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Study: Pain neurons respond to garlic
Aug 15 2005 9:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People tend to love garlic or hate it, but few probably associate it with pain. Nonetheless, it turns out that pain-sensing nerves respond to the sulfur-based chemicals in garlic.
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Scientists track alien seaweed in Hawaii
Aug 15 2005 9:52PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - An alien seaweed introduced here 31 years ago has spread rapidly throughout Hawaii and has even reached the remote, unspoiled Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which has scientists worried.
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Study: Most wild chimps are southpaws
Aug 15 2005 9:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to fishing tasty termites out of their mounds, wild chimpanzees don't have the right stuff. Most, in fact, are southpaws. A three-year study of 17 wild chimps in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that 12 of them used their left hands when using sticks to probe for termites.
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Harvard to investigate origins of life
Aug 15 2005 8:14PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began.
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China to build offshore wind power complex
Aug 15 2005 2:44AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China plans to construct its first offshore wind power complex next year in hopes of easing chronic electricity shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
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