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Apas membership includes more than 148,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. It is notable for its long history of presenting science to an educated but not necessarily scientific public. Five americans were killed and 17 were sickened in what became the worst biological attacks. Scientific american archives the online books page. On august 30, 1890, though, scientific american celebrated the new technology with engravings of the. Why we kiss researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner by chip walter when passion takes a grip, a kiss locks two humans together in an exchange of scents, tastes, textures, secrets. Science news, articles, and information scientific american. An earlier study published in the journal pediatrics in august 2008.
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