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This article discusses a study the outcome of which seems obvious to me...but not being a biologist maybe I just don't get it. I have two questions: 1) Is "strain" a proper scientific term? If so, what does it mean? Or is this usage just sloppy journalism? 2) In the next to last...

Accurately predicting the fate of death row inmates does not require any knowledge of the case or trial. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0427/p17s01-usju.html

from Nigeria.

Some of my female relatives and friends are always dropping their earring backs and asking me to find them! I have a pretty good track record of finding them so far, but thought it would be easier if I had some mathematical model to estimate a 'search radius'. This radius is obviously...