Genes found that affect bones

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Australian and UK scientists have shown that a large percentage of genes are likely to affect bone strength, potentially around 2,000 of the 21,000 genes in our bodies.

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4 reasons atheists have to fight for their rights

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In the U.S., atheists have laws protecting them. But laws aren't always obeyed, or enforced?and fighting for legal rights can have dire consequences.

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how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean

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A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath.

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Curiosity's Descent

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The Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) captured the rover's descent to the surface of the Red Planet. The instrument shot 4 fps video from heatshield separation to the ground. The video is small and grainy, but stunning nonetheless.

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Longevity protein may protect against diabetes

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A protein that slows aging in mice and other animals also protects against the ravages of a high-fat diet, including diabetes, according to a new MIT study.

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Curiosity's MAHLI camera: Much more than a
microscopic imager

post from Planetary Society Blog on 07 August 2012 07:19:57 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Today's press briefing featured the first image from MAHLI, the Mars Hand Lens Imager, so it's time for me to dive in to this camera's capabilities.

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NCBI ROFL: Jeez people, enough with the
cockroaches in your colons already.

post from Discoblog » NCBI ROFL on 07 August 2012 07:00:25 PM. © Discoblog » NCBI ROFL

Caught on camera: an unusual type of bug in the gut.

“During screening colonoscopy, a cockroach was encountered in the transverse colon of a 51-year-old woman with a history of schizophrenia. It was <1 cm in size and had a green, aqueous substance sticking to its legs. Despite extreme caution during extraction, the cockroach disintegrated and was removed by using suction. The patient denied any knowledge of accidental ingestion or history of pica. The most plausible explanation was inadvertent intake of the cockroach while the patient was consuming green gelatin shortly before the procedure.The patient was completely asymptomatic, and it was decided that no stool studies were warranted. The patient was discharged home with instructions to follow-up in the event of any GI symptoms. The endoscopic images from this case were shared with an entomologist, who identified the bug as the nymph stage of the German cockroach Blattella germanica.”

Bonus commentary from the journal:

“Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria, the name cockroach deriving from the Spanish word cucaracha and the order name from the Greek and Latin word Blatta for insect. There are >4000 species of cockroach, of which only 30 are associated with human ...

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Manitobas Abundance of Opportunity

The following is a guest post from Alan Young of the Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI). CBI brings together diverse partners to create new solutions for boreal forest conservation and works as a catalyst supporting on-the-ground efforts across the boreal.[...]

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Canadas scientific gold medalist

The Olympics brings out nationalistic pride in all of us. Canadians everywhere are cheering on their heroes with the hopes that one of them will bring home a prestigious gold medal. In the spirit of the Olympics, we’ve chosen to dedicate a post in honour of John Dirks, a pioneer in the field of nephrology [...]

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Curiosity sol 1 and planned activities for the
next few sols

A look at the current status of Curiosity at the beginning of sol 2, and what activities to look forward to over the next few sols.

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