Sweaty people ‘less asthma prone’
The ability to sweat may cut the risk of developing exercise-related asthma, say scientists.
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Venomous clues in lung bug battle
Bacterial colonies in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients use chemicals found in snake venom to attack them, research shows.
Used Mattress Design Competition: Making Mattresses Sustainable
The Used Mattress Dilemma
What’s the eco-conscionable thing to do with a used mattress? Pawn it off on a (really) broke friend? Try to give it to Goodwill or list it for giveaway on the Free page on Craigslist? These options are tough, because the idea of sleeping on a used mattress just strikes most as […]
A Picture is Worth… Algae-Dyed Polar Bears
Image from Shuzo Shikano/Kyodo News
Before you start getting worried, let me reassure you that this is not a case of a genetic engineering experiment gone terribly wrong. No, apparently it’s just your typical case of polar bears swimming in a particularly algae-rich pond, as the AP reports:
Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and […]
The TH Interview: Cassatt’s Energy Efficient Software for Data Centers
Utility Computing has been with us for a while, in fact since 1961. The idea is to sell ‘cycles as a service’; just strap a meter onto a server and then the user pays for whatever computer time they use. It is much like any other utility such as gas, electric, cable, etc.
But is […]
RailRoad Folk Tour by Train
Two of us folk singers are ditching our station wagons to tour the country by train instead.
The music and the mechanism that will propel us around the country has become appropriately named Railroad Folk. Here is the story of how we sewed together our tour by train. …
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