Posts Tagged “GOP”

URBANDALE, Iowa ? In a presidential campaign marked by sharp rises and falls, Republican Rick Santorum has experienced neither. “I’m counting on the people of Iowa to catch fire for me,” the former Pennsylvania senator, who described himself as a “strong conviction conservative,” said Thursday during a debate with his rivals. “Iowans are beginning to [...]

Image courtesy of Shelby Temple Octopuses are purportedly? colorblind, but they can discern one thing that we can?t: polarized light. This extra visual realm might give them a leg (er, arm) up on some of the competition. And a team of researchers has created a new way to test just how sensitive cephalopods are to [...]

By Anonymous on Jan 31, 2012 09:23 pm One of the benefits of being in the hunting industry is testing out new equipment ever year and one of my new favorites is Bowtech’s New Invasion CPX. After shooting Bowtech’s Destroyer 350 last year and loving the overall balance and speed of the bow I wasn’t [...]

Debora MacKenzie, contributor Computer artwork of the bird flu virus (Image: PASIEKA/SPL/Getty) The world’s top flu virologists have vowed to stop working on any experiments that could lead to the H5N1 bird flu virus becoming more transmissible ? at least, for the next 60 days. It’s a good gesture, but whether 60 days is enough [...]

Mesothelioma, Asbestos Lung Cancer, Asbestosis, Pleural Thickening There are five main asbestos diseases including asbestos cancer that can develop following exposure to asbestos fibres. These are malignant asbestos mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, asbestosis, asbestos pleural thickening and asbestos pleural plaques, however, doctors who do not regularly diagnose asbestos disease can misdiagnose (or be slow [...]