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You don't say: Coffee and cigarette consumption are high among AA attendees

More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. While AA participants are reportedly notorious for their coffee drinking and cigarette smoking, very little research has quantified their consumption of these two products. Recent findings confirm that coffee and cigarette use among this population is greater than among the general U.S. population: most AA members drink coffee and more than half smoke. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


An ID for Alzheimer's?

Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop preventative strategies, ideally long before Alzheimer's destructive, clinical symptoms appear, is critical. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Pregnant mice block out unwelcome admirers to protect their pups

Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory stimuli by blocking their smell. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Spectra of gravitational waves

In Jim Arnold's blog, we have been having an occasionally enlightening, occasionally exasperating discussion about whether gravitational waves (GWs) exist. The evidence strongly supports the interpretation of the mathematics of general relativity that says gravitational waves do indeed exist and are, in principle if not yet in practice, observable. That leads to a question that hasn't come up in Jim's blog but I'd like to raise here: What is the spectrum of gravitational radiation? read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Raw deal for foreign brides in Taiwan: study

More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in health care and social inclusion. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Eruptions wiped out ocean life 94 million years ago

University of Alberta scientists contend they have the answer to mass extinction of animals and plants 93 million years ago. The answer, research has uncovered, has been found at the bottom of the sea floor where lava fountains erupted, altering the chemistry of the sea and possibly of the atmosphere. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Video released of rapid Alzheimer's improvement after new immune-based treatment

New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-based approach. A video accompanying the research, published today in the open access journal BMC Neurology, documents rapid language improvement within minutes of using this new treatment. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


A dash of lime -- a new twist that may cut CO2 levels back to pre-industrial levels

Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008


Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction, drying of world wetlands worsens: UN

Leading world scientists convene in Brazil July 21-25 amid growing concern that evaporation and ongoing destruction of world wetlands, which hold a volume of carbon similar to that in the atmosphere today, could cause them to exhale billows of greenhouse gases. read more
ScienceBlog Sunday, July 20, 2008



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