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John Quincy Adams

Whoever increases his knowledge multiplies the uses to which... 

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Jupiter’s Io Observed by Spacecraft

Discovered by Galileo in 1610, Io, Jupiter’s third-largest moon, played a significant role in the adoption of the Copernican model of the Solar System, the development of Kepler’s laws of motion,... 

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Genes Can Predict Male Pattern Baldness

Researchers have found two genes that together can increase the risk of male pattern baldness sevenfold. Scientists have long known... 

October 15, 2008 | Read the story »

First Double Arm Transplant Patient Doing Well

A German farmer who lost both of his arms in a corn shredder accident six years ago is feeling whole again after a ground-breaking... 

October 13, 2008 | Read the story »

Man Could Walk on Walls Using New Gecko Glue

Geckos have the gravity-defying ability to climb smooth walls and hang from the ceiling by a single toe, thanks to the intermolecular... 

October 12, 2008 | Read the story »

Virgin Shark Pregnant with Pup

In the second known case of shark parthenogenesis, a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center... 

October 11, 2008 | Read the story »

Exotic Pets, Domestic Danger

The arrival of human monkeypox in the US in 2003, carried by imported African Gambian rats, is just one example of the dangers associated... 

October 10, 2008 | Read the story »

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