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...CatSper protein is activated by the higher pH environment of the female cervix. Activated CatSper allow calcium ions to flow into the sperm’s tail. The calcium influx, measurable as an electrical current, alters the way the flagella bends and hyper-activates the tail’s motor proteins. In experiments, mice altered to lack the CatSper protein had weak swimming sperm and were infertile...
TIME's story on CEO Bill Ford's plans for overhauling the Ford Motor Co. and taking on Toyota prompted praise for the company from longtime fans of Ford cars and trucks. Other readers remained doubtful about Ford's prospects until its vehicles are as reliable as its foreign competitors...
...than two decades it's also been a hot youth car, often seen prowling urban drag strips, tricked out with oversized wheels, spoiler, turbocharger?one of the original pocket rockets. For the 2006 model year Honda redesigned the Civic and it's already off to a heady start, winning Motor Trend's Car of the Year award. It's also moving upmarket and will no longer be Honda's entry-level car, a slot to be occupied by the forthcoming...
...lines on notebook paper. Duke University has an entire subculture based upon waiting in line for basketball tickets. When I went to get my driver’s license, my family’s main concern was not if I had the ability to single-handedly operate a motor vehicle; it was, “Do you think the line will be too long today at the DMV?” The line is taking over America one skinny step at a time. Lining up to go to the washroom or to go to the lunchroom is the first thing...
...Christian colleges and heads of such missionary organizations as the Salvation Army and World Vision. It plans to launch a television ad campaign on Fox, CNN and local channels in nine states, along with church and college programs. The initiative stops short of endorsing stricter fuel-efficiency standards for motor vehicles, which are strongly opposed by the auto industry. But it calls for market-based legislation such as a "cap-and-trade" bill to curb overall emissions similar to the measures in the controversial Kyoto treaty. Federal cap-and-trade legislation is now being drafted by New Mexico senators Pete...