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		<title>Electric eye learns from animal eye!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/electric-eye-learns-from-animal-eye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lenses cannot project a perfect image on the flat back of a camera, so images are distorted at the edges. A revolutionary camera solves this problem by curving the light detector.]]></description>
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		<title>Caterpillar camouflage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Presto-chango! Caterpillar larva looks like a bird dung -- and then like a leaf. New study points a finger at hormonal balance...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Store that fat&#8221; says new gene. Is obesity explained?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/store-that-fat-says-new-gene-is-obesity-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New discovery shows how all animals store fat in cells, could lead to advances in fight against obesity or diabetes. Funny, maybe storing fat is a good thing.]]></description>
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		<title>Unsilly cilia: Do tiny hairs help our sense of touch?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Survive the vaccination routine? That's no fun for anyone -- parent or child.]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin C: Could it cure cancer?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/vitamin-c-could-it-cure-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 years ago, a legendary biochemist said vitamin C could cure cancer. Har, har, said the scientific establishment. Now a mouse study shows C fighting two cancers. Did brilliant scientist and peace activist Linus Pauling get it right?]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient, gliding reptile discovered</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/ancient-gliding-reptile-discovered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[220-million-year-old rock reveals four-legged reptile with wings. Fossils could not be removed, so the images came from CT scanner.]]></description>
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		<title>Music and speech</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/music-and-speech-an-intimate-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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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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		<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>Pay Attention. Change the brain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a wonder of the human brain: When we pay attention to something, it becomes brighter, more distinct, more memorable.]]></description>
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		<title>Young Brains: Danger in the Operating Room?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2006/young-brains-one-more-danger-in-the-operating-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small doses of alcohol can kill brain cells in young lab animals. In people, they cause fetal alcohol syndrome. Anesthetics can also kill brain cells in animals. What do they do to young humans?]]></description>
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