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		<title>Apnea treatment = Golfer&#8217;s glory?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/apnea-treatment-golfers-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Golfer-doctor finds that treating apnea cuts golf scores; sees new motivator for wearing nighttime masks.]]></description>
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		<title>Internet: The fastest teacher?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MRI scans of older people show major differences between searchers and non-searchers. After seven hours of Internet experience, those differences disappear. Honest? Could changing the brain be this easy?]]></description>
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		<title>Discussing disgust</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/discussing-disgust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disgust caused by filthy food, feces, and an unfair deal all trigger the same facial expression.  So is our moral disgust the same as the primitive disgust caused by toxic food?]]></description>
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		<title>Micro eye movements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can't hold your eyes completely still, but what is the purpose of those tiny movements? A new study links them to the brain region that controls quick movements of the eye.]]></description>
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		<title>Life of the locust: Biblical plague explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locusts live a solitary life -- until their bodies suddenly change, and they swarm into clouds of destructive insects. A new study fingers the trigger for this transformation.]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel Faves: Coffee meets diesel!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oils in spent coffee grounds are easily converted into biodiesel -- a renewable source of transportation energy. Bottoms up for CofFuel? ]]></description>
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		<title>Life during the &#8220;other&#8221; Big Bang!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/life-during-the-other-big-bang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did the arrival of 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of space junk start the formation of organic molecules roughly 4 billion years ago? "Could be," says a new study from Japan...]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly-lines don&#8217;t work for ants!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialization may work in factories, but it does not make ant colonies more efficient. As the conventional wisdom about social insects goes topsy-turvy, what's an ecologist to think?]]></description>
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		<title>Wacky holiday gifts for scientechies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the scientist or wanna-be who's (almost) got it all: We scour the planet to find ancient wood, ancient-er ice, and a bamboo microscope. Dive into our holiday gift catalog slide-show!]]></description>
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		<title>Music and speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most music is built on the 12-tone "chromatic" scale. Does this reflect chance, or the basic structure of the human voice? New study finds tight link between pronunciation and musical scale.
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