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A new reason to kiss the frog

Posted by me On September - 8 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Drug-resistant bacterial infections, such as the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus commonly known as MRSA, can pose serious — and at times seemingly insurmountable — threats …

Where and What: The world’s largest five-segment solid rocket motor, Development Motor-2 was tested for the first time in Promontory, Utah. This rocket produced 3.6 …

Undergrads crash NASA satellite

Posted by me On September - 8 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Last Monday, undergraduate students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, participated in the decommissioning of a NASA satellite, causing it to crash into the atmosphere. …

The better pick: organic or local?

Posted by Operations Manager On August - 25 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Asparagus and garlic help fight diabetes and obesity, watercress helps stave off cancer, spinach and cabbage reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, and berries …

Computerized knees and nerves of carbon fiber

Posted by Operations Manager On April - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

The ground whizzes by, 5,000 feet below the rumbling plane. Buildings look like specks of dirt and the air is dizzyingly thin. It is a …

Cavalier Daily staff meets to elect publication’s 121st staff

Posted by Operations Manager On February - 1 - 2010 1 COMMENT

The staff of The Cavalier Daily met Saturday morning to elect the Managing and Junior Board members of its 121st term. Former Executive Editor Ross …

You are the weakest link

Posted by Operations Manager On January - 27 - 2010 1 COMMENT

“If you’re reading this then you — or the male you have bought it for — are the worst man in history. No ifs, no …

Grin and bare it

Posted by Operations Manager On December - 2 - 2009 4 COMMENTS

It is believed that mankind first made shoes 50,000 years ago when running after mammoths in the snow literally became a pain in the foot, …

The talking gene

Posted by Operations Manager On November - 18 - 2009 1 COMMENT

The evolutionary development of language — which is estimated to have begun 100,000 to 50,000 years ago — is the result of two small genetic …

The long-life gene

Posted by Operations Manager On November - 18 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Scientists may have discovered the fountain of youth in an Ashkenazi Jewish community in New York. A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College …