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September 24 2011

March 24 2011

First Americans arrived 2500 years before we thought

New Scientist - Online News

A hoard of tools uncovered in Texas suggests the land was inhabited 15,500 years ago, by people who may have reached North America by sea


How puppy love can help your sex life

The Chart

Ian Kerner, a sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author, blogs about sex on Thursdays on The Chart. Read more from him at his website, GoodInBed.

After my dog - a curmudgeonly Jack Russell terrier named Houdini - passed away in 2008, I was sure that I wasn’t going to get another one anytime soon. Not only had Houdini’s death thrown me into an awful state of prolonged grief, but ...

Risk expert: Why radiation fears are often exaggerated

New Scientist - Online News

Fear of radiation from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant must not blind us to the risks attached to the alternatives, says David Spiegelhalter


Heavy Drinking Increases Pancreatic Cancer Risk

CancerConnect News

People who drink three or more alcoholic beverages per day have an increased risk of dying of pancreatic cancer. These results were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Worldwide, an estimated 3.5% of all cancer deaths are attributable to alcohol. Links have been established between alcohol and several types of cancer, including cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, ...

March 23 2011

Mark Bittman: Food: Six Things to Feel Good About

NYT > Most E-Mailed

On the food front, not all the news is bad.

March 21 2011

Boxed wines are so last decade. So one vintner is reaching even further back with barrel wines

Wellness: Health, Fitness, Nutrition & More - washingtonpost.com

Selling wine by the glass is hot, but having half-empty bottles left over is not, something that has prompted restaurants and bars to explore new delivery systems from sophisticated preservation devices to kegs that keep wine on tap.

March 19 2011

Op-Ed Contributor: Teaching to the Text Message

NYT > Most E-Mailed

Learning to write concisely is a valuable skill, and more in tune with the world’s conversation.

March 18 2011

Coca-Cola has top 2 spots in US soda market as Diet Coke unseats Pepsi as No. 2 in US

Wellness: Health, Fitness, Nutrition & More - washingtonpost.com

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Seriously? People not only drink Pepsi but actually like it?!
Diet Coke has topped rival Pepsi-Cola for the first time to become the second-most popular soft drink in the country behind Coca-Cola.

March 17 2011

Explaining nuclear energy for kids

Wellness: Health, Fitness, Nutrition & More - washingtonpost.com

The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan killed thousands of people and caused incredible damage. But the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has put words like radiation, nuclear reactors and fuel rods on the front page of the newspaper.

Apple modifies your music – with your photos

New Scientist - Online News

Your photos could generate unique versions of your favourite music track. Apple thinks it's worth a patent. But why?

March 16 2011

Can It Be Done? 'McRunner' Trains for Marathon on All-McDonald's Diet - TIME

Health - Google News

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Yuck.

Daily Mail

Can It Be Done? 'McRunner' Trains for Marathon on All-McDonald's Diet
TIME
Back in 2004, America watched Morgan Spurlock's health decline on the McDonald's only diet in Super Size Me. Now, Joe D'Amico is following the same regiment. The month before he runs a marathon. The Palatine, Ill. dad will compete in the Los Angeles ...
Well, this seems completely...

Well: Is Fitness All in the Genes?

NYT > Health

Genes appear to play a role in why some people who work out get fit while others don’t, a new study shows.

U.S. Is Urged to Raise Teachers’ Status

NYT > Most E-Mailed

An international education study says the United States must improve the way it recruits, trains and pays teachers.

How 'churkeys' keep their cool

New Scientist - Online News

With a turkey-like head and a chicken body, the Transylvanian naked neck chicken keeps cool thanks to a genetic mutation and vitamin A


March 15 2011

Android Update Might Include More Secure Facebook

All Facebook

The newest upgrade for the Android mobile phone includes secure socket layer security, which might mean greater security for Facebook users.

We’re trying to determine whether this addition of SSL suffices as a way to prevent hackers from snooping activity on the device, including Facebook usage, via readily available freeware.

Meanwhile the Android update for Facebook also includes the ability s...

Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books

NYT > Most E-Mailed

As librarians push for access to more e-books, publishers are reconsidering how much that access should be worth.

What art can do for science (and vice versa)

New Scientist - Online News

An exhibition explores how science brings closer to artistic visions of the future, while art provides insight into scientific progress


Implantable sensor tracks cancer in the body

New Scientist - Online News

Tiny device can monitor the growth or regression of a tumour without the need for repeated invasive biopsies


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