Reuters – Several online travel companies are joining hands to oppose Google’s proposed $700 million…
Month: October 2010
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Chinese iPhone workers poisoned by chemical: report (AFP)
AFP – Workers who say they were assembling Apple computers and iPhones in southern China…
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Web campaign nabs China hit-and-run suspect (AFP)
AFP – The son of a senior police officer in China who was allegedly involved…
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‘Unplugged’ experiment detaches students from the media
Twenty-four hours without media. No internet, no mobiles, no TV… The biggest global media experiment….
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Scientists examine energy trends of communications equipment
A team of scientists has examined the energy consumption trends of communications equipment in use…
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Statin use associated with statistically significant reduction in colorectal cancer
A systematic review of the medical literature supports the hypothesis that statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs used…
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Pre-Columbian societies in Amazon may have been much larger and more advanced than thought
The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized. Together with Brazilian colleagues, archaeologists from Sweden have found…
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Listeria clever at finding its way into bloodstream, causing sickness
Pathogenic listeria tricks intestinal cells into helping it pass through those cells to make people…
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Why does lack of sleep affect us differently? Study hints it may be in our genes
Ever wonder why some people breeze along on four hours of sleep when others can…
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Wis. Democrats blast Republican for Hitler tweet (AP)
AP – Wisconsin Democrats are blasting a Republican state Senate candidate for calling Adolf Hitler…