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Tobacco: are pictorial warnings effective? 
Choosing the right sport shoes“There are hundreds of athletic shoes you can choose from. It’s very important to choose the correct shoe for the activity or sport you participate in because it can help you perform better and help keep you injury free,” ... Skin cells could cure diseases Scientists have taken a big step towards treating a rare inherited disease by creating healthy cells from flakes of skin and strands of hair plucked from patients. The study is the first to demonstrate that it is possible to repair ... TB vaccine made more effective Scientists claim to have unravelled one of clinical medicine’s enduring mysteries on the waning resistance of the tuberculosis vaccine and in the process developed a stronger antidote for the disease. “Our findings represent ... To get upstream, snails hitch a ride In the South Pacific there’s a species of snail that never got the message that hitchhiking can be dangerous. Young snails ride on the back of a larger relative to migrate upstream. Yasunori Kano of the University of Miyazaki in ... 
Swimming robot used to study ancient reptileA biology and cognitive science professor, John Long, poses with Madeleine, a swimming robot. It was used to study a 45-ton reptile that roamed the seas in the Jurassic period. ... 
Did Napoleon die of a kidney infection?Retired Danish doctor Arne Soerensen shows a book on Napoleon. The kidney specialist, says he found the cause of Napoleon’s death, and corrected history: he died of a kidney infection, not from poisoning. ... 
Coral reefs found to be resistant to seaweedCoral reefs the world over face many threats: pollution, diseases, destructive fishing practices, warming oceans. But reefs seem to be more resistant to one menace – seaweed – than believed, according to a study. ... 
Height of huge waves varies by the monthA statistical study has shown that there are seasonal variations in the height of waves reaching Spain’s coasts. It stresses the importance of this data in planning and constructing marine ... Melting Greenland ice threatens N.America Many cities on North America’s northeast coast could face a rise in sea level this century that would exceed forecasts for the rest of the planet if Greenland’s ice sheet keeps melting as fast as it is now, researchers have said. ... 
Cuckoo bird faces extinction threatBritain’s cuckoo bird, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report recently, due to food, water decrease in sub-Saharan Africa, where they migrate from. ...
Cognitive ornithology: birds are smarter than you think Placing avian brain in new light, bird behaviour may be seen as an adaptation to solve socio-ecological problems similar to mammals
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Panchagavya: low cost organic input for both crops and animals One litre of the solution can be prepared at a cost of Rs. 20 Jackfruit exhibition and workshop Different varieties will be displayed Farm Queries Can you kindly furnish information on any successful goat farmers in Salem? Jayasudha Rani Salem, Tamil NaduYou can contact Mr. R. Manohar, G.T. Goat farm, Aandakalur gate, Rasipuram taluk, Namakkal ...
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