But can your pet infect you? – Most flu viruses start in animals, then pass to people, but people can infect their pets, as was discovered recently by a veterinarian who diagnosed a pet can with Swine Flu. Researcher Carolyn Bridges of the CDC (Center for Disease Control) says, “This is just another illustration of why influenza viruses are so tricky and frustrating and interesting at the same time, is this ability to occasionally jump species. Will this continue to happen in the future?
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Scientists have found that spraying an area with acidic ozone water can effectively kill the swine flu, with the advantages that it leaves no environmentally harmful residue. What is this and where can we get it in the future?
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We know that the Visitors “talk inside our heads,” but unfortunately, WE don’t. Many of us can identify a specific foreign language when we hear it, even if we can’t speak or understand what’s going on, because we recognize the accent. German researchers say that babies pick up the rhythms and patterns of their mothers’ speech while still in the womb, so that when they’re born, they will “cry” in that accent.

The researchers studied the cries of 60 babies born to families speaking either French or German and found that the French newborns cried with a rising “accent” while the German babies’ cries had a falling inflection, which matches up with the languages their mothers speak.
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a SECRET about you! – A quick glance at the shape of someone’s face may be enough to predict their tendency towards aggression.

Facial width-to-height ratio (WHR) is determined by measuring the distance between the right and left cheeks and the distance from the upper lip to the mid-brow. During childhood, boys and girls have similar facial structures, but during puberty, males develop a greater WHR than females. Previous research has suggested that males with a larger WHR act more aggressively than those with a smaller WHR. For example, studies have shown that hockey players with greater WHR earn more penalty minutes per game than players with lower WHR.
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