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Magnifying Taste: New Chemicals Trick the Brain into Eating Less: Scientific Ame…: Aug 6, 4:03pm 4 reviews biology, chemistry, food
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=magnifying-taste&ec=su_aug1; From the page: "Resarchers have discovered tiny compounds that make foods taste sweeter, saltier and more savory than they really are, which could reduce the sugar, salt and monosodium glutamate typically added. Several of these taste enhancers are being tested in commercial foods. Whether people will consume fewer calories if their foods become tastier remains to be seen; people might eat lots of sweet foods for reasons that have nothing to do with taste."

Silent spring | COSMOS magazine: Jul 25, 1:22am 15 reviews biology, science, russia
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/2095/silent-spring; Chernobyl reactor core. Home of the super fungi.

Superhumans: Jul 12, 10:21am 35 reviews biology, bizarre, another-interesting-site
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http://www.israeliexport.org/2008/06/29/aqwise-clear-cut-liquid-logic/: Jun 30, 8:45am 15 reviews biology, environment, science
http://www.israeliexport.org/2008/06/29/aqwise-clear-cut-liquid-logic/; From the page: "The AqWise system can be used in intensive municipal plants, industry and aquaculture including fish-farms, food industries, pulp and paper and chemical plants. The technical term for their technology is AGAR. The AGAR Process (Attached Growth Airlift Reactor), was produced after a decade of intensive research and development. The outcome is a fixed biofilm process which can be implemented for expansion of existing wastewater treatment plants for increased capacity and nitrogen removal, while using the same biological reactor. For the layman - itā€s a process that uses bacteria to filter the grim bits out of water."

Study Says Brains of Gay Men and Women Are Similar: Scientific American: Jun 19, 9:04am 11 reviews biology
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=study-says-brains-of-gay&ec=su_gbrain

communicating at an unknown rate: Apr 30, 7:00am 181 reviews biology, science
http://www.johnkyrk.com/; ooooooooo! fun w/science. :D

A Genetic Basis for Language Tones?: Scientific American: Apr 6, 7:16am 15 reviews biology, genetics, linguistics, science
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=D87BB853-E7F2-99DF-3CE5ED42E188F86...; From the page: "For the most part, the thousands of languages in the world today fall into one of two categories (notable exceptions being Japanese, some Scandinavian dialects and northern Spain's Basque tongue): tonal or nontonal. Two linguists believe they know the genetic underpinnings for these differences. During a study of linguistic and genetic data from 49 distinct populations, the authors discovered a striking correlation between two genes involved in brain development and language tonality. Populations that speak nontonal languages (where the pitch of a spoken word does not affect its meaning) have newer versions of the genes, with mutations that began to appear roughly 37 thousand years ago. "You can consider this as the first of the many possible studies that we could do to try to find a genetic basis for language and language typology and the different populations that speak a language," says Patrick Wong, an assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northwestern University, who was not involved in this study."