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Researchers Blend Folk Treatment, High Tech For Promising Anti-cancer
Researchers at the University of Washington have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells' rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target. 'Steve Jobs' Joins Wired News
A timely and oh-so-generous blog sponsorship ensures that the world's funniest faux CEO will continue spouting off about Apple. In Cult of Mac. New Potter Is Not a Rotter
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is pitch-perfect Potter: a well-plotted movie with great action and characters. Movie review by Christopher Null. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... U.S. Proposes Listing Polar Bears As Threatened Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and initiating a comprehensive scientific review to assess the current status and future of the species. "Polar bears are one of nature's ultimate survivors, able to live and thrive in one of the world's harshest environments,"U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said. "But we are concerned the polar bears' habitat may literally be melting." [Odd] Parishioners Lock Church to Back Gun-Toting Priest
Angry parishioners chained shut a church in central Mexico on Friday in protest at the firing of their priest, whose habit of tucking a gun under his robes has earned him fame and the nickname 'Padre Pistolas.' Webcasters' Day of Silence: IsIt Working?
Early indications are that the webcasters Day of Silence protest is a success; but Congress needs to act. Two Genes Are Important Key To Regulating Immune Response
Scientists have identified two genes that may be crucial to the production of an immune system cytokine. The discovery fills in an important "missing link"in a biochemical pathway that's long been tied to disorders ranging from lupus and Type 1 diabetes, to cancer and AIDS. Report Challenges Common Ecological Hypothesis About Species Abundance
A new report finds little empirical evidence to support a widely held ecological assumption that species are most abundant near the centers of their geographic ranges and decline in abundance near the ranges' edges.
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