipated effect-it brought good fortune in the hunt for fossils. Whenever Knopfler's music was played in the quarry, crew membe...Nagyvary's violin research to be celebrated Feb. 12
..., among them who the previous owners were. "I have enjoyed very much the past 25 years of this research because it has opened up new worlds to me," notes Nagyvary, who has become an expert violin maker himself and who took his first practice lessons on a violin belonging to Albert Einstein. "I am proud to sa...UW researchers show that the human genome is helpless in the face of chocolate
..., regardless of their ability to taste bitterness, enjoyed chocolate. But the ones who were more sensitive to bitter flavors would drink latts, rather than straight espresso coffee." The only genetic taste markers in humans involve a compound called 6-n-propylthiouracil or PROP. Some people find PROP e...URI professor investigates the muscle behind blue mussels
...hat it can continue to keep the water clean and be enjoyed by diners."...Standing tall: Plains indians enjoyed height, health advantage
...an Indians, the Plains tribes enjoyed better health, at least nutritionally. "The modern perception that Native Americans were hapless and in poor health probably comes from the era at the turn of the c...APS August/September journal hot picks
... discovery-based instruction suggest that students enjoyed active, discovery-based problems, believed that discovery helped them gain an understanding of the material and helped them to develop skills that could be used in other courses. Source: Advances in Physiological Education, 25:62-69, 2001...Discovery Channel special watches OSU chimps learn to read
...s affectionate and gentle, Ivy enjoyed teasing the animals). But "building" even those simple words proved a slow and arduous task so Boysen shifted to "whole word recognition," temporarily abandoning the challenge of the chimp...Rutgers spinoff success yields $4.3 million payback to university
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