November 2009
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Koalas Could Face Extinction →
Australia’s koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to halt a decline in population, according to researchers. They say development, climate change and bushfires have all combined to send the numbers of wild koalas plummeting. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed the population could have dropped by more than half in the past six...
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Pavlovian Conditioning Pets
Wow…it really just occurred to me how ridiculous my behavior is:
I’ve purposely been rattling my rabbits’ container of papaya tablets before I feed them the treat.
They now go crazy when I start shaking the container.
I feel powerful.
I feel like this should have been written in a Haiku format…
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You know what else is an abomination, Maine?... →
Dear 53% of Maine, Today you decided that homosexuals are lesser human beings who don’t deserve the same rights as heterosexuals. You have just illustrated to the nation that you, like California, believe popular vote is a valid and moral way to decide human rights. I’m really glad we didn’t use this method back when legalizing interracial marriage, but I guess the whole...
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New Method Targets Cancerous Tumors Without... →
Two University of Rhode Island associate professors, biophysicists Yana Reshetnyak and Oleg Andreev, have discovered a technology that can detect cancerous tumors and deliver treatment to them without the harming the healthy cells surrounding them, thereby significantly reducing side effects….
The key lies in the acidity level of cells. While normal cells maintain a pH of 7.4 with little...
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