Why people swear by the neti pot

"Saline irrigation" may not sound sexy, but iReporters say they're hooked. As millions of Americans suffer allergy this spring, some will turn to rinsing out their nasal passages for sinus relief.
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Bret Michaels tried to ignore the pain in his stomach Sunday night, hoping he could make the stage for a show in San Antonio, Texas.
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Scientists in the UK have opened “the black box” of eukaryotic phytoplankton and discovered that they actually account for almost half the ocean’s carbon fixation by phytoplankton. More here

A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer. That's one reason a feline brain is the model for a biologically-inspired computer project. A computer engineer has taken a step toward developing this revolutionary type of machine that could be capable of learning and recognizing, as well as making more complex decisions and performing more tasks simultaneously than conventional computers can. More here