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A new study at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has provided evidence that drivers who smoke pot even hours before operating a motor vehicle are twice as likely to cause crashes as drivers not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. - ShamanicShift

Research scientist Jan Andrysek of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto designed a low-cost artificial knee, winning a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada, one of 15 awarded to Canada's "rising stars in global health." - ShamanicShift

Researchers at the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences and collaborators have provided some of the first evidence growing up on a farm helps the immune system develop and regulate and reduces the incidence of immunological diseases. - ShamanicShift

A titanium lower jaw generated by a 3D printer was transplanted into the face of an 83-year-old woman in June 2011 in the Netherlands, becoming a surgical first, according the doctors who performed the procedure, the BBC reported. - ShamanicShift

Smartphone and computer tablet applications built for Apple's iOS crash more often than those built for Google's Android operating system, according to research conducted by Crittercism, a mobile application monitoring company, AppAdvice reported. - ShamanicShift

New research at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada revealed definite details of how massage therapy works to relieve pain, demonstrating that kneading tissues after exercise activates cellular and molecular muscle-healing mechanisms. - ShamanicShift

In January Mexico registered a resurgence in flu of all types, including the H1N1 strain (also known as swine flu), with more cases in one month than in all of 2011, according to Health Secretary Salomon Chertorivski Woldenberg. - ShamanicShift

To provide a simpler, lower-cost method of ascertaining the safety of large structures, researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland developed a high-tech paint capable of detecting microscopic manufacturing defects and stress flaws. - ShamanicShift

A Media Technology Monitor report indicated tablet computer use by Canadians almost tripled during 2011 and promises to keep rising through 2012, 680 News reported. - ShamanicShift

The Caenorhabditis elegans species of tiny, transparent roundworms, favorite experimental subjects in biology labs, were found by researchers to communicate through molecular messages, in "sentences" made of chemical fragments. - ShamanicShift

A Harvard Medical School study found many patients continue smoking after receiving a diagnosis of lung or colorectal cancer while they battle the diseases, though quitting smoking would improve their prognoses, according to the researchers. - ShamanicShift

Scientists studying the highly contagious fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats have estimated 5.7 to 6.7 million bats have succumbed to the disease in United States and Canada, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. - ShamanicShift

While perusing the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, Engadget profiled the Institute for Disabilities Research and Training's American Sign Language tutorial that uses AcceleGlove, a sensor-arrayed glove interface for PC, camera and fingers. - ShamanicShift

Breastfeeding babies could be crankier than bottle-fed babies, and new mothers should be informed this heightened irritability is natural, a new study by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in Cambridge, England suggested. - ShamanicShift

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a large group of unusual hot, bright, ultra-blue stars glowing in the heart of Andromeda, the second closest galaxy to the Milky Way, NASA announced. - ShamanicShift

A coordinated sequence of engine firings on January 11 by the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft will be the biggest maneuver of its flight, redirecting its course significantly as planned, NASA announced. - ShamanicShift

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is supporting a desert clean-up day on January 20 and an expanded desert ecosystem conservation campaign, local and industry news media reported. - ShamanicShift

The fungus Fusarium is prevalent in bathroom sink drains, a Penn State College of Agriculture study found, suggesting home, business and public plumbing systems are common sources of human infection. - ShamanicShift

The placebo effect -- felt, measured or observed improvements in patients' medical conditions attributed to a fake medications or treatments -- may cause lasting improvements and be tweaked into valuable medicines, the Wall Street Journal reported. - ShamanicShift

To fight obesity, France’s Constitutional Council approved a tax on sugary drinks that was proposed by the health ministry in August and took effect New Years Day 2012, though it was slammed by EU food manufacturers as unfair and ineffective. - ShamanicShift

Dr. Greg Parker, an amateur astronomer in New Forest in southern England, tracked the sun's trails over his garden from the summer to winter solstices with a pin-hole camera he constructed from an empty tea box. - ShamanicShift

A team of Italian scientists recently suggested Venice could gain relief from frequent flooding and gradual sinking, messes worsened by rising seas, through a project centered on pumping seawater into a circle of 12 aquifers under the canal-crossed city. - ShamanicShift

Members of the species of sea snail known as Aplysia californica have been facilitating researchers' efforts to understand learning impairments at the cellular level, according to University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) neuroscientists. - ShamanicShift

Research presented at the 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting provided evidence typhoons and hurricanes can trigger earthquakes, and suggested the 2010 temblors in Taiwan and Haiti were stirred up by strong tropical cyclones. - ShamanicShift

A research team has proposed exposure to lead and other heavy metals increases teens' risk of hearing loss, a widespread problem that can hinder social development and educational performance, Reuters reported. - ShamanicShift