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		<title>&#8220;No prob&#8221; sez life to crashing asteroids!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The "late heavy bombardment" burned out any life that was around 4 billion years ago -- or not... Plenty of high temperature bacteria could have survived in deep rocks, says a new study.]]></description>
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		<title>Big ideas from the smallest world</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New snowflake generator reveals nature's design principles; anti-reflective coating is nearly perfect, and so is mother-of-pearl inside an abalone. Dive into the nitty gritty of the itty bitty!]]></description>
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		<title>Life within: New study shows beneficial bacterial invasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without trillions of bacteria in our guts, we die. But how do these bacteria colonize the bug-free human infant just after birth? New study details bacterial balancing act.]]></description>
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		<title>Computer + Microbiology = Cellular Simulation?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/computer-microbiology-cellular-simulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computer graphics and microbiology unite as scientists build complex digital models of cellular machinery to view a microscopic world in powerful new ways.]]></description>
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		<title>Fish and Crabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprise: Crabs prefer fish fresh, just like you and me! Study shows that odor of rotten fish repels stone crabs; shows evolutionary reason why decay organisms make foul stench.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Energy: A Natural Solution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to make alternative fuel? Need to get electricity directly from organic slop? Bacteria may have the perfect answer.]]></description>
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		<title>Antibiotic Resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2001 19:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthrax scares lead to overuse of antibiotics. Resistance is feared. Could we be returning to the bad old days of medicine?]]></description>
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		<title>Anthrax Receptor Found</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthrax receptor found, could lead to new, non-antibiotic treatment.]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution Everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2001 20:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evolution is going on all around us. Evolution and everyday life.]]></description>
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		<title>Bacteria: Not in Your Genes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2001 16:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New report says we don't get genes directly from bacteria.]]></description>
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