Dutchman Rebuilds Noah's Ark to Spread His Faith
...e visitors are Christians but Huibers said he also gets a lot of visits from (nondenominational) state schools. With some 30,000 visitors since the opening April 30th this year the ark is proving popular, perhaps somewhat surprisingly in the Netherlands where only one in five people say they attend chur...Lohan Leaving Her Happening Sierra Towers Address to Stay Booze Free
...s made the decision not to be around that when she gets out," the source added. A source has also revealed that the 'Mean Girls' actress' stuff has already been moved from the place where many celebs like Matthew Perry, Vincent Gallo, Cher, PJ Harvey, Evander Holyfield, Joan Collins, Peter Lawford, Fred...Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change
...speed turn into a curve results in an accident, or gets the driver arrested. "Direct experiences contribute more to our learning than reports or projections," Spada said. Another example of the short-term versus long-term effect is smoking. "Everyone knows that it damages your health. But the best les...Protein Reduction Ceases Alzheimer's Advancement in Mice
...n cells. In patients with Alzheimer's, the protein gets entangled forming knots. There have been many treatment approaches that target to dissolve these tangles, but the present study is concerned with the regulation of levels of tau. "We wanted to pursue a complementary strategy and try to make the br...New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging
...the portion of lamin A bound to the guide molecule gets cut off at this point, freeing the rest of lamin A...ough, the spot in lamin A where the guide molecule gets clipped off is erroneously deleted during initial assembly of the protein. That leaves lamin A stuck...New Therapies may Help to Avoid Transplant in Some Heart Failure Patients
... In end-stage heart failure, the heart weakens, gets larger and shows other signs of deterioration. Implantable heart pumps, called left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), pump blood through the body, which lets the hearts main pumping chamber rest. Pumps are currently approved for two purposes: T...Residues Go Merrily Down the Stream in Portland
...ality. "Actually a lot of what is in the raw water gets through," she added. The chemicals could be the surplus medicines that go down the drain, a practice which is being discouraged. Scientists also found that young salmon both the female and male from the Willamette River around Portland showed rema...Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention
...ily goes off-line," Davidson says. "Your attention gets stuck on the first target, then you miss the second one." This effect is called "attentional blink," as when you blink your eyes, you are briefly unaware of visual signals. But, he adds, the ability to occasionally catch the second signal suggests th...Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous From Lakes
...ngineering. 'Phosphorus is something that, once it gets into the lakes, it's very hard to get out,' she says. She will use her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes-two in Madison and one in China-to learn more about ...Studies Reveal Inappropriate Use Of Drug-Coated Stents
... experts stress one additional point: Anyone who gets a drug-coated stent, on- or off-label, must be willing to take anticlotting medications for a year or more....Study Shows Continued Success for New HPV Vaccine Against Virus
...ses and we were 98 percent effective. Everyone who gets cancer goes through a pre-cancerous stage," says Ault. "There are about 50 to 60 million pap smears performed each year in the US, and about seven percent are abnormal. We spend about 3 billion dollars each year to find and treat these pre-cancerous ...'Metro' - a Witty Look at Insensitivities of City Life
...ng on ledges of skyscrapers. In "Metro", he even gets his rock band to climb atop a building and strum guitars. And when it isn't guitars, it's Irrfan and Konkona getting on a rooftop to scream their lungs out. It's meant to be therapeutic and we'll take Anurag Basu's word for it. "Metro" falters only...US Army Opens Laboratory to Research Injuries
As the US gets more and more deeply entangled in battlefields across the world, the countrys army is also getting increasingly worried. Apart from deaths and injuries under enemy fire, any number of soldiers are also hurt during training. They get sprained an...Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan
...onsult social workers for help if raising children gets too tough. The hospital has refused to comment on the case, citing privacy concerns, but said there were age limits on its drop-off service. Police have decided no crime was committed in the current case because the child was left in a situation ...Survey Shows That Patients Have Trust and Confidence in Their Doctors
...the way forward, it is the political meddling that gets in the way, diverts attention and leads to so much of the waste....Rajasthan Government Urged to Keep a Close Watch on Doctors
...ative sector, sell generic medicines and a patient gets whatever branded product the chemist sells", a doctor on anonymity said adding that before going in for any directive the government should arrange for better supply of generic medicines....US Hospital Group Offers Warranty on Surgeries
...Geisingers 40-step system makes sure every patient gets the recommended treatment. It is still too early to know whether the approach, which Geisinger calls Proven Care, will catch on with employers and health insurers. So far, the only insurer that Geisinger has contracted with under the new arrang...Researchers Develop Model That Aids in Treating Stroke Patients
...evelop a model to explain the mechanism of how tPA gets into the clot and subsequently breaks it up. The researchers found that at 33 degrees Celsius, clots exposed to tPA lose only 8.8 percent of their mass, compared with 12 percent at 37 degrees Celsius. So, if youre administering therapeutic hypoth...Library Of Brains To Aid Study of Brain Development In Children
...d of development. "It's not just that the brain gets bigger," she said. "Certain structures in the brain become smaller or change shape. To actually see any changes in the connections in the brain and relate it to function is going to be very interesting," Waber added....Thymus Transplants Give Hope to Babies With Fatal Immune Disease
...month Dave'yana, because of her new immune system, gets to experience what other children her age face -- standard childhood immunization shots....