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Cocoa Is The New Red Wine: Shows Benefits For Coronary Heart Disease
A research team in Southampton in England, led by Dr Denise O'Shaugnessy, has shown that drinking a cup of cocoa can prevent potentially fatal blood clots. Tomatoes
A compilation of almost two dozen recipes featuring tomatoes. Includes recipes for baked tomatoes, tomato salsa, and tomato pie. Also includes tips for selecting, storing, and preserving tomatoes. From a cookbook author. First Look: Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe's newest addition to the Photoshop family is a workflow manager for professional photogs, Flickr-heads and camera nerds of all stripes. By Scott Gilbertson. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. How MicroRNAs Suppress Tumor Metastasis
Metastases are responsible for over 90 percent of cancer deaths. In a new study, researchers lend molecular insight into how microRNAs suppress tumor metastasis. What's Tablet Computing? The Tech From 1888 to 2010
Tablets are hot -- but tech manufacturers mean many different things by the term. Wired.com takes a look at some of the ways the term has been used, and what we can expect from tomorrow's tablets.
 [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... The Oil Sands Environmental Research Network (OSERN): Frequently Asked
Questions and answers about obtaining petroleum from the "naturally occurring deposits of bituminous sand"(known as oil sand or tar sand) found near the Athabasca River in Canada. Includes information about mining, the kinds of environmental disturbance oil sands mining causes, and reclamation. Also includes maps and a link to a glossary of oil sands acronyms. From the University of Alberta. Certain Female Fish Have Special Mating Preference
A biologist at Washington University in St. Louis has shown that for some fish species, females prefer males with larger sexual organs, and actually choose them for mating. That does not exclude males with an average-sized sex organ, called a gonopodium. These fish out-compete the larger-endowed males in a predator-laden environment because they have a faster burst speed than the males with larger genitalia -- their endowment slows them down, making them easy prey. Hot Topic: Medical Marijuana in California
Background information and links to resources (some broken) about the use of marijuana for medical purposes under federal law and under California's "Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, ... [which legalized] marijuana for medical use."Includes links to organizations and reports. Compiled in 2003 by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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