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The Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays at the Li
This annotated bibliography of almost 1,300 Yiddish plays from the Library of Congress "sheds light on the vibrant popular culture of Jewish immigrants to the United States."Includes indexes to the Yiddish titles and English titles in Roman characters, and a brief overview of Yiddish theater in America. Bibliography compiled by Zachary Baker, curator of Judaica at Stanford University. Opens directly into a PDF file. Recovering Pompeii
Artists in ancient Pompeii painted the town red 2,000 years ago with a brilliant crimson pigment that dominated many of the doomed city's wall paintings. Now scientists from France and Italy are reporting in the journal Analytical Chemistry why those paintings are undergoing a mysterious darkening. The synchrotron light of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble (France) has provided new insight into this process and what produces it. Mildly Depressed People More Perceptive Than Others
Surprisingly, people with mild depression are actually more tuned into the feelings of others than those who aren't depressed, a team of Queen's psychologists has discovered. The researchers were so taken aback by the findings, they decided to replicate the study with another group of participants. The second study produced the same results: People with mild symptoms of depression pay more attention to details of their social environment than those who are not depressed. Sundance Sells Its Indie Cachet
It used to be a quaint little independent film fest. Now it's become a "hipster's Disney," the film industry's top tastemaker in the era of digital video. By Jason Silverman. ESA's Comet Chaser To Fly By Earth
ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta will make a fly-by of planet Earth on 4 March 2005, and sky watchers should be able to see it with telescopes or binoculars if the sky is clear! Read on for details of ESA's 'Rosetta Up Close' photo contest. Ocean Noise Has Increased Considerably Since 1960s, According To New A
With populations increasing around the globe in recent decades, no one would be surprised by an increase in the amount of noise produced in terrestrial environments. Now, a unique study involving researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has shown that the underwater world also is becoming a noisier place, with unknown effects on marine life. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... California Interfaith Power &Light (CIPL)
The goal of this organization "is to activate California's 50,000 congregations to respond to global warming by promoting energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy."The site includes news, related links, a list of "CIPL Honored Congregations,"and a Congregational Covenant through which congregations can actively commit to participating in this campaign. Nuclear Medicine Procedures Can Trigger Radiation Alarms In Public Pla
Twenty million nuclear medicine procedures that detect and evaluate heart disease, brain disorders and cancer -- and that use radiopharmaceuticals to treat overactive thyroids and some cancers -- are performed each year. Sometimes patients who have received these treatments inadvertently set off radiation alarms in public buildings. Higher Doses Of Radiation For Prostate Cancer Do Not Decrease Sexual F
Recent advances in the delivery of radiation therapy for prostate cancer are fueling a new trend of providing higher radiation doses over shorter periods of time. But does the daily increase in radiation lead to more sexual dysfunction than the conventional dose? New research says it does not.
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