Paris Hilton we understand — but Garfield? China’s mandated Green Dam software rates some images…
Month: June 2009
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Analysts Doubt Future of Comcast’s WiMAX Offering
Comcast launched a high-speed wireless data service in Portland on Tuesday as the first step…
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Wikipedia and the Kidnapped Reporter: Censor or Savior?
For seven months, New York Times reporter David Rohde was held by Taliban kidnappers. During…
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How Much Is Life Worth? The $440 Billion Question
The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension…
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Putting A Freeze On Oscillator Vibrations
Physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in…
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Increased Levels Of Certain Cytokines And Chemokines Predict Onset Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Up-regulation of certain cytokines and chemokines (signaling molecules involved in the functioning of the immune…
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RNA Snippet Suppresses Spread Of Aggressive Breast Cancer
Low levels of a tiny RNA fragment in cells are associated with metastatic breast cancer…
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Key Culprits In Lupus Discovered
The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus) suffer from a…
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Birds With A Nose For A Difference: Avoidance Of Inbreeding In Birds Demonstrated
Avoidance of inbreeding is evident among humans, and has been demonstrated in some shorebirds, mice…
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Mechanical jaw aids research
A robot jaw, designed to mimic the action of the human mouth, has been developed…