In 2010, a U.S. federal court sided with Boston bioengineer James Sherley and banned federal funding for stem cell research in the United States. However, the government is now appealing the case, and the Court of Appeals has agreed to…
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Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs are precisely that; unidentified. Therefore, the crux of the debate is actually whether or not they are extraterrestrial. Let’s also acknowledge that “belief” is irrelevant. Either UFOs are extraterrestrial or they are not. Individual belief…
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Galeophobia or, if you prefer, selachophobia…they both mean the same thing to suffers from the fear of…….(yes, Cue in that Jaws music)……SHARKS! In oceans around the world, these fish swim about, and in fresh water too, with their streamlined bodies,…
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Near the top of the list of things we older adults might envy the youth of today – apart from their ability to flit through the world of computers and iPods and cell phones without fear or trembling – is…
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The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped sac, about three or four inches long by one inch wide, located on the right lobe of the liver. It stores and concentrates bile, a liquid that the body uses to digest fat and…
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Electroconvulsion therapy (also known as ECT, or electric shock therapy) is a psychiatric treatment that sends a sudden current of electricity through the skin in order to cure problems like seizures, depression, and bipolar disorder. Often seen as controversial, electric…
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UFOs are an undeniable fact. Anomalous phenomena have been seen in our skies since earliest recorded times. More recent sightings have been reported by highly credible witnesses. Such witnesses include commercial and military pilots, NASA astronauts and police officers. I’m…
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Chest pains, shortness of breath and other bodily discomforts such as nausea or breaking out in a cold sweat may already be signs of a heart attack. A patient who comes to the hospital experiencing chest pains and whose ECG…
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Conceptualizing infinity is impossible. The human mind, bound by the five senses it can perceive and conditioned its entire operational career to deal with limits and boundaries, simply cannot encompass infinity. Even the bare concept of infinity defies the imagination….
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A refrigerator (often called a “fridge” for short) is a cooling appliance comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a mechanism to transfer heat from it to the external environment, cooling the contents to a temperature below ambient. Refrigerators are extensively…
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