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In their August 28th, 1869 issue, Scientific American listed some techniques to aid in restoring breath to “persons apparently dead from drowning.” The methods were given by Professor Benjamin Howard and were sanctioned by the Metropolitan Board of Health of the city of New York. [More]
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Feed SubscriptionStructural ‘Traces’ in Brain Help to Keep Memories Precise
By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine Memories fade, events get conflated, names get attached to the wrong faces, or, in the case of post-traumatic stress disorder, signals in safe environments can mistakenly evoke emotions that rightly belong to a battlefield tragedy. [More]
Read More »FDA okays new diabetes pill, Tradjenta
New drug approved for use by type 2 diabetics who can't control their blood sugar with other drugs
Read More »Ask the Experts: Does Bin Laden’s Death Add Fuel to Conspiracy Theorists?
The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan was planned and conducted in secret. Only a handful of U.S. officials knew about it in advance, and the international community was kept in the dark.
Read More »Feds crack down on bogus cures for STDs
Federal health officials are cracking down on bogus pills and supplements that claim to cure sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, herpes and genital warts.
Read More »Halting Species Loss Has Economic Benefits
By Christopher Le Coq BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should halt the rapid extinction of plant and animal species by 2020 because it will cost less than trying to repair the damage once it is done, Europe's environment chief said on Tuesday. [More]
Read More »Movie Star Couples Share Educational Backgrounds
The tabloids love a good celebrity romance.
Read More »McIlroy already over Masters
PGT: Rory McIlroy, back for his first PGA Tour event since the Masters, says he avoids reading the papers and is already over his final-round Augusta disaster.
Read More »Salmonella fears spark grape tomato recall (complete details)
Tomatoes used in prepared foods sold in 13 Western states could contain disease-causing germs
Read More »PGT: Watson thrilled to meet Hornets’ Paul
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Read More »PGT: BMW is Westwood’s fifth major
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Read More »PGT: McDowell might not stick with PGA Tour
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Read More »Are Georgia’s anti-obesity ads unfair to fat kids? (PICTURES)
New ad campaign wins praise for its blunt message - but also criticism from "fat acceptance" activists and academics
Read More »Apple’s iMac Upgrade Plays It Very Safe With Hardware Tweaks (Again)
Yes, the company's signature desktop PC has a speedier set of guts and the new Thunderbolt connector. But has Steve Jobs's absence forced Apple to scale back on innovation? Apple just upgraded its iMac signature desktop PC with a speedier set of guts and the new Thunderbolt connector.
Read More »Is There a Future for Airships?
The notion that airships represent the future of air cargo is being revived by a new generation of entrepreneurs some 75 years after a catastrophic fireball brought the industry to a screeching halt. Far safer than the Hindenburg, whose tragic 1937 docking remains an icon of aerospace gone wrong, these modern airships are a hybrid of lighter-than-air and fixed-wing aircraft
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