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07/10/2019

Our jaws literally dropped...

In the upcoming Taiwanese tearjerker Packages From Daddy, Singapore actress Fann Wong plays a grieving wife reeling over the sudden loss of her husband. After watching the movie in Taipei earlier this month, she was so overwhelmed with emotion that she turned to her husband, actor Christopher Lee, a...

30/09/2019

This pill is taking the country by storm...

Modern life has led to greater isolation, which can fuel an array of disorders. If there are medications for social pains like depression and anxiety, why not loneliness? Loneliness is part of the human condition. A primeval warning sign, like hunger or thirst, to seek out a primary resource: connec...

02/09/2019

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13/08/2019

Nose Cells Help Paralyzed Dogs

Taking cells from the back of the nasal cavity of pet dogs with spinal injuries and transplanting them into the site of injury restored some movement in most of the 23 animals tested. With the help of a supporting harness, some were even able to walk on a treadmill. Before the surgery, the dogs had....

13/08/2019

Coughing Seashells

Scallops, a commercially valuable food source, are known to exhibit slowed growth in poor quality water that contains toxic algae or low levels of oxygen. One method of testing the water quality, then, is to harvest the mollusks and check the ridges on the shell, which indicated the amount of growth...

13/08/2019

Pigs Raise Blood Pressure

The overwhelming smell of a hog farm is more than just an annoyance; it could have an impact on human health. According to a study published last week in Environmental Health Perspectives, the dust, allergens, ammonia, and hundreds of other volatile organic compounds that emanate from such farms can...

13/08/2019

How Mole Rats Fight Cancer

When cells taken from blind mole-rats proliferate too many times, the cells die en-masse, suggesting a possible mechanism for how these animals keep pre-cancerous cells from developing into full-fledged disease. The study, published last week (October 5) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

13/08/2019

She’s Got The Face Of A Cat, But The Voice Of A What?!?!

Most of us face difficulties trying to figure out who we are and what we want to be. While growing up, the biggest task we have to tackle is figuring out our personalities. Often confused, we search for someone or something that will give meaning to our lives. However, we are not the only ones […]

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