Friday November 14th, 2014 – 1pm
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1:00 – The Science Files with Richard Zurawski
The European Space Agency has published the first image taken from the surface of a comet after successfully attaching the Philae lander onto it. The photo sent back to Earth shows a rocky surface, with one of the lander’s three feet in the corner of the frame. It was 25 years in the making, a ten year voyage, 6.4 billion KMs travelled.
A new study out of McGill University Health Centre has identified “a molecule that puts a brake on brain processing and when removed, brain function and memory recall is improved.” According to Science Daily, it was published in the latest issue of Cell Reports, and has implications for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, such as autism spectral disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store?
In the news today: a young Ontario First Nations girl with leukemia is being treated with cold laser therapy, Vitamin C injections and a strict raw food diet, among other therapies. Does anything other than chemotherapy work to treat Cancer?Winter tires – how do they work?
1:45 – Coaches Show with Troy Smith
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