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Johnathan Fletcher

BBC News - Signs of ageing halted in the lab - 0 views

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    "The onset of wrinkles, muscle wasting and cataracts has been delayed and even eliminated in mice, say researchers in the US. It was done by "flushing out" retired cells that had stopped dividing. They accumulate naturally with age. The scientists believe their findings could eventually "really have an impact" in the care of the elderly."
Johnathan Fletcher

BBC News - Healthy diet 'boosts childhood IQ' - 0 views

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    "The researchers found a link between IQ and diet, even after taking into account other factors such as the mother's level of education, social class and duration of breast feeding. A diet high in processed food at the age of three was linked to a slightly lower IQ at the age of eight and a half, suggesting early eating habits have a long term impact."
Johnathan Fletcher

BPA in pregnant women could affect girls' behavior - Health - CBC News - 0 views

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    "Exposure to BPA before birth could affect girls' behavior at age three, according to the latest study on potential health effects of the widespread chemical. Preschool-aged girls whose mothers had relatively high urine levels of bisphenol-A during pregnancy scored worse but still within a normal range on behavior measures including anxiety and hyperactivity than other young girls."
Johnathan Fletcher

YouTube - TB4000 Free energy machine: The answer to the world's energy problems? - 0 views

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    The TB4000 is a new system that may solve mankind's reliance on fossil fuels, and usher in a golden age of world peace and prosperity.
Johnathan Fletcher

YouTube - Bill Nye - Greatest Discoveries - 3: Chemistry - 0 views

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    Host Bill Nye looks back over the past two centuries, in which chemistry has brought us from a time when atoms were a hypothesis to an age where scientists may be able to combine particles on the atomic level into micro-machines. Learn how electricity transforms chemicals, elements can combine into more complex molecules, and the combination of nonliving substances produced organic compounds that led to pharmacology. Nye examines the second half of the 19th century, a time dominated by discoveries relating to light, electrons, radioactivity, and the periodic table of the elements as well as 20th century advances in science.
Johnathan Fletcher

CBC News - Health - Girls often lack calcium: report - 0 views

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    ""National surveys in both the United States and Canada indicate that most people receive enough calcium, with the exception of girls ages nine to 18, who often do not take in enough calcium," Tuesday's report reads. "In contrast, post-menopausal women taking supplements may be getting too much calcium, thereby increasing their risk for kidney stones.""
Johnathan Fletcher

BBC NEWS | Health | Nobel prize for chromosome find - 0 views

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    "Beth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak jointly share the award. Their work revealed how the chromosomes can be copied and has helped further our understanding on human ageing, cancer and s"
Johnathan Fletcher

YouTube - William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind - 0 views

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    At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
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