World / Science & Education
'My Love': Unnervingly familiar, yet fictional take on JonBenet case
16.07.2008 22:21
usatoday.com
For many readers, Joyce Carol Oates' new novel, My Sister, My Love, will trigger a queasy sense of remorse and guilt.
USA
Books & CD
Humor the candidates
16.07.2008 22:21
usatoday.com
First there were Bushisms. Now there are Barackisms. Yes, words coined from Barack Obama's name. Editors at Slate, the online ...
USA
Books & CD
50 years of sun, fun and fame in 'Hamptons'
16.07.2008 22:21
usatoday.com
In Dan Rattiner's Hamptons, you won't find any tales of PR queen Lizzie Grubman plowing into clubgoers with her SUV. Or dispatches ...
USA
Books & CD
Book buzz: 'Tribute' vanquishes a teen vampire
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
Nora Roberts nudges aside Stephenie Meyer for the top spot on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list this week, "Ask Amy" columnist ...
USA
Books & CD
Solzhenitsyn work coming out in English
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
An uncut edition of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle, a highly praised and controversial novel published 40 years ago ...
USA
Books & CD
Genetic Variation Increases HIV Risk In Africans
16.07.2008 21:10
medicalnewstoday.com
A genetic variation which evolved to protect people of African descent against malaria has now been shown to increase their susceptibility to HIV infection by up to 40 per cent, according to new research. Conversely, the same variation also appears to prolong survival of those infected with HIV by approximately two years.
World
Genetics
Lorna Byrne: 'To me, seeing angels is natural'
16.07.2008 20:10
telegraph.co.uk
Lorna Byrne's memoir has been bought for a six-figure sum by the publishers of The Da Vinci Code, but she doesn't see her powers as unusual, says Peter Stanford
Great Britain
Books & CD
Pop Levi - Never Never Love (Album)
16.07.2008 17:14
roomthirteen.com
Pop by name and most definitely pop by nature. A classic in the making by Pop Levi.
World
Books & CD
South - You Are Here
16.07.2008 17:14
roomthirteen.com
Shrugging off their old sound South seem to have the mainstream in their sights leaving you wishing for the old band to return
World
Books & CD
Immigrants Can Now Learn English Naturally Without Worrying About Grammar With The Effortless English Club
16.07.2008 16:24
prweb.com
Tried and failed to learn English? It’s been a common problem for recent and future United States and Canadian immigrants. But that has changed with the introduction of The Effortless Club, a unique listen-first system designed to teach adults English without worrying about grammar. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Effortless/English/prweb1096534.htm
World
Science & Education
Gene Variation May Increase Vulnerability to H.I.V.
16.07.2008 16:13
nytimes.com
A genetic variation could account for 11 percent of the caseload of H.I.V. in Africa, explaining why the disease is more common there than expected, researchers say.
World
Sciences
Reason found for massive ocean oxygen loss that formed Caribbean
16.07.2008 15:11
telegraph.co.uk
A natural catastrophe that wiped out one tenth of the world's marine invertebrates almost 94 million years ago has been blamed on volcanic activity that helped to make the Caribbean in the process. By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
More evidence shows Mars once was wet all over
16.07.2008 14:08
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minerals in the soil of Mars show it was covered once by lakes, rivers and other bodies of water that could have supported life, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
World
Science & Education
Exploring the Great Lakes Fur Trade
16.07.2008 13:18
wisconsinhistory.org
Historical re-enactors from throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota will converge on Madeline Island Friday through Sunday, July 25-27, to set up an encampment at Madeline Island Museum for three days of demonstrations, role playing, handicrafts and other activies — all of...
Wisconsin
History
Scientists find why we need to re-read a page
16.07.2008 13:14
telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have discovered why people sometimes need to re-read a page. According to a study the brain needs a specific chemical in order to concentrate properly.
Great Britain
Science & Education
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