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DEFINITION: (verb) To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. SYNONYMS: clot. USAGE: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of their lesson in clotting reactions.

Rodin was a French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form. He spent 37 years working on the Gate of Hell, a monumental sculptural group commissioned by the Musée des Arts decoratifs and inspired by Dante's Inferno. The project was never finished, but many of the 186 figures intended for it, including The Thinker, The Three Shades, and The Kiss, were later presented as individual works. Who was Camille Claudel?

The Holland Tunnel was designed specifically for automobile traffic and included ventilator systems to reduce carbon monoxide exposure, making it the world's first ventilated tunnel and an engineering marvel of its day. Tunnel construction required workers, nicknamed "sandhogs," to spend large amounts of time under high pressure and to then depressurize upon exiting the tunnel. This process was necessary in order for workers to avoid developing what physiological disorder?

Proponents of organic food claim that it is more nutritious, safer to eat, and tastier because it contains no synthetically compounded fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, medicated feed, or chemicals used in food processing; these claims are disputed by conventional-food growers and processors. Organic foods have gained in popularity as the public has become more health-conscious. Organic products account for what percentage of total food sales in the US?

A new study suggests that drinking two sugary drinks a day almost doubles the risk of pancreatic cancer. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden also found that the risk of developing pancreatic cancer was 70% higher for those who added sugar to their drinks at least 5 times a day. Pancreatic cancer is most common in people aged over 60. It is difficult to treat because it is often not diagnosed until it has spread beyond the pancreas.