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Pop stars’ life expectancies
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines—A recent article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health tries to gives credence to the notion that pop stars do tend to live fast and die younger than their contemporaries.
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6 degrees of superheroes
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines—What do you do at the Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro in Argentina?
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Personal code
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines—If you want to see what J. Craig Venter is made of—literally—check out the interactive poster detailing his complete genome at the PLoS Biology website.
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Revisiting the pigs
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines—Five years ago, I wrote about the notion of using pigs as the organ donors for humans. Researchers in Europe and the United States were hyping this as a means of reducing the long lists of organ transplant patients around the world.
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Perceptions of color
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines -- “I see the most intense colors in spoken words (mine or others) and in my thoughts,” a blogger known as FemaleScienceProfessor posted last month.
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Fuel for thought
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines -- Wheat can fuel cars, not just people. In the Aug. 3 issue of the journal Biotechnology Progress, chemical engineer Apostolis Koutinas and his colleagues at the University of Manchester in England describe a relatively energy-efficient process to convert wheat into bioethanol.
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Pain relief
by Massie Santos Ballon
"CARPE diem," Robin Williams whispered in the movie "Dead Poets Society," and the line endures as a reminder to enjoy life and make the most of every opportunity. It shouldn't be surprising then, to find that in emphasizing pleasure, banishing pain has become equally important.
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Outdated
by Massie Santos Ballon
MANILA, Philippines -- Two years ago, Duke University graduate student Elizabeth Derryberry hiked through the snows near a national park in Northern California to locate 10 male white-crested sparrows.
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