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Wurtman says he and other MIT professors discovered in 1971 an amino acid called which small doses, secretes the hormone serotonin and thereby induces sleep. He says he thought this would be a good cure for insomnia and widely published the results...
...them from East Coast states, are voicing frustration with the rush on environmental regulations. "I think it's going to be a huge issue against some Republicans in '96,'' says Representative Sherwood Boehlert of New York, who five years ago helped amend the Clean Air Act to discourage acid rain. "[Voters in '94] damn sure didn't vote to dismantle the agencies that protect our water, our air, our land...
Faust is fueled by soaring ballads (Feels Like Home), Newman's characteristic brand of lopsided New Orleans blues (I Gotta Be Your Man), some certifiable rock-'n'-roll earthshakers (The Man), a little gospel, a brush of soul, and an overall acid bath of Newman's corrosive wit. It's music of an ambition and quality not often heard outside the work of Stephen Sondheim (whom Newman reveres), and it is performed on the album with tremendous brio by James Taylor, who sports a no-sweat self-mocking cool as God; Linda Ronstadt as the tremulous, winsome Margaret; Bonnie Raitt...
...roof; Malcolm started crawling along the ceiling, trying to reach Sarah. He looked up at the lab equipment locked down on the lab benches, above his head. Liquid dripped onto him from a dozen sources. Something stung his shoulder. He heard a hiss, and realized it must be acid...
...clearly shows that a staggering drop in sea level-perhaps as much as 300 ft.--did in fact occur during the Permian. But there is no evidence that global cooling triggered by volcanism was the cause. Similarly, new analyses of late Permian soils suggest that a substantial surge of acid rain accompanied the extinction. Acid rain, however, does not require a volcanic source. It could also have been caused by changes in atmospheric chemistry after the impact of a big comet or meteorite...