World / Science & Education
'Camp Camp' recalls summer days and s'mores
02.06.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
Remember the bunk beds, the counselors, the bugs? If not, Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies by Roger Bennett ...
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Books & CD
'Cathedral' is set in medieval stone
02.06.2008 22:20
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If you are among the legions of Oprah's Book Club followers who recently finished Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth, you'll ...
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Books & CD
'Gift of Rain' bestows lessons during times of love and war
02.06.2008 22:20
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All is fair in love and war. Sure, it's a clich, but it's constantly acquiring new resonance.
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Books & CD
'Crazy Good' traces life of harness-race star Dan Patch
02.06.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
At the starting gate of summer book sales, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America by Charles ...
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Books & CD
Dark, Perhaps Forever
02.06.2008 21:10
nytimes.com
After decades of effort, some scientists are beginning to despair of explaining the universe. Or is it universes?
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Sciences
Space shuttle docks at station with Japanese lab
02.06.2008 21:03
reuters.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery slipped into a parking spot at the International Space Station on Monday after a two-day voyage to deliver Japan's first orbital laboratory while managers on the ground assessed damage beneath the Discovery's launch pad.
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Science & Education
Heavy marijuana use shrinks brain parts: study
02.06.2008 21:03
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.
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Science & Education
Fatal Utah coal mine collapse covered 50 acres
02.06.2008 21:03
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 2007 underground collapse of a Utah coal mine, which resulted in the deaths of six miners and three rescuers, covered 50 acres, or the area of 40 American football fields, according to a report released on Monday by seismologists.
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Science & Education
Feathers make the man in world of birds: study
02.06.2008 21:02
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dying the red breast feathers of barn swallows not only won the birds more mates -- it made their testosterone levels shoot up, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Science & Education
Kids drinking more sugary drinks and juice
02.06.2008 21:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children in the U.S. are now getting more of their calories from fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages than they were 20 years ago, according to a new analysis of national data published in Pediatrics.
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Science & Education
Moose on the loose in Scotland, wolves to follow?
02.06.2008 21:02
reuters.com
ALLADALE (Reuters) - The howl of a wolf echoes through the glen, lumbering bears fish in the lochs and moose amble through the pine forest -- this is multi-millionaire Paul Lister's vision for his estate in the Scottish Highlands, and his grand scheme is already underway.
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Science & Education
Phoenix Mars Lander gets first scoop of Martian soil
02.06.2008 20:23
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NASA's newest spacecraft on Mars got down and dirty, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday.
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Astronomy
Clusters Of Genetic Variants Linked To Distinct Treatment Responses For Smoking Cessation
02.06.2008 20:11
medicalnewstoday.com
Scientists have identified distinct clusters of genetic markers associated with the likelihood of success or failure of two smoking cessation treatments, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and the medication bupropion (Zyban). This study, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was published in the June issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Genetics
Mars Lander Set to Begin Digging in Earnest
02.06.2008 18:17
nytimes.com
The scoop at the end of Phoenix’s 7.7-foot-long robotic arm will dig three trenches side by side looking for ice and hints of past liquid water in the far north of Mars.
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Sciences
Dot Earth: NASA Investigates Flow of Findings on Climate Science
02.06.2008 18:17
nytimes.com
The NASA inspector general faults Bush administration officials in the agency’s press office for limiting and distorting the flow of information on climate science.
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