In the wake of the charred devastation wrought by the Witch Creek fires in San…
Month: November 2009
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Psst! Private-Sale Shopping Sites Are Hot
During last year’s bleak holiday shopping season, fashion designer Lauren Merkin greatly overestimated the number…
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Woman Objects To Giving Cell Phone Number To Her Boss (Dear Abby)
Dear Abby – DEAR ABBY: My boss wants my cell phone number for “work purposes.”…
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China bureaucratic war over online Warcraft heats up (Reuters)
Reuters – China’s Culture Ministry has accused the publishing watchdog of abusing its authority by…
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Parents Just Don’t Understand: Role Of Parental Control In Western And East Asian Countries
Recent studies investigating the question of parental control in the west and in east Asian…
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Powerful Laser Sheds Light On Fast Ignition And High Energy Density Physics
A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study…
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Finding May Help Some Tonsil Cancer Patients Avoid Chemotherapy
Clinical researchers have confirmed that patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (“tonsil cancer”) harbor a…
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Heavy Metals Accumulate More In Some Mushrooms Than In Others
Researchers in Spain have analyzed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom…
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Survival Of The Healthiest: Selective Eradication Of Malignant Cells
The ultimate goal in cancer research, a treatment that kills cancer cells whilst leaving healthy…
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Abiotic Synthesis Of Methane: New Evidence Supports 19th-Century Idea On Formation Of Oil And Gas
Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth’s…