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Is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome caused by a serotonin imbalance?
Health & Fitness – A detailed look at new research bringing us closer to understanding the biological causes of SIDS.
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Michael J. Fox in Talks with Rescue Me and Scrubs
Television – An inside source close to the show confirms exclusively that Scrubs bigwig Bill Lawrence has indeed been talking to his good friend MJF (they worked together on Spin City) about coming back to Scrubs this season…
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Leaders still vague on emissions targets
Science – World leaders met this week in Toyako on the Japanese island of Hokkaido to discuss climate change - among other global problems. But progress on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions seems increasingly unlikely to…
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Frozen embryo babies just as healthy: researchers
Health & Fitness – Babies born from frozen embryos weigh more, have no greater risk of birth defects and are as healthy or healthier than those conceived using fresh ones, Danish researchers said on Tuesday.
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Sorry, Silvio: White House apologizes over gaffe
News – An embarrassed White House apologized on Tuesday for an "unfortunate mistake"--the distribution of an unflattering biography of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at the Group of Eight summit. Still, the gaffe led…
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Miniaturized scanner zooms in on disease
Health & Fitness – A handheld nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanner that can diagnose diseases and identify pathogens has been built by scientists in the US.
This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks
Strategy to stop a pandemic
Health & Fitness – New approach could effectively use a scarce supply of vaccine
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Fossil finds suggest an early origin for human speech
Science – It may be time to rethink the stereotype of grunting, wordless Neanderthals. The prehistoric humans may have been quite chatty - at least if the ear canals of their ancestors are any indication.
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Surprisingly Rapid Changes In Earth's Core Discovered
Science – The movements in the liquid part of the Earth's core are changing surprisingly quickly, and this affects the Earth's magnetic field, according to new research from DTU Space.
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Can tomatoes carry the cure for Alzheimer's?
Health & Fitness – Study shows how transgenic plants are used to produce a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease
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Global warming will push Russia to destruction: WWF
Science – Global warming will sow destruction across Russia and ex-Soviet states, a report said on Tuesday after the world's richest countries issued targets on harmful emissions that environmentalists criticized as too soft.
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Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony
Politics – Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it…
This story has mostly positive ratings. 26 votes / 2 sinks
Just Two of the Dishes at the G8 Food Shortages Summit
Food – The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack…
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GPS devices become a vital tool for business travelers
Gadgets & Tech – Doreen Rosimos of Marlborough, N.H., brought along her Rottweiler, Zelda, when she went on an assignment in Kentucky. When Zelda became sick one day, Rosimos, who heads a firm that funds micro-enterprises, quickly…
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My word! Online Scrabble goes legit
Gadgets & Tech – NEW YORK (AP) As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners…
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Online risk due to browser flaws
Gadgets & Tech – Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says a study.The Swiss Institute of Technology, Google and IBM conducted the study and found 600…
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Sicily, Through the Eyes of the Leopard
Travel – ASK a roomful of readers about Lampedusa's "Leopard" and more often than not you'll find a few who will put hand to heart and say it's their favorite book, and a few others who will simply shrug never heard of…
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Domestic Spying Quietly Goes On
News – With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs…
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L.A. Judge Drops Drug Case After Cops Lie in Testimony
News – In echoes of Rampart scandal, defense attorney says officers planted cocaine on man accused of being a gang member. On surveillance tape produced at trial, one officer tells another: 'Be creative in your writing.'
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Iraq Insists on Withdrawal Timetable
News – Iraq's national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.
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Do the maths: HAL 9000 by 2018?
Gadgets & Tech – The IBM Blue Brain project team has built "a rat-scale cortical model (55 million neurons, 442 billion synapses) in 8TB memory of a 32,768-processor BlueGene/L" That's a long way from the ten billion or so neurons…
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Nokia Survey: Old Mobile Phones Usually End up in Drawers
Gadgets & Tech – Most old mobile phones are left in drawers instead of being recycled, according to a global survey conducted by Nokia.
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Sonar enters the third dimension
Gadgets & Tech – Today's standard sonar, a depthsounder, only communicates the distance to the sea-floor directly beneath a ship. ("it's like steering a car by only peering through a hole in the floor.") By contrast, FarSounder's…
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First DNA Molecule Made Almost Entirely Of Artificial Parts
Science – Chemists in Japan report development of the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other…
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Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson
Religion – For the past three decades, the religious right has largely been the public face of Christianity in America. In recent years, the moral authority of the right has been weakened by numerous political and sex scandals…
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