People with severe cardiovascular disease usually need a coronary artery bypass grafting, and researchers from the University of Leeds found that a compound from the venom of the Central American bark scorpion – Centruroides margaritatus, could help reduce the number of heart bypass failures.The study found tha... |
22 October 2010
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Publisher Warner Bros. and the developers at Netherrealm Studios have put out a new trailer for their upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat, which is set to arrive at some point during 2011 and will see the series return to its two dimensional roots.The trailer is focused on Scorpion, one of the best known characters ... |
19 October 2010
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Halo: Reach is the newest first person shooter from developer Bungie and publisher Microsoft, telling the story of how humanity lost the planet of Reach to the forces of the Covenant and how the actions of a few Spartans influenced the events of the first two games in the series.For a game which is concerned with the... |
29 September 2010
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The E3 trade show was the venue Warner Bros. chose to show off the new Mortal Kombat videogame, which is being developed for the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft with a tentative launch date of 2011. And it seems that some of the best-known characters from the series are returning for the fresh... |
24 June 2010
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Midway has announced that it plans to release a Kollector's Edition for its upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The name is appropriate and the content of the package will likely attract all hard core fans of the franchise.The box art for the Kollector's Edition was painted by hand by renowned artist Al... |
14 October 2008
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A racy clip from Hillary Duff's upcoming movie has just been released, and it's...well, hot beyond hot and just a little disturbing. The popular "Lizzie McGuire" actress, whose big screen acting career has so far enjoyed mixed reviews (completed by four Razzie nominations to date), is set to star alongside ... |
7 April 2008
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It may be deadly, but a peptide in the scorpion venom could be the solution against cystic fibrosis and other secretory diseases, as described by a new research published in the "Journal of Biological Chemistry." The new peptide, GaTx1, controls the ions and water flow out of cells via an essential chloride channel. ... |
15 February 2008
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And many more, actually. First of all, a new trailer available for download from the official website. Second, yeah, this game seems to be a really bloody experience coming for the PC owners in the near future (Quarter 2 of 2008, they say). It has a nice story and, for those who are into poetry and other not-really-g... |
14 January 2008
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Today the largest living arthropod is the Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, which has a leg span of up to 4 m (13 ft) (but the body is just 37 cm (15 in) long) and a weight of up to 20 kg (44 pounds). (Arthropods are invertebrates with an exoskeleton and articulated limbs, like spiders, insects, crustacean... |
21 November 2007
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We are damping in the environment tonnes of poison (read pesticides) that finally accumulate in the water, soil and air, envenoming us directly through food, drunk water and breathed air, not to mention that all the species suffer. The ecological agriculture tries to eliminate these poisons and one way to keep off pe... |
14 November 2007
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Their venomous sting induces terror amongst the inhabitants of the warm zones. But...did you know they are related with spiders and ticks?1.There are about 1,200 species of scorpions, most of them concentrated in warm areas. The largest is the Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) from the forests of West Africa: up ... |
11 October 2007
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The mobile computing market is on a growing trend despite an almost chronic shortage of important hardware parts, so a number of companies are trying to force their way into this market at the expence of already established manufacturers. This is the case of the Qualcomm company that aims at taking Intel's place... |
6 September 2007
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Thousands of people get bitten by scorpions annually and only in Mexico they inflict 400-1000 deaths each year. But beyond the dark image of these bugs, American researchers say that in their venom they have discovered the universal panacea in treating a wide range of cancers.There are about 2000 species of scorpions... |
17 August 2007
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