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Those cellular mechanisms are extremely complex and were thought to be universal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/americandietsmaylackvitamind livescience/20080819/americandietsmaylackvitamind LiveScience.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:11:40 GMT LiveScience.com - A friend recently told me about how his uncle had heard that garlic could help lower his high blood pressure. So the uncle generously added garlic salt to his diet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/usdroughtscanlastcenturies livescience/20080819/usdroughtscanlastcenturies LiveScience.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:51:32 GMT LiveScience.com - Dips in the sun's activity have triggered centuries-long droughts in eastern North America, according to a new study that examined the geologic record stored within a stalagmite from a West Virginia cave. The link between periodic droughts and changes in solar activity initially was proposed by geologist Gerald Bond. He suggested that every 1,500 years, weak solar activity caused by fluctuations in the sun's magnetic fields cooled the North Atlantic Ocean and created more icebergs and ice rafting, or the movement of sediment to the ocean floor. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/churchattendanceboostsstudentgpas livescience/20080819/churchattendanceboostsstudentgpas LiveScience.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:05:52 GMT LiveScience.com - If you want to boost your teenager's grade point average, take the kid to church. Or, a new study suggests, find some similar social activity to involve them in. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/keystoantsocialstatusfound livescience/20080819/keystoantsocialstatusfound LiveScience.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:45:55 GMT LiveScience.com - Whether an ant becomes a dominant queen or a lowly worker is determined by both nature and nurture, it turns out. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/thirdofusschoolsinairpollutiondangerzone livescience/20080818/thirdofusschoolsinairpollutiondangerzone LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:35:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/thirdofusschoolsinairpollutiondangerzone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb49.140808065713.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UsbuQAwdqspxBuALlxDEEA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="File photo shows fumes wafting from a vehicle's exhaust pipe. Air pollution this year is set to kill more than 20,000 Canadians, the Canadian Medical Association has said in a report(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - As summer vacation ends and children head back to class, they might need a new school supply: face masks. About one third of American schools are within an "air pollution danger zone" near major highways and the pollutants that stream from cars and trucks, a new study finds. Previous research, including the UC Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS), has shown that exposure of school-age children to traffic pollutants near main roads is associated with a greater risk of developing asthma and other respiratory problems later in life. ...</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/thirdofusschoolsinairpollutiondangerzone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb49.140808065713.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UsbuQAwdqspxBuALlxDEEA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows fumes wafting from a vehicle's exhaust pipe. Air pollution this year is set to kill more than 20,000 Canadians, the Canadian Medical Association has said in a report(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve livescience/20080818/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:20:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080815/capt.03361195e2c8418db9ef35a37f5a1b84.bigfoot_claim_cabm105.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=8dXucsGsXxzSk5h9HXWPPg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi holds a photo of what he claims to be the mouth and teeth of a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What's harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright false reports that perpetuate myths that often have just one ultimate truth: They put money in the pockets of their purveyors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080815/capt.03361195e2c8418db9ef35a37f5a1b84.bigfoot_claim_cabm105.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=8dXucsGsXxzSk5h9HXWPPg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi holds a photo of what he claims to be the mouth and teeth of a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/scientistssaywecanseesound livescience/20080818/scientistssaywecanseesound LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:12 GMT LiveScience.com - Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the human visual system processes sound and helps us see. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/howmanchuriachangedtheworld livescience/20080818/howmanchuriachangedtheworld LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:01:51 GMT LiveScience.com - Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/bonesinlavatubesrevealhawaiisnaturalhistory livescience/20080818/bonesinlavatubesrevealhawaiisnaturalhistory LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:31:11 GMT LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080817/sc_livescience/whyredissuchapotentcolor livescience/20080817/whyredissuchapotentcolor LiveScience.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:02:49 GMT LiveScience.com - The Olympic athletes have been parading around like fashionistas in an array of colorful outfits, and we, their adoring public, can't resist commenting on the style and color of their high-end athletic wear. My favorite was the faux silk, faux embroidered, slinky red leotards of the Chinese women's gymnasts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080816/sc_livescience/5waystobeefupyourbrain livescience/20080816/5waystobeefupyourbrain LiveScience.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:00:44 GMT LiveScience.com - Forget where you left your keys this morning? Or maybe you left your umbrella in the office before a rainy evening. Don't worry, it's probably not a sign of Alzheimer's - everyone is a little forgetful now and then. But the prevalence of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia, which slowly deteriorate the brain's capacity to make new memories, retrieve older ones and perform other mental and physical tasks, is on the rise as the baby boomer generation hits retirement age. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080816/sc_livescience/insciencetheresneverafinalanswer livescience/20080816/insciencetheresneverafinalanswer LiveScience.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:45:12 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: ScienceLives is an occasional series that puts scientists under the microscope to find out what makes them tick. The series is a cooperation between the National Science Foundation and LiveScience. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080816/sc_livescience/flypapernomatchforthisslipperybug livescience/20080816/flypapernomatchforthisslipperybug LiveScience.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:20:37 GMT LiveScience.com - In the United States it's not only summer, it's insect season. While flypaper is among the many items used to keep the buzzing to a minimum, in South Africa, they don't need it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/willchinabecometheno1superpower livescience/20080815/willchinabecometheno1superpower LiveScience.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/willchinabecometheno1superpower"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080815/i/r977062999.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=SdD6.yhGl6CldH0bjC157A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="A boy waves China's flag during the women's team semifinal table tennis matches between China and Hong Kong at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (CHINA)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - As the world focuses on China during the Olympics and keeps a watchful eye on Russia's military moves in Georgia, there is an underlying expectation - and for some, fear - that China is poised to become the world's new No. 1 superpower.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/willchinabecometheno1superpower"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080815/i/r977062999.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=SdD6.yhGl6CldH0bjC157A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="A boy waves China's flag during the women's team semifinal table tennis matches between China and Hong Kong at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (CHINA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/earthsplatetectonicsmayeventuallystop livescience/20080815/earthsplatetectonicsmayeventuallystop LiveScience.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:25:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/earthsplatetectonicsmayeventuallystop"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t084753_450x296_us_oceans_acidification.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=rcCvJRgTGZV6oINT.UWnFQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A surfer runs into the waves of the Pacific Ocean at Bondi beach in Sydney May 4, 2008. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The Pacific is the biggest ocean on Earth, but it's getting smaller every day. Australasia and the Americas are inching closer together, and in about 350 million years the Pacific will effectively close.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080815/sc_livescience/earthsplatetectonicsmayeventuallystop"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t084753_450x296_us_oceans_acidification.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=rcCvJRgTGZV6oINT.UWnFQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A surfer runs into the waves of the Pacific Ocean at Bondi beach in Sydney May 4, 2008. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com)