Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that…
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NASA releases GOES-13 satellite movie of the life and times of Hurricane Alex
NASA’s GOES Project has just released a “movie” of satellite imagery showing the life and…
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Childhood cancer survivors face higher death risk 25 years later, from cancer, circulatory diseases
Follow-up of a group of British childhood cancer survivors indicates they have an increased risk…
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What secrets are stored in the roots of corn plants?
With corn being a critical US crop expected to help feed livestock and people around…
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No evidence that popular slimming supplements facilitate weight loss, new research finds
New research evaluating the effectiveness of a broad selection of popular slimming supplements sold in…
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Facial recognition at first glance: Humans and monkeys perceive faces of kin immediately
We meet a multitude of people on a daily basis: the nice waitress in the…
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Clampdown rumoured as China “twitter” sites down (Reuters)
Reuters – Chinese social networking websites that provide Twitter-like services have suddenly reverted to testing…
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S.Korean mobile carrier to allow Internet calls (AFP)
AFP – South Korea’s top mobile phone carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it would allow…
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China web filter developer’s finance woes: report (AFP)
AFP – The developer of a controversial Internet filter software in China has denied it…
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Canon launches the Vixia HF M32 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – Canon has introduced the Vixia HF M32 Dual Flash Memory camcorder. Housed in…