This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Saliva contains many useful components: lubricants, enzymes for breaking down food and now compounds that can reveal a persons age. Thats according to a

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? To keep your car purring, you have to change the oil. Such maintenance produces eight billion gallons of used motor oil annually. Some waste oil does get re-refined to pro

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Restrictions on Methyl Bromide By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Graphic Image Some chemicals

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? Talk about your vicious cycles. A new study finds that belly fat could be making you hungrier. Which would lead to more belly fat. The research was performed at the Univ

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Algae seem harmless enough. These precursors to plants thrive throughout the world's waters. But these single-celled plants have global consequences. We can thank them for oxygen in the atmosphere, oil in the lithosphere as well as dead zones in the

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