But even more recently, chemist Vicky Colvin at Rice University showed that, while Fullerenes kill human liver and skin cells, they don't damage DNA and are non-carcinogenic.

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On this Memorial Day, it is important to remember that much of the technological revolution that we celebrate today was the product of war--and that most of the great inventions of the electronics age were originally designed to destroy property and kill human beings.

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The venom released from the 13 spines on their backs can kill a human in two hours.

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Its tongue-in-cheek fable of a porcupine that has to kill for its human double is ostensibly written by the same sozzled scribe, who is himself called Broken Glass.

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He fretted about the chance of another disaster on earth, noting that something a kilometre across could kill a quarter of the human race.

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Can a single wasp kill four or five adult human beings?

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And we have forged a new beginning between America and the Muslim world -- one that recognizes our mutual interest in breaking a cycle of conflict, and that promises a future in which those who kill innocents are isolated by those who stand up for peace and prosperity and human dignity.

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For the U.S., the ability to find and kill one of al Qaeda's most critical leaders is evidence of a strong network of human spying assets on the ground, Mr. Jones said.

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Sure, we understand that all milk must be heat-treated or pasteurized to kill off harmful micro-organisms (in 1987 the FDA mandated pasteurization of all milk products for human consumption).

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