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    The Mantis Shrimp

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    "Nanokicking" Stem Cells To Grow New Bone

    "Nanokicking" Stem Cells Offers Cheaper And Easier Way To Grow New Bone Researchers in Scotland have developed a new method that coaxes stem cells into growing new bone by "nanokicking" them 1,000 times per second. They suggest the technology is cheaper and easier to implement than the current...
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    AOptix: biometric reader

    Now Your iPhone Can Read Fingerprints, Scan Irises and ID Your Face Cops and soldiers may soon be able to pull out their iPhones to track the eyes, facial features, voice and fingerprints of suspected criminals and combatants. The California-based company AOptix rolled out a new hardware...
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    Study Points to a New Culprit in Heart Disease - TMAO / carnitine

    "But what is it about carnitine that bacteria like? The answer, Dr. Hazen said, is that bacteria use it as a fuel." By GINA KOLATA Published: April 7, 2013 It was breakfast time and the people participating in a study of red meat and its consequences had hot, sizzling sirloin steaks plopped...
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    Cell Reprogramming During Liver Regeneration

    During embryonic development, animals generate many different types of cells, each with a distinct function and identity. "Although the identities of these cells remain stable under normal conditions, some cells can be persuaded to take on new identities, through reprogramming," says Ben...
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    Specialized Search Engine For Rare Diseases

    medicalnewstoday.com/articles/258270.php A team in Denmark has developed a powerful new search engine dedicated to finding well-sourced online information about rare diseases. In an evaluation study FindZebra outperformed Google, making the case for specialized search engines for specialized...
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    Texas Biolab Loses Deadly Guanarito Virus

    The Galveston National Laboratory lost one of five vials containing a deadly Venezuelan virus, according to the University of Texas Medical Branch, which owns the $174 million facility designed with the strictest security measures to hold the deadliest viruses in the country. Like Ebola, the...
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    Stan "rhino" efferding - beats world record set in 1972!! 2,303 lb. Raw total!!

    Stan "rhino" efferding - beats world record set in 1972!! 2,303 lb. Raw total!! 45 year old Stan Efferding set a new Raw powerlifting world record on Sunday becoming the first 275 pounder to total over 2,300lbs and joining only 7 other men to ever total over 2,300 pounds at any body weight...
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    British teen sells mobile news app to Yahoo for $30 million

    Nick D'Aloisio has become one of the world's youngest self-made millionaires. He taught himself to write software at age 12 and built the free iPhone app Summly when he was just 15 years old. He will work out of Yahoo's office in London. SAN FRANCISCO — Meet Nick D'Aloisio, the 17-year-old...
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    Texas senior sets new bench press record with 700-pound lift

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcuxKIiHz6g Matt Poursoltani is one of the top physical football prospects in the class of 2013. Though he isn’t ranked among the nation’s best on national lists, he still merits quite a bit of consideration, for one very notable reason: He lifts more weight...
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    Bill Gates Will Give $100,000 for a Better Condom

    Condoms are important and vital for family planning and, quite frankly, for life in general. They help prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases and although this contraception is already used commonly without widespread complaints, billionaire Bill Gates has offered...
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    The Salt of the Earth

    Reported March 22, 2013 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – You may think the United States tops the list of unhealthy countries, but when it comes to sodium, adults across the world are eating way too much. New research states that 75% of the world’s population eats twice as much sodium every day than is...
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    Kidney Disease Caused By High-Fat Diets Tackled By Grape Seed And Skin Extract

    medicalnewstoday.com/releases/257078.php Article Date: 04 Mar 2013 - 0:00 PST New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape seed and skin extract (GSSE) is known to contain powerful...
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    Mike Tyson: A Lesson On Intimidation

    A Lesson On Intimidation From Mike Tyson.mpg - YouTube