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The Why Files: Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine has been debated over for many years. This site covers several pros and cons of several of the common practices.
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The Why Files: What's Your Beef?
Concerned about where your beef comes from? This article discusses concerns about safe, and healthy beef. International trade and the methods used in raising the staple are included in article.
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The Why Files: Steering for Steroids
The Tour de France has been under scrutiny because of alleged doping by participants. This article dives into the fray of scandal during one year of the Tour.
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The Why Files: Spare Parts for the New Millennium
The Why Files have provided information pertaining to retinal restoration, heart disease, and diabetes. The information is specific and well organized.
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The Why Files: I Lost 84 Lbs!
The Why Files have provided a site pertaining to weight loss. The site explores several scams that have become popular as well as legitimate weight loss strategies.
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The Why Files: Stroke. Medical Crisis
The Why Files have provided wonderful information pertaining to strokes. The information presented relates the causes of strokes as well as treatments for.
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The Why Files: Salt and Blood Pressure
The Why Files have provided information regarding the pros and cons of salt in relation to blood pressure.
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The Why Files: High Living
The Why Files have provided an article that explores the health effects of space travel. The site focuses on life on a space station.
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The Why Files: Big Baby, Brainy Baby
The Why? Files have uncovered information relating baby birth size to early development. The study discusses the positives of delivering a larger baby.
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The Why Files: Old Brains New Tricks
Can you teach an old brain new tricks? The Why Files have organized a site that discusses the effect of aging on the brain's learning capability.
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The Why Files: Resisting Antibiotics
The Why? Files have provided information related to antibiotic resistant viruses. New antibiotics have been created to battle the ever-changing virus.
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The Why Files: Chocolate 'N' Your Heart
Good news for chocolate lovers. The Why? Files have provided information discovering the positive effects of chocolate on bad cholesterol.
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The Why Files: Alternative Medicine: All in Your Mind?
The Why? Files have provided information pertaining to alternative medicine. The discussions include analyzations of the effect of alternatives vs. the placebo effect.
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The Why Files: 3 2 1 Contact, Don't Touch That Dial
A discussion of reflecting telescopes and their use in radio astronomy. The types of information gained from and the research emphasis fueled by such telescopes is described. Site uses Hollywood references and a humorous style.
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The Why Files: Power Plants
Photovoltaic technology is compared and contrasted to the natural phenomenon of photosynthesis. The means by which photocells harness solar energy is described and explained.
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The Why Files: Sputnik's Legacy
This exploratory article (published September 11, 1997) outlines the history of the Sputnik Space program, but also includes the response within the United States educational system to speedily ramp up the study of science, math and...
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The Why Files: Scottish Sheep Shocker
Simplified and irreverent explanation of how Dolly was cloned. Includes a simple timeline of cloning technology. Some good information behind the humor.
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The Why Files: Death of Dogma
This article deals with the controversy around the regrowth of neurons in the central nervous system. Interesting facts relevant to neuron study.
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The Why Files: Effigy Mound Culture
Site introduces the concept of mound building and explains the concept in easy-to-understand terms. Discover why the mounds were build and what they possibly meant to the ancient people.
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The Why Files: Of Cancer 'N Car Keys
"The real, life-threatening problem with most cancers is that they migrate away from the initial site." This article delves into the question of "How do cancer cells move about?"
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The Why Files: Brain Trouble
A remarkable medical illustration of the brain is featured in this discusion of the cerebellum and its role in controlling continuous and discontinuous movement.
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The Why Files: Dirty Bombs, Filthy Weapons
Very informative article about dirty bombs, containing a conceptual description of how they are made, along with a discussion of the potential health effects associated with a dirty bomb attack.
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The Why Files: Super Solar Cells
An understandable description of modern research that is currently being conducted to develop a more efficient photovoltaic (solar energy) cell. It also contains links to other pages on renewable energy sources.
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The Why Files: Fecund Feces
For those with strong stomachs, this article introduces the scientific study of dinosaur feces, giving an idea of the vast amount of information that can be dertermined about dinosaurs from a large pile of dung.