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...smaller study in Baltimore suggests this might be true. He showed that the protective effects of vitamin E against prostate cancer followed a U-shaped curve: Men with the lowest levels of the vitamin in their blood lowered their prostate cancer risk when they took supplements, but those with normal levels did not enjoy the same reduction when they boosted their level of vitamin E through supplementation. "We don't want to be in short supply of vitamins that we need," says Nelson, "but over supplementation may not have great benefits...
...tiny caviar-like balls. The use of scientific techniques—often referred to as molecular gastronomy or molecular cooking—has formed a basis for the cuisine Adrià serves at elBulli. “In Spain, in high-end cuisine, this is starting to be normal,” he said with the aid of a translator. “It is a new language, and people understand it or they don’t.” Roberto G. Kolter, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, who also served...
...Sengeh says. Between now and next fall, the close-knit team will work on ensuring the right technologies are brought to the right locations. And maybe—if they have enough time—they’ll get some time to act like normal college students...
...Chinese government's approach to 'modernization' has proven disastrous," the charter states. "It has stripped people of their rights, destroyed their dignity and corrupted normal human intercourse. So we ask: Where is China headed in the 21st century? Will it continue with 'modernization' under authoritarian rule, or will it embrace universal human values, join the mainstream of civilized nations and build a democratic system? There can be no avoiding these questions...
...This wasn't like normal flu," says Frank Snowden, Yale University's chair of the history of science and medicine department. "Physicians were horrified by what they saw. People's lungs filled with this terrible frothy fluid. They were literally choking to death. It was ghastly." Symptoms appeared so suddenly that victims sometimes died within just one day. The flu hit World War I soldiers especially hard; some historians believe more soldiers died from the flu than from...