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...your blood vessels that last for hours and perhaps even days. The study measured the effect of air pollution in healthy people in two cities - Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toronto - where participants were exposed in the lab to the same amount of particulates and ozone that would be found near a local highway. People who breathed in polluted air registered higher blood-pressure readings a short time after exposure, compared with those who breathed filtered air, and their blood vessels showed impairment as long as 24 hours later. Such prolonged hypertension is a known risk factor for both heart disease...
...number and size of the found animals were extraordinary - and made possible because the volcanic crater's ecology had been virtually undisturbed by humans - the scientific discovery of new species is actually quite routine. In fact, biologists are identifying new species at a torrid rate, about 50 a day; nearly 17,000 new plants and animals were described in 2006 alone, or some 1% of the 1.8 million species that have been recognized so far. (See 10 species near extinction...
...could have a career anywhere near as great as Andre’s has gone so far, I would be ecstatic,” Rogers says. “Obviously I’m not coming in here with the sole goal to break his records...
...Knill said that he started this Web site in 2006 just for fun as a movie collector. "I love movies," said Dr. Knill, who grew up in a Swiss village on the Rhine River near Zurich. "My place is filled with books and movies. We have stacked them on the floors...
...Guitarist and Vocalist, Tripwire There are great pubs in the city, but the problems with Mumbai are the distances you have to travel and the constraints of public transport. If you're in Colaba, I'd go to Café Mondegar, tel: (91-22) 2202 0591, which has nearly the best music that I've heard anywhere. If you're in or near Andheri West, try Firangi Paani, tel: (91-22) 2674 4144 - it's a very Indian watering hole. For a classy dinner, go to Not Just Jazz by the Bay, tel: (91-22) 2285 1876. It's popular...