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[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... Review: Canon Powershot A640
DSLR features packed into a point-and-shoot body -- what's not to like? Oh, the crappy memory card. In Gadget Lab. New Model Of Cancer Syndrome Could Lead To Treatments
Scientists from MIT's Center for Cancer Research have developed a new mouse model that closely resembles Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) in humans, a syndrome that predisposes those affected to a broad range of cancers. Some 95 percent of LFS patients develop cancer by age 65. Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncologists Use Respiratory Gating Technology To
Radiation oncologists at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are using respiratory gating technology to synchronize delivery of radiation with the patient's own respiratory cycle. The technique allows treatment with a high dose of radiation to cancerous tumors while sparing a larger volume of healthy tissue. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Gene Regulation In Humans Is Closer Than Expected To Simple Organisms
Gene networks are some of the most basic features of a living organism. An external or internal stimulus activates some genes, which in turn control others genes whose activity turns on or off various biological processes (such as the cell cycle, energy production, DNA repair, cellular suicide etc). Using a novel method developed to identify reliably functional binding motifs, researchers have performed a genome-wide study of functional human transcription factor binding sites that encompasses nearly ten thousand genes and four hundred known binding motifs. DNA-protein Complex Crucial To Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Among B
Researchers have solved the structure of a DNA-protein complex that is crucial in the spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria. Knowing this structure also provides fundamental insight into how cells successfully divide into two new cells with intact DNA. Read Between the Lines
Video games and MySpace distractions aside, losing yourself in a good book remains one of life's great pleasures. But if you treasure life on a human scale, how you choose to buy your book is almost as important as the book you buy. Commentary by Tony Long. gladwell.com
Official site for Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of "The Tipping Point"and "Blink."Features an archive of his articles going back to 1996, on topics such as plagiarism, personality tests, shopping malls, airline safety, prescription drugs, caffeine, and even ketchup. Happy Holidays From Us
Wired News is closed for Christmas Day. We'll be back at it Tuesday, but in the meantime do enjoy poking around the site. There's plenty of good stuff to read.
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