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Master of Speculative Fiction Harlan Ellison joins Mike Sargent for a special, one-hour edition of Niteshift.

Light Metals Against Bombs And Grenades

A soldier in a war lives a life exposed to danger – both inside the compound fence and on assignment on the outside. If the container he lives in is struck by a direct hit, it can be transformed into a clump of twisted metal in a matter of seconds.

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Potatoes May Hold Key To Alzheimer’s Treatment

A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset of AD.

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Rat snacks can solve world food price crisis: Indian official

 Eating rats is the best way for rich and poor people to solve the global crisis of rising food prices, an Indian official said Wednesday as he unveiled his plan to put rodents on menus.

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‘Beer goggles’ are real – it’s official

The next time you hear someone blaming “beer goggles” for their behaviour, you may have to believe them. People really do appear more attractive when our perceptions are changed by drinking alcohol.

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Coastal Dead Zones Are Growing

Over the past two or three decades, scientists have noticed with growing alarm that vast stretches of coastal waters are turning into dead zones — patches of seabed so depleted of oxygen that few creatures, if any, can survive there.

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Scientists “listen” to plants to find water pollution

Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by “listening” to what the plants growing in water have to say.

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