World / Science & Education
A writer recalls his dad's tough love
10.06.2008 22:24
usatoday.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates is standing in the living room of the red brick row house where he grew up. With him is his father, Paul, and ...
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Several claim to have spawned Father's Day
10.06.2008 22:24
usatoday.com
There are conflicting versions of the history of the Father's Day observance, just as there are with Mother's Day.
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Marlee Matlin working on memoir
10.06.2008 22:24
usatoday.com
Academy Award-winning actress and Dancing With the Stars sensation Marlee Matlin is working on a memoir, scheduled to come out ...
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Dot Earth: Action Urged on Climate and Health
10.06.2008 20:10
nytimes.com
Thirteen of the world’s scientific academies have issued joint statements calling for action to curb health risks and limit the threat posed by human-driven global warming.
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Sciences
USC Study Finds Fat Mass And Obesity Associated Genes Increased
10.06.2008 19:15
medicalnewstoday.com
A study from the University of Southern California (USC) suggests people of Mexican-American descent who have genetic variants of fat gene FTO and Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO) had higher triglyceride and lower HDL levels. The findings were presented as an oral presentation on Sunday, June 8, at the American Diabetes Association 68th Scientific Sessions held in San Francisco.
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Genetics
Astronauts board shuttle to depart space station
10.06.2008 19:02
reuters.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shuttle Discovery astronauts said goodbye to the International Space Station crew on Tuesday, ending a nine-day mission to deliver a Japanese-made orbital research laboratory.
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Padma - Spacefood And Balloons
10.06.2008 18:20
roomthirteen.com
Padma's music is gentle and sweet but these qualities make it unlikely to make an impact.
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Deathset - Around The World
10.06.2008 18:20
roomthirteen.com
As zany as The Buggles with the eccentricity of Talking Heads this trio will leave you confused but wanting more
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My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
10.06.2008 18:20
roomthirteen.com
As eclectic as you could wish My Morning Jacket evolve yet retain their high quality.
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Machinery - The Passing
10.06.2008 18:20
roomthirteen.com
Sweden! Home of Death Metal! Home of it's own genre in fact! With a name like Machinery you can pretty much tell where this band is going.
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Lodger - Life Is Sweet
10.06.2008 15:19
roomthirteen.com
Something of a mix mash of tracks on this release but nothing to excite you all that much.
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REM - Hollow Man
10.06.2008 15:19
roomthirteen.com
Latest single to come from the better than decent album Accelerate.
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Drive By Argument - Drive By Argument
10.06.2008 15:18
roomthirteen.com
Tasty electro indie debut from Scotland's Drive By Argument
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Life of Agony - Ugly + Soul Searching Sun
10.06.2008 15:18
roomthirteen.com
A '2 for 1' offer from Roadrunner. Life Of Agony's hard to find 95 and 97 releases 'Ugly and 'Soul Searching Sun'...in a box!
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Plato Made It Up · James Davidson: Atlantis at Last!
10.06.2008 14:29
lrb.co.uk
Of all the many disappointments of 1977, the ITV series Man from Atlantis has to be one of the greatest. The title suggested a programme that would have something to do with the lost underwater kingdom described in great detail by Plato in the Timaeus and Critias. But the reality was Patrick Duffy with webbed hands and fluorescent green contact lenses, painfully painted on. Sole survivor of Atlantis, he used his special powers, notably the ability to survive high atmospheric pressure, to foil the evil plans of an evil-looking villain with an evil-looking beard and an evil-sounding German name: Schubert.
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