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Allan Minns has worked as a computer technician, technical support specialist, handyman, store clerk, genetics lab technician, heavy equipment operator and professional musician. In 2007, after studying computer programming at Adirondack Community College, he moved to New York's Capital region and enrolled at Hudson Valley Community College to begin pursuing a degree in nanoscale sciences and materials engineering.

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How do beavers, wild house cats, frogs and chipmunks survive winter?

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I was looking out my kitchen window this morning and I saw a beaver lazily swimming across the water. As it passed...
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H1N1 Part 3: When vaccines fail

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As Swine flu continues to tally up new victims, governments around the World prepare for a ramping-up of the...
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H1N1 Part 2: Kin to the Spanish Flu, killer of millions

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I was doing some more research into the H1N1 outbreak and I came across something interesting. It appears that swine flu has a close relation to the...
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H1N1 Part 1: Pandemic pandemonium (a by-the-numbers analysis)

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H1N1 (Swine flu) is continuing is epidemiological progress around the globe. Recent figures show that nearly 100,000 people have been infected and...
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Countries with the highest Swine Flu mortalities

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated the figures for Swine flu. As of 6/29, at least 311 people have...
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Albany County was #2 in rabies cases for 2008. And for 2009, #1 is...

Last year there were 498 confirmed cases of rabies in New York State. Most of these cases involved raccoons, bats,...
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Microscopic assembly method mimics biological system

Scientist at NYU have announced a method for producing microscopic structures by using segments of DNA. In the...
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Is it safe to swim in the Hudson during the dredging?

G.E. is beginning to remove PCB pollutants in a six mile stretch of riverbed between Fort Ann and the Thomson...
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She quit her dream job for one that didn't exist (yet)

Dr. Sara Brenner had worked hard and it payed off: she was offered her dream job as Senior Clinical Advisor at the...
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Birth control.......for men?

A key discovery is shedding light on a long-standing mystery associated with the human reproduction process. It has...
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