kathleenyin started a new discussion called Scientists explain why it is so difficult to swat a fly.
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The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter,US researchers said on Thursday. At the mere hint of a threat, the insects adjust their preflight stance to flee in the opposite direction, ensuring a clean getaway, they said in a finding that helps explain why flies so easily evade swipes from their human foes. "These movements are made very rapidly, within about 200 milliseconds, but withi...

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Taking a simple once-daily capsule of fish oil improves survival prospects for patients with heart failure, results of a major clinical study showed yesterday. The positive finding boosts the health-giving reputation of fish oil and is particularly encouraging because heart failure- a chronic condition in which the heart struggles to pump blood effectively-is notoriously difficult to treat. I...

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No first lesson is more important than the one on personal safety for kids. The First Lesson of the New Semester, a TV documentary about how to protect oneself in time of emergency to be shown tonight at prime time, is meant to to provide school students with the know-how on self-protection in such natural disasters as earthquake, fire, snowstorm or flood and other life-threatening situations. ...

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Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 becuase their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, researchers said yesterday. The stress is rooted in poverty and can be brought on by money woes, work loads, insufficient health insurance and other factors, said Craig Gundersen of the University of Illinois, who led t...

kathleenyin commented in a discussion called Scientists explain why it is so difficult to swat a fly.
1 month ago
Your brother is so smart.

kathleenyin commented in a discussion called Scientists explain why it is so difficult to swat a fly.
1 month ago
Though the flies are very yucky, I have no patient to observe their flight pattern.