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Antibiotics could cure 40% of chronic back pain patients?
by Julian
Up to 40% of patients with chronic back pain could be cured with a course of antibiotics rather than surgery, in a medical breakthrough that one spinal surgeon says is worthy of a Nobel prize. Surgeons in the UK and elsewhere are reviewing how they tr...
In a meritocracy, who decides who merits what?
by JMCC
In a free market, market forces and price discovery are supposed to define how much something costs, so why does this not apply to jobs and careers? Those jobs that are the most sought after really ought to pay the least, and the jobs that nobody want...
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Tracy Staedter for Discovery News 23 hours ago GE's new HDlive ultrasound creates a clear and colorful 3D image of a fetus in utero. Parents get an excellent view of their child-to-be and doctors are able to see d...6 opinions2013/04/19 21:35:15
57 votes2013/04/12 19:05:05
See: http://news.discovery.com/earth/russia-finds-new-bacteria-ant...3 votes2013/03/08 05:54:03
A group of Indian engineering students have created electrified lingerie in hopes of protecting women from rape attacks inside the country. The lingerie, called Society Harnessing Equipment, shocks anyone who touche...2 votes2013/04/04 06:07:27
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) continued his tour of the U.S.-Mexico border, posting a new round of tweets on Wednesday that further display the need for enhanced border security. The “worst thing” he reported seeing was 60...3 opinions2013/04/04 13:44:25
Have you everback-ground checked someone you were dating? Google their name? What did you discovery?
10 votes2013/03/29 11:28:00
Two individuals of Harrimania planktophilus, a modern enteropneust (harrimaniid) worm. This proboscis is to the left. The total length of a relaxed and uncoiled animal is approximately 32 mm. Credit: C.B. Cameron, Universi...3 opinions2013/03/14 16:04:02
The Question of what came before the big bang is always posed to scientists, and there lack of knowledge on the subject leaves the religious faithful with a smile on there faces, as science doesn't have all the answers and...24 opinions2013/02/19 23:23:37
At a July 20 press conference Aurora police Chief Dan Oates said investigators were confident that James Holmes acted alone in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history by casualties and that authorities were “not looking ...10 votes2012/12/31 00:58:09
They are called Hominoid Droopasses. From the Droopassic age.21 votes2012/12/12 18:42:14
A teensy skeleton with a squashed alienlike head may have earthly origins, but the remains, found in the Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery . Apparently when the mummified specimen was discov...131 opinions2013/05/01 17:12:43
A second homemade bomb has been found in Northern Ireland just hours before a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both incidents took place last night, with police first intercepting a device they believe was ...0 opinions2012/12/07 14:36:07
Boston bombers’ uncle married daughter of top CIA official Posted on April 26, 2013 by Daniel Hopsicker The uncle of the two suspected Boston bombers in last week’s attack, Ruslan Tsarni, was...73 opinions2013/04/28 19:12:59
NBC News’ chief science correspondent Robert Bazell on Monday speculated that federal officials may not be telling the whole story regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent hospitalization for a blood clot. Cli...1 opinion2013/01/01 12:15:35
THE Philippine coast guard says it has found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week. Wildlife officials have been i...8 opinions2013/04/15 13:39:37
This tale starts back in the year 1958 While working in the Badlands (near Alberta, Canada) Paleontologist Wann Langston Jr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wann_Langston,_Jr. Found some fragments of three skulls .. (Howe...2 opinions2012/11/12 11:23:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UpIi7guuQ2 votes2013/05/09 04:18:30