Low vitamin D levels linked to more severe
multiple sclerosis symptoms

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Low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased number of brain lesions and signs of a more active disease state in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study finds, suggesting a potential link between intake of the vitamin and the risk of longer-term disability from the autoimmune disorder.

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Low levels of vitamin D are associated with
mortality in older adults

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Low levels of vitamin D and high levels of parathyroid hormone are associated with increased mortality in African American and Caucasian older adults, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). The study also indicates that the potential impact of remediating low vitamin D levels is greater in African Americans than Caucasians because vitamin D insufficiency is more common in African Americans.

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Slimy slug sex and the last tangoing mantis

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Molluscan pr0n? The wild, weird and wonderful hermaphroditic sex life of the leopard slug. This is the Attenborough narrated version with gentle music, but there is a mashup with music from a 70s blue movie. Forget throwing a bucket of water over this pair…just add salt. No. No! I didn’t say that. This is fantastical [...]

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Why is it dark at night

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Why does the night sky appear dark? Two scientific reasons. Explained loosely and briefly below. But, watch the video it’s a much slicker way to understand. If we lived in a static and infinite universe filled with stars, we’d expect that we’d be able to see stars in absolutely every direction, the night sky would [...]

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Uwingu's Crowdfunding Campaign Concludes

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Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2012
Commercial space start up Uwingu, LLC reports that its crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo culminated successfully on September 24th, raising 107% of the $75,000 fundraising target it set to launch its first commercial product. With these funds, Uwingu expects to begin creating a new stream of dollars for space research and education. "We're ecstatic, and appreciative," said Dr. Alan Stern,

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Space debris delays Japan's satellite experiment

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Tokyo (XNA) Oct 02, 2012
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday it has decided to postpone an experiment to release satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) due to approaching space debris. The experiment planned for the early hours of Friday is scheduled to launch five small satellites provided by the Fukuoka Institute of Technology and Tohoku University. The looming space debris

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SciTechTalk: NASA's planetary playbook

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Washington DC (UPI) Sep 30, 2012
With the end of what was arguably NASA's marquee mission, the space shuttle program, the space agency is keen to maintain public interest in its remaining missions, especially those doing planetary exploration within our own solar system. All eight planets within our system, plus recently "demoted" dwarf planet Pluto, are or have been targets for NASA spacecraft, with the space agency e

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EMCORE To Supply Solar Panels For ICESat-2
Mission

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Albuquerque, NM (SPX) Oct 02, 2012
EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences Corporation for NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission targeted for launch in early 2016. Solar panels populated with EMCORE's most advance

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Faking It This Fall

Being a native of upstate New York, Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. The trees always look so beautiful when they're all different colors and who can resist that crisp morning chill?^Image Credit: Brainerd.comThe leaves change color due to the reduction of sunlight. Sunlight i

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3-D printed gun project derailed by legal woes

After raising thousands of dollars to develop a free, 3-D-printable handgun, a group calling itself Defense Distributed has had to put its plans on hold, after the company providing their printing hardware refused to do business with them. It's an early episode in what is likely to be a long controversy.