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			<title>Shelters date to Stone Age</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hunter-gatherers hung out in huts long before farmers built villages]]></description> 
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			<title>Old-fashioned fish regrow fins</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fish from an ancient line can regenerate lost limbs with newt-like flair]]></description> 
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			<title>Tiny &#039;Soccer Ball&#039; Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The carbon buckyballs circle a pair of stars 6,500 light-years from Earth.

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			<title>Rare Element on Earth Discovered in Ancient Starlight</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The element tellurium is a brittle superconducting material that is rare on Earth.

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			<title>Publish lethal flu virus work, says WHO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Advice to publish work on deadly flu contradicts a top US biosecurity panel – but New Scientist reveals that similar work has been published already  
            
            Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Science Politics]]></description> 
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			<title>Diet pill aims for US regulatory approval</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The makers of an appetite-sapping drug will this week take a second bite at the cherry of regulatory approval  
            
            Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Health]]></description> 
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			<title>Uganda&#039;s Power Drive Stills the Headwaters of the Nile</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Uganda, where 90 percent of the people lack electricity, taps deeper into waterpower, by eliminating cascading rapids on the Victoria Nile.  
            
            Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Energy]]></description> 
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			<title>Why Some Poison Frogs Taste Bittersweet When Licked</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  It&#039;s a discovery perhaps only a frog-licking scientist could make: Toxic frogs secrete sugars and bile acids in addition to their poisons.  
            
            Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Evolution]]></description> 
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			<title>How to Make Your Personal or Professional Landing Page Stand Out</title>
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				Earlier this week we asked you how you make your personal landing page stand out when there are so out there that mostly look alike and you wrote in with great ideas and examples.  Here are some of the best and the processes behind them. 				More »
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			<title>Reports of Looming Male Extinction Exaggerated 
    (LiveScience.com)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[LiveScience.com - Contrary to previous belief, men may not be on the way out after all. New research reveals that the Y chromosome is not rapidly degrading and is unlikely to disappear.]]></description> 
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			<title>Pioneering molecular biologist Roy J. Britten dies 
    (AP)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AP - Roy J. Britten, a pioneering molecular biologist who discovered the crucial fact that humans and animals have multiple copies of some DNA segments, has died. He was 92.]]></description> 
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			<title>San Jose Hoarder&#039;s Trash Pile Visible from Space 
    (ContributorNetwork)</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/San+Jose+Hoarder%27s+Trash+Pile+Visible+from+Space+%0A++++%28ContributorNetwork%29</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ContributorNetwork - It doesn&#039;t matter how many stories about hoarders we read -- they&#039;re all disturbing (and sad), particularly another incident the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday.]]></description> 
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			<title>Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue EPA Over Proposed Ballast Water Rule 
    (ContributorNetwork)</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Environmental+Groups+Threaten+to+Sue+EPA+Over+Proposed+Ballast+Water+Rule+%0A++++%28ContributorNetwork%29</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ContributorNetwork - Several environmental groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency&#039;s restrictions on ship ballast water discharge, saying the laws are too lax and are leading to the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters, according to Reuters. The EPA is required to rewrite its ballast tank rule this year, with it set to go into effect in 2013. But if the new rule is too lax, the environmental groups are threatening possible legal action.]]></description> 
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			<title>FOR KIDS: Worlds beyond the solar system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth]]></description> 
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			<title>FOR KIDS: Surprise ions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere]]></description> 
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			<title>What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun in Space?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Guns can shoot in space, and this allows for all kinds of absurd scenarios.

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			<title>Mini molecules could help fight battle of aortic bulge</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Mini+molecules+could+help+fight+battle+of+aortic+bulge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When aortic walls buckle, the body&#039;s main blood pipe forms an ever-growing bulge. To thwart a deadly rupture, a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has found two tiny molecules that may be able to orchestrate an aortic defense.]]></description> 
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			<title>Study finds new member of the breast-cancer gene network</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The infamous BRCA genes do not act alone in causing cancer; there is a molecular syndicate at work preventing the way cells normally repair breaks in DNA that is at the root of breast cancer. But finding all of the BRCA molecular collaborators has been elusive.]]></description> 
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			<title>SPIDERS microgrid project secures military installations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When the lights go out, most of us find flashlights, dig out board games and wait for the power to come back. But thats not an option for hospitals and military installations, where lives are on the line. Power outages can have disastrous consequences for such critical organizations, and its especially unsettling that they rely on the nations aging, fragile and fossil-fuel dependent grid.]]></description> 
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			<title>New way to tap largest remaining treasure trove of potential new antibiotics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Scientists are reporting use of a new technology for sifting through the world&#039;s largest remaining pool of potential antibiotics to discover two new antibiotics that work against deadly resistant microbes, including the &quot;super bugs&quot; known as MRSA. Their report appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.]]></description> 
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			<title>Exercise in pregnancy safe for baby, study finds</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Exercise+in+pregnancy+safe+for+baby%2C+study+finds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(HealthDay) -- Exercising at moderate or -- for very active women -- even high intensity during pregnancy won&#039;t hurt your baby&#039;s health, a new study finds.]]></description> 
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			<title>High VEGF signaling score tied to lung cancer prognosis</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/High+VEGF+signaling+score+tied+to+lung+cancer+prognosis</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(HealthDay) -- A high vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling score correlates with good prognosis in patients with early squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.]]></description> 
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			<title>The Emerging Science of Connected Networks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Complexity scientists have made great strides in understanding the behaviour of single networks. Now they want to know what happens when networks become connected to each other


  
            
            Source: Technology Review - Discipline: Technology]]></description> 
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			<title>To Charge Electric Cars, Just Drive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A new magnetic system would recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as they drive along the highway.  
            
            Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Energy]]></description> 
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			<title>Heartland Leaker Reveals Himself</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The man who leaked documents from a climate-change-denying think-tank reveals his identity. Ethical debates ensue.  
            
            Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Environment]]></description> 
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			<title>Pictures: New Amphibians Without Arms or Legs Discovered</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  They aren&#039;t worms or even snakes. They&#039;re burrowing, limbless amphibians, and they&#039;re completely new to science, a new study suggests.  
            
            Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Evolution]]></description> 
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			<title>Nuclear MRI shows inner workings of disease</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UC DAVIS (US) — Nuclear magnetic resonance equipment zooms in on how biological molecules work—potentially leading to new treatments for conditions such as breast cancer and  Alzheimer’s.In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers offer insight gained from using powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment to study calcium channels, which are linked to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, among other conditions.]]></description> 
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			<title>New Alzheimer’s drugs botch brain’s wiring</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTHWESTERN (US) — Alzheimer’s drugs currently in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, including memory damage.A Northwestern University study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, and cause neurons to be miswired and interfere with their ability to send messages to the brain.]]></description> 
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			<title>Where Can I Get Discounts on Expensive Software?</title>
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			<title>How to Remove Your Google Web History Before The New Privacy Policy Change</title>
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				Google recently announced it was unifying its privacy policies and would be sharing the data it collects about users between all of its products, starting March 1st. That means your web searches and sites you visit will be combined with other Google products like Google Plus and YouTube. If you&#039;d rather avoid that, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reminds us you can remove your Google search history and stop it from being recorded. 				More »
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			<title>Anti-Aging Protein Extends Life Span in Mice, and Maybe Humans 
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			<description><![CDATA[LiveScience.com - Things are looking up for aging mice and, if this research pays off, for aging humans, too.]]></description> 
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			<title>Venus, Jupiter &amp; Moon Make Skywatching Triple Play This Week 
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			<description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Anyone out under the stars in the early evening lately likely cannot help but notice two brilliant objects dominating the western sky: the planets Venus and Jupiter.]]></description> 
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			<title>2 US rescue helicopters in Montenegro 
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			<description><![CDATA[AP - Two U.S. helicopters arrived in Montenegro Wednesday to join rescue operations in the areas of the tiny Balkan state hit by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years.]]></description> 
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			<title>Pluto Stamp Watch: Stamp Petition Gains Nearly 6,000 Signatures</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Pluto+Stamp+Watch%3A+Stamp+Petition+Gains+Nearly+6%2C000+Signatures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons Pluto mission team is hoping for 100,000 signatures by March 13.

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			<title>Tiny Soccer Balls Found In Space - Buckeyballs</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Tiny+Soccer+Balls+Found+In+Space+-+Buckeyballs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronomers have discovered carbon atoms connected in the shape of soccer balls, kicking around the cosmos. How were they detected? And why do scientists search space for these largest of molecules?

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			<title>MOFs materials special review issue</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New analyses of more than 4,000 scientific studies have concluded that a family of &quot;miracle materials&quot; called MOFs have a bright future in products and technologies  ranging from the fuel tanks in hydrogen-powered cars to muting the effects of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide  that are critical for solving some of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. The 18 articles examining 4,283 pieces of research on MOFs published in the past appear in a special edition of the ACS&#039; journal Chemical Reviews.]]></description> 
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			<title>Graphene is thinnest known anti-corrosion coating</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Graphene+is+thinnest+known+anti-corrosion+coating</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New research has established the &quot;miracle material&quot; called graphene as the world&#039;s thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion. Their study on this potential new use of graphene appears in ACS Nano.]]></description> 
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			<title>Restoring reality: Training improves brain activation and behavior in schizophrenia</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Restoring+reality%3A+Training+improves+brain+activation+and+behavior+in+schizophrenia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A pioneering new study finds that a specific type of computerized cognitive training can lead to significant neural and behavioral improvements in individuals with schizophrenia. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 23 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that 16 weeks of intensive cognitive training is also associated with improved social functioning several months later and may have far-reaching implications for improving the quality of life for patients suffering from neuropsychiatric illness.]]></description> 
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			<title>Physicists surprised by disappearing and reappearing superconductivity in iron selenium chalcogenides</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Physicists+surprised+by+disappearing+and+reappearing+superconductivity+in+iron+selenium+chalcogenides</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Superconductivity is a rare physical state in which matter is able to conduct electricity -- maintain a flow of electrons -- without any resistance. This phenomenon can only be found in certain materials at low temperatures, or can be induced under chemical and high external pressure conditions. Research to create superconductors at higher temperatures has been ongoing for two decades with the promise of significant impact on electrical transmission. New work from a team including Carnegie&#039;s Xiao-Jia Chen and Ho-kwang &quot;Dave&quot; Mao demonstrates unexpected superconductivity in a type of compounds called iron selenium chalcogenides. Their work is published online by Nature on February 22.]]></description> 
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			<title>Analysis of mTOR shows how the protein works, how new generation of drugs may defeat it</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Analysis+of+mTOR+shows+how+the+protein+works%2C+how+new+generation+of+drugs+may+defeat+it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Uncovering the network of genes regulated by a crucial molecule involved in cancer called mTOR, which controls protein production inside cells, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered how a protein &quot;master regulator&quot; goes awry, leading to metastasis, the fatal step of cancer.]]></description> 
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			<title>Research links circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Research+links+circadian+rhythms+to+sudden+cardiac+death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body&#039;s natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, are the most common cause of sudden cardiac death: the primary cause of death from heart disease. They occur most frequently in the morning waking hours, followed by a smaller peak in the evening hours. While scientists have observed this tendency for many years, prior to this breakthrough, the molecular basis for these daily patterns was unknown.]]></description> 
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			<title>Theory of the &#039;rotting&#039; Y chromosome dealt a fatal blow</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Theory+of+the+%27rotting%27+Y+chromosome+dealt+a+fatal+blow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you were to discover that a fundamental component of human biology has survived virtually intact for the past 25 million years, you&#039;d be quite confident in saying that it is here to stay.]]></description> 
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			<title>What can animals&#039; survival instincts tell us about understanding human emotion?</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/What+can+animals%27+survival+instincts+tell+us+about+understanding+human+emotion%3F</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can animals&#039; survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion? New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux poses this question in outlining a pioneering theory, drawn from two decades of research, that could lead to a more comprehensive understanding of emotions in both humans and animals.]]></description> 
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			<title>To celebrate prairie landscapes, research says to take an aesthetic approach</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/To+celebrate+prairie+landscapes%2C+research+says+to+take+an+aesthetic+approach</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Kansas State University researcher and former park ranger is helping people take a new view of the prairie and see it as more than a seemingly empty landscape.]]></description> 
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			<title>Uncovered: Genetic cause of complex disease seen in Irish Traveller community</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Uncovered%3A+Genetic+cause+of+complex+disease+seen+in+Irish+Traveller+community</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two independent groups of researchers  one led by Adrian Clark, at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; and the other led by Jean-Laurent Casanova, at The Rockefeller University, New York  have now identified the disease-causing gene in patients with a complex inherited syndrome most commonly observed in the Irish Traveller community.]]></description> 
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			<title>Unraveling why children with Down syndrome have increased leukemia risk</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Unraveling+why+children+with+Down+syndrome+have+increased+leukemia+risk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Children with Down syndrome (DS) have an increased risk of developing leukemia, in particular acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Through their studies in a mouse model of DS, a team of researchers led by John Crispino, at Northwestern University, Chicago, has now identified a potential explanation as to why children with DS are at increased risk of AMKL. In doing so, they have also identified a candidate therapeutic target.]]></description> 
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			<title>Lessons from $800-million drug flop may lead to a new genre of anti-cholesterol medicines</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Lessons+from+%24800-million+drug+flop+may+lead+to+a+new+genre+of+anti-cholesterol+medicines</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mindful of lessons from a failed heart drug that cost $800 million to develop, drug companies are taking another shot at new medications that boost levels of so-called &quot;good cholesterol,&quot; which removes cholesterol from the body. A report on how three new versions of medications in the same family as the failed torcetrapib appears in the current edition of Chemical &amp; Engineering News, the newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world&#039;s largest scientific society.]]></description> 
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			<title>Skin cancer frequency in chronic leg ulcers &gt;10 percent</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Skin+cancer+frequency+in+chronic+leg+ulcers+%3E10+percent</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(HealthDay) -- Chronic leg ulcers (CLUs) that don&#039;t heal after three months of appropriate treatment have an overall skin cancer frequency of 10.4 percent, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the Archives of Dermatology.]]></description> 
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			<title>Panel: All adults should get whooping cough shots</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Panel%3A+All+adults+should+get+whooping+cough+shots</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.]]></description> 
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			<title>Spitzer finds solid buckyballs in space</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Spitzer+finds+solid+buckyballs+in+space</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using data from NASA&#039;s Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos.]]></description> 
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			<title>For disaster debris arriving from Japan, radiation least of the concerns</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/For+disaster+debris+arriving+from+Japan%2C+radiation+least+of+the+concerns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(PhysOrg.com) -- The first anniversary is approaching of the March, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, and later this year debris from that event should begin to wash up on U.S. shores  and one question many have asked is whether that will pose a radiation risk.]]></description> 
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			<title>Co-opulation: Sometimes It Takes More Than 2 to Tango [Slide Show]</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Co-opulation%3A+Sometimes+It+Takes+More+Than+2+to+Tango+%5BSlide+Show%5D</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dawn Higginson thought it was strange when she learned that some diving beetles produce sperm that fuse together at the head like Siamese twins. But when the postdoctoral researcher from the University of Arizona began asking why such conjugate gametes form, things only got even stranger. The sperm of the diving beetle, which gets its name from its ability to swim underwater, occur in many shapes and forms. Whereas a few species make standard tadpole-shaped swimmers, others generate sperm that stack together like traffic cones to form long, many-tailed filaments. Some species even generate two different types of sperm that work together to navigate through the female&#039;s fertilization duct. [More]

  
  
  
  
  
  


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			<title>Cocaine and the teen brain: Research offers insights into addiction</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[    When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug&#039;s effects, Yale and other scientists have found. Now two new studies by a Yale team identify key genes that regulate this response and show that interfering with this reaction dramatically increases a mouse&#039;s sensitivity to cocaine.    
            
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			<title>NSA chief fears Anonymous could hit power grid: report</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/NSA+chief+fears+Anonymous+could+hit+power+grid%3A+report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  With Fridays on the Internet now a virtual Mad Libs game of which government website Anonymous will take down next, the director of the National Security agency wants the White House to know that the hacker collective could very well cause at least a limited power outage in the next two years  
            
            Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Energy]]></description> 
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			<title>Video: Device prevents texting while driving</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Video%3A+Device+prevents+texting+while+driving</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Texting and driving has proven to play a deadly role in car accidents. But how do you make sure your loved one stays off the phone and pays attention to the road? A new product claims to do just that. KLEO-TV&#039;s Austin Hoffman has the details.
     
  
            
            Source: CBSNews - Discipline: Technology]]></description> 
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			<title>Judge: Woman must turn over computer hard drive</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Judge%3A+Woman+must+turn+over+computer+hard+drive</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Readily available, easy-to-use software can encrypt a computer hard drive so thoroughly it would take years for a hacker to break in. But that seems to be no impediment for government prosecutors, who have obtained an order compelling the disclosure of a computer&#039;s contents in one Colorado case.  
            
            Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Technology]]></description> 
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			<title>World&#039;s Deepest Land Animal Discovered</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/World%27s+Deepest+Land+Animal+Discovered</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  The eyeless creature lives in total darkness in caves, where it feeds on fungi and decomposing matter.  
            
            Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Animals]]></description> 
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			<title>GDP &#039;not sufficient&#039; for measuring economic wealth</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/GDP+%27not+sufficient%27+for+measuring+economic+wealth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Leading environmental scientists have said relying on GDP to measure economic wealth ignores overall well-being.]]></description> 
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			<title>How to engage with farmers over GM crops</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/How+to+engage+with+farmers+over+GM+crops</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Farmers are more likely to use GM crops if they are involved in crop development in the right way, say Obidimma Ezezika and Justin Mabeya.]]></description> 
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			<title>How Much Would It Cost to Build the Great Pyramid Today? 
    (LiveScience.com)</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/How+Much+Would+It+Cost+to+Build+the+Great+Pyramid+Today%3F+%0A++++%28LiveScience.com%29</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LiveScience.com - Even with cranes, helicopters, tractors and trucks at our disposal, it would be tough to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza today. Its construction 4,500 years ago is so astounding in some people&#039;s eyes that they invoke mystical or even alien involvement. But the current theory of the building of the Great Pyramid — the notion that it was assembled from the inside out, via a spiraling internal ramp — is probably still the best construction plan.]]></description> 
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			<title>&#039;Pac-Man Sun&#039;: NASA Probe Sees Solar Eclipse in Space 
    (SPACE.com)</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/%27Pac-Man+Sun%27%3A+NASA+Probe+Sees+Solar+Eclipse+in+Space+%0A++++%28SPACE.com%29</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - A NASA spacecraft has captured stunning footage of Tuesday&#039;s (Feb. 21) partial solar eclipse, which left our star looking briefly like a huge celestial Pac-Man.]]></description> 
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			<title>Science News at the 2012 AAAS meeting</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Science+News+at+the+2012+AAAS+meeting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A round-up of coverage of the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting]]></description> 
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			<title>&#039;Pac-Man Sun&#039;: NASA Probe Sees Solar Eclipse in Space</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/%27Pac-Man+Sun%27%3A+NASA+Probe+Sees+Solar+Eclipse+in+Space</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped the footage Tuesday.

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			<title>Aqua Burst: Skywatcher Photo Reveals Nebula&#039;s Blue Glow</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Aqua+Burst%3A+Skywatcher+Photo+Reveals+Nebula%27s+Blue+Glow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A reflection nebula is a cloud of dust visible with the help of energy from a nearby star or stars.

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			<title>How Scattered Light May Reveal Alien Planet Atmospheres</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/How+Scattered+Light+May+Reveal+Alien+Planet+Atmospheres</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronomers are devising new ways to measure the potential atmosphere of alien planets by using light scattered by the exoplanets&#039; atmospheres. Alien planet atmospheres may reveal surprising details about the worlds.

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			<title>Venus, Jupiter &amp; Moon Make Skywatching Triple Play This Week</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Venus%2C+Jupiter+%26+Moon+Make+Skywatching+Triple+Play+This+Week</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Venus, Jupiter and the moon will shine together in a weekend celestial show.

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			<title>New cyber-attack on Greek ministry after arrest</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/New+cyber-attack+on+Greek+ministry+after+arrest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Greece&#039;s justice ministry on Wednesday sustained a cyber-attack, the second this month, after the arrest of a teenager accused of participating in the first hacking, police said.]]></description> 
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			<title>Researchers reveal how cancer cells change once they spread to distant organs</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Researchers+reveal+how+cancer+cells+change+once+they+spread+to+distant+organs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what happens next -- how these cells reverse the process, morphing back into classical cancer that can now grow into a new tumor.]]></description> 
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			<title>New study confirms low levels of fallout from Fukushima</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/New+study+confirms+low+levels+of+fallout+from+Fukushima</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation in the United States in about 20 percent of 167 sites sampled in a nationwide study released today. The U.S. Geological Survey led the study as part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP). Levels measured were similar to measurements made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the days and weeks immediately following the March 2011 incidents, which were determined to be well below any level of public health concern.]]></description> 
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			<title>Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failure</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Researchers+solve+puzzle+of+proteins+linked+to+heart+failure</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular heartbeat. New findings published in PLoS ONE, which reveal mechanisms that underlie this life-threatening risk, provide new possibilities for fighting it.]]></description> 
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			<title>Exposure to micronutrients pre-pregnancy associated with gene modifications in offspring</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Exposure+to+micronutrients+pre-pregnancy+associated+with+gene+modifications+in+offspring</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were tested at 9 months.]]></description> 
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			<title>Paying research volunteers raises ethical concerns, study concludes</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Paying+research+volunteers+raises+ethical+concerns%2C+study+concludes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(Garrison, NY) Researchers almost always offer money as an incentive for healthy volunteers to enroll in research studies, but does payment amount to coercion or undue inducement to participate in research? In the first national study to examine their views on this question, the majority of institutional review board members and other research ethics professionals expressed persistent ethical concern about the effects of offering payment to research subjects. But they differed in their views of the meaning of coercion and undue influence and how to avoid these problems in concrete research situations. The study appears in IRB: Ethics &amp; Human Research.]]></description> 
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			<title>Researchers confirm WIC breastfeeding rate data</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Researchers+confirm+WIC+breastfeeding+rate+data</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While medical professionals have long known breastfeeding positively impacts infant and maternal health, few effective tools are available to measure breastfeeding practices nationally. According to a new study, one preexisting government-funded program is a potential wealth of accurate data about the breastfeeding practices of low-income mothers. This study was published in a recent issue of the Journal of Human Lactation (published by SAGE).]]></description> 
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			<title>Shifting the clinical teaching paradigm in undergraduate nursing education</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Shifting+the+clinical+teaching+paradigm+in+undergraduate+nursing+education</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To address the faculty shortage problem, schools of nursing are reexamining how they provide clinical education to undergraduate students to find ways to use faculty resources more efficiently so they can maintain student enrollment and meet the future need for nurses.]]></description> 
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			<title>Research discovers potentially deadly fungus senses body&#039;s defenses to evade them</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Research+discovers+potentially+deadly+fungus+senses+body%27s+defenses+to+evade+them</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Glen Palmer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology &amp; Parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, was part of an international research team led by Luigina Romani, MD, at the University of Perugia, that discovered opportunistic fungi like Candida albicans can sense the immune status of host cells and adapt, evading immune system defenses. Unlike previous studies, this research investigated both sides of the infection equation as well as the interaction between the fungi and the cells they will invade. The findings are published online in Nature Communications in the most recent articles section (February 21, 2012).]]></description> 
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			<title>Researchers evaluate teaching program for breaking bad news to patients</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Researchers+evaluate+teaching+program+for+breaking+bad+news+to+patients</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine evaluated the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions where they practiced conveying difficult news to &quot;standardized patients&quot; (SPs). The SPs role-played patients with a variety of cancers and who were receiving bad medical news.]]></description> 
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			<title>Study looks at patients&#039; decision-making in asymptomatic carotid stenosis</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Study+looks+at+patients%27+decision-making+in+asymptomatic+carotid+stenosis</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A paper from Rhode Island Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit examines whether different presentation formats, presenter characteristics, and patient characteristics affect decision-making for patients requiring treatment for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Based on the study, the researchers concluded that how the treatment options are presented to a patient strongly impacts patients&#039; decision-making, while the patient&#039;s age, gender, and education level may also influence the decision. The study was recently published in the journal Neurology.]]></description> 
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			<title>Is there a general motivation center in the depths of the brain?</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Is+there+a+general+motivation+center+in+the+depths+of+the+brain%3F</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A French team coordinated by Mathias Pessiglione, Inserm researcher have identified the part of the brain driving motivation during actions that combine physical and mental effort: the ventral striatum. The results of their study were published in PLoS Biology on 21 February 2012.]]></description> 
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			<title>Broken hearts really hurt</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Broken+hearts+really+hurt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;Broken-hearted&quot; isn&#039;t just a metaphor -- social pain and physical pain have a lot in common, according to Naomi Eisenberger of the University of Califiornia-Los Angeles, the author of a new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. In the paper, she surveys recent research on the overlap between physical and social pain.]]></description> 
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			<title>Hermetic bags save African crop, but not how experts once thought</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Hermetic+bags+save+African+crop%2C+but+not+how+experts+once+thought</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The hermetic grain storage bags that cut off oxygen to weevils and have saved West and Central African farmers hundreds of millions of dollars by putting the brakes on the insects&#039; rapid multiplication don&#039;t merely suffocate them as once thought, a Purdue University study shows.]]></description> 
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			<title>Study: Muscle regeneration may provide ideal environment for rhabdomyosarcoma</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Study%3A+Muscle+regeneration+may+provide+ideal+environment+for+rhabdomyosarcoma</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Inflammation, cell division and cell differentiation that occur during skeletal muscle regeneration may provide an ideal environment for the highly malignant tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma to arise. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children&#039;s Hospital study that examined rhabdomyosarcoma growth in mouse models of muscular dystrophy. The new models could help investigators search for factors that drive tumor growth and help test new therapies.]]></description> 
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			<title>Blacks with higher education and prior treatment less likely to seek mental health care</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Blacks+with+higher+education+and+prior+treatment+less+likely+to+seek+mental+health+care</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Young adult blacks, especially those with higher levels of education, are significantly less likely to seek mental health services than their white counterparts, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.]]></description> 
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			<title>UK study provides insight into cancer progression</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/UK+study+provides+insight+into+cancer+progression</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The University of Kentucky has announced that Dr. Daret St. Clair, the James Graham Brown Endowed Chair and professor of toxicology, has published the first comprehensive study that provides insight into the relationship between two types of suppressors in cancerous tumors. The results will enhance the understanding of transcriptional mechanisms in carcinogenesis.]]></description> 
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			<title>Should patent and commercialization activities by faculty count toward tenure and promotion?</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Should+patent+and+commercialization+activities+by+faculty+count+toward+tenure+and+promotion%3F</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, institutions of higher learning are including faculty member patents and commercialization activities in their calculus for offering tenure and promotion. However, a report published in Volume 13 Number 3 of Technology and Innovation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors finds that 75 percent of institutions surveyed do not include patent and commercialization considerations in their tenure and promotion criteria.]]></description> 
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			<title>Local cops on front lines against product counterfeiting</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Local+cops+on+front+lines+against+product+counterfeiting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Contrary to common perception, state and local police are often on the front lines against product counterfeiting, yet it&#039;s unclear how prepared they are to deal with the growing crime, according to a new report from two Michigan State University criminologists.]]></description> 
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			<title>Can you recognize an effective teacher when you recruit one?</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Can+you+recognize+an+effective+teacher+when+you+recruit+one%3F</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Research on the relationship between teacher characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire.]]></description> 
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			<title>Researchers take a step forward in transplanting pig cells to regenerate human cartilage</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Researchers+take+a+step+forward+in+transplanting+pig+cells+to+regenerate+human+cartilage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have studied for the first time the response of human NK cells (Natural Killer) against porcine chondrocytes (cartilage cells).]]></description> 
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			<title>World of Warcraft boosts cognitive functioning in some older adults</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/World+of+Warcraft+boosts+cognitive+functioning+in+some+older+adults</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For some older adults, the online video game World of Warcraft (WoW) may provide more than just an opportunity for escapist adventure. Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that playing WoW actually boosted cognitive functioning for older adults  particularly those adults who had scored poorly on cognitive ability tests before playing the game.]]></description> 
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			<title>Academic inventors critical to American innovation</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Academic+inventors+critical+to+American+innovation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In an article published in Volume 13 Number 3 of Technology and Innovation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, Richard Maulsby, associate commissioner for innovation and development for the USPTO&#039;s Office of Innovation Development, advocates for promoting American academic innovation. In his paper titled &quot;Promoting American Innovation,&quot; he writes that the USPTO will be &quot;building on the past success of our outreach to independent and small entity inventors and to inventors associated with colleges, universities and research institutions.&quot;]]></description> 
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			<title>Toxic aldehydes detected in reheated oil</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Toxic+aldehydes+detected+in+reheated+oil</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain) have been the first to discover the presence of certain aldehydes in food, which are believed to be related to some neurodegenerative diseases and some types of cancer. These toxic compounds can be found in some oils, such as sunflower oil, when heated at a suitable temperature for frying.]]></description> 
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			<title>Benchmarking study prompts rethink on next cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Benchmarking+study+prompts+rethink+on+next+cardiovascular+disease+prevention+guidelines</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sophia Antipolis, Wednesday 22 February 2012: The next Joint European CVD Prevention Guidelines, scheduled for publication later this year at EuroPRevent 2012, will be shorter, tighter and supported by fewer references. The aim, says Professor Joep Perk, Chairperson of the Task Force of the fifth edition, is a set of guidelines whose recommendations can be readily applied and whose evidence is unequivocal. &quot;If we had picked up where we left off with the fourth edition guidelines, we&#039;d have ended up with a 150-page document and 2000 references,&quot; says Perk. &quot;And with that we&#039;d have reached a dead-end.&quot;]]></description> 
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			<title>In food form, some probiotics have a better chance to promote health</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/In+food+form%2C+some+probiotics+have+a+better+chance+to+promote+health</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Functional foods containing bacteria with beneficial health effects, or probiotics, have long been consumed in Northern Europe and are becoming increasingly popular elsewhere. To be of benefit, however, the bacteria have to survive in the very hostile environment of the digestive tract. A group of scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway have developed a &quot;model gastric system&quot; for evaluating the survival of bacteria strains in the human digestive system, and determined that some bacteria strains survive better when consumed as fermented milks. Their results are published in the February issue of the Journal of Dairy Science.]]></description> 
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			<title>Birds sing louder amidst the noise and structures of the urban jungle</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Birds+sing+louder+amidst+the+noise+and+structures+of+the+urban+jungle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order to escape the lower frequencies noises of the urban environment. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aberystwyth have discovered that besides noise, the physical structure of cities also plays a role in altering the birds&#039; songs.]]></description> 
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			<title>Fake drug sales are increasing on the Internet and turning up in legitimate supply chains</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Fake+drug+sales+are+increasing+on+the+Internet+and+turning+up+in+legitimate+supply+chains</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Criminal gangs are increasingly using the internet to market life-threatening counterfeit medicines and some have even turned up in legitimate outlets such as pharmacies, according to a review led by Dr Graham Jackson, editor of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice, and published in the March edition.]]></description> 
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			<title>Family history -- a significant way to improve cardiovascular disease risk assessment</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Family+history+--+a+significant+way+to+improve+cardiovascular+disease+risk+assessment</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study by researchers at The University of Nottingham has proved that assessing family medical history is a significant tool in helping GPs spot patients at high risk of heart disease and its widespread use could save lives.]]></description> 
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			<title>A research challenges the theories on the global increase in jellyfish population</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/A+research+challenges+the+theories+on+the+global+increase+in+jellyfish+population</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An international research, involving the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), provides a new perspective on the jellyfish proliferation in world&#039;s oceans. This phenomenon has noticeably impacted on beaches around the world in recent years and has provoked the concerns of fishermen and bathers. However, according to the group of experts leading this new research, there are no &quot;conclusive evidences&quot; that point to global increase in jellyfish population.]]></description> 
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			<title>Video: Caught in the act: Team discovers microbes speciating</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Video%3A+Caught+in+the+act%3A+Team+discovers+microbes+speciating</link>
			<description><![CDATA[    Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes decided to part ways. They began evolving into different species – despite the fact that they still encountered one another in their acidic, boiling habitat and even exchanged some genes from time to time, researchers report. This is the first example of what the researche  
            
            Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Discipline: Evolution]]></description> 
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			<title>Russian Scientists Clone Ancient Arctic Plant</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Russian+Scientists+Clone+Ancient+Arctic+Plant</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Audie Cornish speaks with Grant Zazula, a paleontologist for the government of Yukon, about the cloning of an ancient Arctic plant by Russian scientists. He says he was skeptical at first, but is confident the experiment has been a success.  
            
            Source: NPR - Discipline: Molecular Biology]]></description> 
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			<title>Red Planet Rumblings: New Signs of a Recent Marsquake</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/Red+Planet+Rumblings%3A+New+Signs+of+a+Recent+Marsquake</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Seismic actvity on Mars could mean underground water -- which could mean life  
            
            Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Geology]]></description> 
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			<title>It&#039;s Official: Physics Is Hard</title>
			<link>http://crazychucks.com/news/It%27s+Official%3A+Physics+Is+Hard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Even computers think finding equations that describe the progression of a system through time is difficult  
            
            Source: Science - Discipline: Physics]]></description> 
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