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		<title>A Trip Down Your Toilet</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2010/12/10/a-trip-down-your-toilet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, I&#8217;m not giving a lesson on plumbing. But I am going to give you the scoop on a secret that starts inside your toilet, all thanks to the crew at Thames Water who are helping people stay warm this winter. What&#8217;s this secret? Well, when a toilet takes your daily (or whatever frequency..let&#8217;s not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=809&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get Smarter The Dirty Way</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2010/10/05/get-smarter-the-dirty-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, intelligence can happen in the dirtiest of places. A new study suggests that exposure to certain kinds of bacteria outside could help improve learning. Researchers at The Sage Colleges in New York studied Mycobacterium vaccae, which earlier studies showed might have antidepressant properties. In this new study, it seems that M. vaccae could help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=764&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whale Poo Is Good For You</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2010/09/12/whale-poo-is-good-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact, it&#8217;s good for all living things.  Australian researchers recently found that whale poo is battling one of the planet&#8217;s toughest battles ever – climate change.  The poor whales previously had a horrid reputation.  Since they breathe out a common greenhouse gas known as carbon dioxide (CO2), they were disliked for contributing to global [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=696&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Return Of Bed Bugs – Smarter Ones</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2010/01/13/the-return-of-bed-bugs-%e2%80%93-smarter-ones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title reads like a horror movie but for those who have battled it out with bed bugs, it makes a lot of sense. Others might think that &#8216;don&#8217;t let the bed bugs bite&#8217; was just some bedtime line their parents used as a cute joke. In fact, let&#8217;s see now who knew that bed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=466&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution Gets Colorful</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2009/08/24/evolution-gets-colorful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is still going strong but soon it will be fall – a time when we can enjoy the pretty autumn leaves. Or as I always like to do, throw leaves at my wee dog and race through the massive piles of foliage. Unless you&#8217;ve traveled a bit and have a sharp eye for detail, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=363&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Recipe For A Perfectly Sticky Web</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2009/05/31/the-recipe-for-a-perfectly-sticky-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 19:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried to bake a cake, only to find out that when it came out of the oven, it was dry and hard? Maybe you realized that you&#8217;d put in too much sugar. Or, maybe you cooked it for too long. Would you believe that spiders have a similar challenge when it comes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=324&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hairy Frogs Have An Unusual Defense</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2008/06/02/hairy-frogs-have-an-unusual-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think about frogs, I usually picture the cute, little ones hopping around the lake near my house. Well, there are many types of frogs and one in particular is almost the stuff of nightmares! Not only is it a super duper hairy creature but it has a peculiar defense mechanism that has intrigued [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=206&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blame Your Brain For Temper Tantrums</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2008/03/09/blame-your-brain-for-temper-tantrums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temper tantrums aren&#8217;t just a reaction that young kids exhibit when they get upset or angry. Teens can also go berserk over all sorts of issues. Yet, some teens seem to keep their cool while others fly off the handle at just the slightest aggravation. Now, a study suggests that the connection may lie in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=202&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Mutations Can Mean Longer Life</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2008/03/04/gene-mutations-can-mean-longer-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While they won&#8217;t make someone live forever, researchers recently identified some variations in genes that can allow people to live longer. Your genes are your special and unique instructions that determine things like your hair and eye color. Say Hello To Centenarians Nir Barzilai and his team are from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weirdscience.ca&#038;blog=1188989&#038;post=199&#038;subd=weirdscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Good To Look Like Poo</title>
		<link>http://weirdscience.ca/2008/02/22/its-good-to-look-like-poo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Weird Scientist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[camouflage]]></category>
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