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Recent Archives
Shower Singing
Why do people sing better in the shower than in any other room? (reverberations build up to great tone, and inhibition and noise factor in to make you sing fuller and louder)
Infecting Tumors
How infections may be a good way to stop cancer tumors by stopping angiogenesis.
Whale Singing
Looking for the source of one set of mysterious sonar sounds, researchers find the source of another set of mysterious sonar sounds — the songs of dwarf minke whales in Australia.
Selenium and the Flu
In selenium-deprived mice, the flu virus can mutate into a deadlier form, later causing worse infections in both selenium deficient and selenium adequate mice.
Aspirin and Transplants
How aspirin can be used to prevent organ rejection by weakening immune cells that cause it.