Avoiding a chimaera quagmire

Article Abstract:

A need for researchers and scientists to take the initiative in addressing a controversial and urgent ethical issue regarding risk involved in the fusion of cells of animals and humans is discussed. It is suggested that scientists should identify the various research protocols defining interspecies research involving human cells and embryos and the associated risks, ethical issues and benefits of each other.

Analysis, Research ethics, Chimeras (Organisms)

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The taste of words on the tip of the tongue

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It is shown that individuals experiencing synaesthetic tastes that are elicited by words begin to taste an upcoming word before they can actually say it. Lexical-gustatory synaesthesia might represent an exaggeration of normal mechanisms that link linguistic thought and sensory perception.

Lexical phonology, Taste disorders

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Browning the waters

Article Abstract:

The levels of median dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in eight streams and ten lakes in the UK have almost doubled from 1988 to 2003. The increase in DOC concentrations might be caused by the decrease in sulphur deposition in the form of acid rain.

Environmental aspects, Carbon, Acid deposition, Organic water pollutants, Organic water pollution, Aquatic ecosystems

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