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Pawn Storm
I once was an active chessplayer, but work duties have long taken tournaments off my plate - I simply do not have the time to sit through long hours of chess battles. So I play blitz online on chess.c...
Earth Sciences
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Hapalochlaena: How To Survive This Golf Ball Sized Venom Vector
Not many humans have died from the venom of the species of blue-ringed octopuses in the genus Hapalochlaena despite them living in tide pools from Japan to Australia, but all of the deaths had to be m...
Life Sciences
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You Laugh Like An Ape
All living great apes laugh, and of course humans do as well. They share its rhythm in common and have for 15 million years, according to a recent study which analyzed laughter from four humans, four ...
Medicine
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Mice Given Supplement Before Surgery Experience Greater Liver Regeneration
Hepatectomy is surgery in which part of the liver is removed, generally to treat liver cancer or harvest a portion of the liver for a transplant.An EXPLORATORY study in mice found that a supplement of...
Physical Sciences
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PFAS Can Be Replaced In Medicine - For A Cost
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commmonly called PFAS, are about 12,000 chemicals, nearly all found in nature, and since the 1940s, a handful have been synthesized for use in various products. Be...
Social Sciences
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Even With Unlimited Student Loans, College Is Unaffordable
As more Americans consider whether a college degree is worth it, the rising cost of attending a college or university is often at the forefront of their minds.The average college tuition more than tri...
