AFP – As concern about online privacy grows, Mozilla is promising to let people cloak…
Month: December 2010
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Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments (AP)
AP – Bank of America Corp. has joined several other financial institutions in refusing to…
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Drinking alcohol during a rich meal slows down digestion, but doesn’t increase indigestion, study finds
People can be reassured that while alcohol may slow down digestion after a rich calorific…
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Using digitized books as ‘cultural genome,’ researchers unveil quantitative approach to humanities
Researchers have created a powerful new approach to scholarship, using approximately 4 percent of all…
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Protein disables p53, drives breast cells toward cancer transition
The recently identified TRIM24 protein plays an active role in pushing normal breast cells into…
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Wind turbines help crops by channelling beneficial breezes over nearby plants
Researchers have found that wind turbines benefit nearby crops, keeping them cooler and drier and…
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Does fluoride really fight cavities by ‘the skin of the teeth?’
In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, “by the…
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Rise in oxygen drove evolution of animal life 550 million years ago
Researchers have uncovered a clue that may help to explain why the earliest evidence of…
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9 Ways to Connect With Santa on the Web (Mashable)
Mashable – You don’t have to head to the North Pole to hook up with…
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Holiday Tweet Drive Brings Toys and Food to Disadvantaged Kids (Mashable)
Mashable – The 2010 Holiday Tweet Drive is underway, harnessing the power of social media…