Guardian: The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature by Paul Collier 288pp, Allen…
Month: May 2010
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Chavez rockets to No. 1 on Twitter in Venezuela (AP)
AP – President Hugo Chavez is tops on Twitter in Venezuela less than 2 weeks…
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Human working memory is based on dynamic interaction networks in the brain
A new study sheds light on the neuronal mechanisms sustaining memory traces of visual stimuli…
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Feeling stressed? So is the poplar — but hormone suppression could help the tree
Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that poplar trees use to adapt to changing soil…
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New therapy for cocaine toxicity: Enzyme break downs cocaine into inactive products nearly 1,000 times faster than human body does
Researchers have developed and tested a modified enzyme that can break down cocaine into inactive…
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Making serial parts out of metal powder
Complex-shaped components in aircraft engines can be produced quickly and at a reasonable price using…
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Naturally occurring microbe fights potentially deadly Clostridium difficile infection
An international team of researchers has discovered a naturally occurring microorganism that directly targets a…
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Toddlers and TV: Early exposure has negative and long-term impact
Want kids who are smarter and thinner? Keep them away from the television set as…
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How an unfixed Net glitch could strand you offline (AP)
AP – In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet…
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This Week in Geek: iPhone Hacking, HTML5, and Fast New Drives (PC World)
PC World – It’s been a busy week for smartphone hackers: One of our contributors…