Playing With Radioactivity
Broadly speaking, radioactivity is not something one should mess with just as a pastime. Indeed, ionizing radiation has the potential of causing carcinogenic mutations in your cells DNA, as well as…
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Godly Kings: How War, Politics And Propaganda Helped Bring Down The Mayans
The discovery of an ancient painted vase in the Central America lowlands offers new clues into the mysterious breakdown of ancient Maya civilization - because it bears one of the longest hieroglyphic…
Red Hair Gene Variation Drives Up Skin Cancer Mutations
For the first time, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and University of Leeds have proved that gene variants associated with red hair, pale skin and freckles are linked to a higher…
Military Aeromedical Patient Evacuations: Yet Another Way Dogs Rule
Members of the United States military who are injuried abroad often return to the U.S. for treatment and must be transported by aeromedical evacuation between medical facilities.
Evacuations can…