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Honey Effective In Killing Bacteria That Cause Chronic Sinusitis
Science & Tech  (tags: honey, bacteria, sinusitis, Good News, research )

Ingrid
- 10 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult.
Ask An Astronaut - NASA
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Science & Tech  (tags: NASA, Space, Astronaut, science, Greg Chamitoff, space station, questions, answers, interesting )

Mari
- 8 days ago - youtube.com
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff, aboard the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, is taking your questions
Can Human Consciousness Survive Without a Brain?
Science & Tech  (tags: General science, Human Brain, research )

Jollygirl
- 19 days ago - guardian.co.uk
"I was convinced that my spirit had left my body, and that is why I went on to become a parapsychologist, trying to prove this was true. I found it was not.
Study Finds Possible Biological Basis for Political Positions
Science & Tech  (tags: study, science, research )

Michael
- 21 days ago - washingtonpost.com
People who startle easily in response to threatening images or loud sounds seem to have a biological predisposition to adopt conservative political positions on many hot-button social issues
BBC NEWS | Music Tastes Link to Personality
Science & Tech  (tags: music, taste, personality, pop, heavy, roc, jazz, soul, blues, research )

Cissy
- 34 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Musical tastes and personality type are closely related, according to a study of more than 36,000 people from around the world. The research, which was carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot-Watt University, is said to be the largest such study
Voices Needed To Fight The Dangers Of Global Warming
Science & Tech  (tags: climate-change, UCS, essays, photographs, globalwarming, destruction, climatechange, nature, wildlife, world, pollution, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, environment, oceans, science, suffering )

Mari
- 36 days ago - ucsusa.org
Now it's time for new voices to inspire us to fight the dangers of global warming. The submission process is open to anyone in the United States through November 15, 2008. A panel of judges will select the top essays and photographs to be included
Genetic Pathways for Brain & Pancreatic Cancer Mapped
Science & Tech  (tags: cancer, genetic research, pancreatic cancer, brain tumors, tumors, genes, medical research )

Ombretta
- 36 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The most comprehensive study ever conducted on human tumors revealed 12 core pathways in pancreatic cancer & 3 core pathways in brain cancer that genes use to mutate into deadly tumors. But they also found that no human tumors are identical.
Global Warming Research Getting More Dangerous?
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, protection, suffering, endangered, climate-change, globalwarming, wildlife, research )

Tom
- 36 days ago - blogs.reuters.com
ALASKA - A hungry polar bear stuck on land forced five scientists studying the effects of global warming to be airlifted away from their camp. Polar bears are becoming increasingly trapped on land well away from their usual seal prey, say biologists.
Fingerprints Now Used to Find Drugs, Explosives
Science & Tech  (tags: fingerprints, science, investigations, jonbenet ramsey, drugs, anthrax, clues )

Cissy
- 63 days ago - news.yahoo.com
sey, anthrScientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints' telltale marks -- one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better ways to solve mysteries like the anthrax attacks or JonBenet Ramsey's murder.
Right Mix Of Trees Fights Global Warming -- Environmental Scientists Find Tree Combo For Carbon Sequestration
Science & Tech  (tags: globalwarming, deforestation, environmental, scientists, carbon, sequestration, ziziphusmauritiania )

Jenny
- 67 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A research team found 31 hardy trees that sequester carbon efficiently for the New York region, mitigating against the impacts of high deforestation and carbon release into the atmosphere in that area. US cities have lost 20% of their trees in 10 yrs.
 
 
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