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Japan's KAGUYA Spacecraft Blasts Off To Explore The Moon
Japan has successfully launched a new unmanned spacecraft to explore the Moon -- the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program. KAGUYA will investigate the entire moon in order to obtain information on its elemental and mineralogical composition, its geography, its surface and sub-surface structure, the remnant of its magnetic field, and its gravity field. Touching Molecules With Your Bare Hands: New Way Of Interacting With T
A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a new way of looking at and interacting with molecules so small that they cannot be seen even with the world's most powerful microscopes. Lake-Friendly Gardening: Tips for Homeowners Living in the Lake Whatco
Information about gardening methods that avoid water pollution for those living in the Lake Whatcom watershed, the source of drinking water for thousands of people in Washington state. Includes information about creating riparian buffers, soil and lawn care, turf alternatives, pest management, and resistant plants. From Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Whatcom County Water Resources, and the Lake Whatcom Management Program. Not My Bomb, Baby
What does it say about sexual shame when a man would rather be thought a terrorist than the owner of a penis pump? In Sex Drive Daily. [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. Chemical 'Band-aid' Prevents Heart Failure In Mice With Muscular Dystr
A common chemical used in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries can repair damage to cardiac muscle cell membranes and prevent heart failure in mice with the genetic mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School. A Centenary Celebration of Ralph J. Bunche
"One of UCLA's most distinguished alumni, Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-71) fought poverty and racism on his way to becoming one of the twentieth century's leading peacemakers. ... [T]his exhibit celebrates his remarkable legacy by focusing on his accomplishments in three main areas: as a student, a scholar, and a diplomat."Features illustrated essays covering topics such as his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. From the University of California, Los Angeles, Library. Breast Cancer Gene Mutation More Common In Hispanic, Young Black Women
A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date. Google Partners With Oxford, Harvard &Others to Digitize Libraries
Balanced assessment of "a massive scanning project that will bring millions of volumes of printed books into the Google Print database"by digitizing older out-of-copyright materials from the shelves of partnering libraries (University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, and the New York Public Library). Also includes links to other sources for full-text books online. Written by über-librarian Gary Price for the newsletter Search Engine Watch. No Benefit To Mechanically Opening Arteries Days After A Heart Attack,
In the days following a heart attack, patients who have no or mild symptoms and undergo a procedure called angioplasty to mechanically open their totally blocked coronary arteries do not reduce their risk of having another heart attack, going into heart failure or dying, according to the results of a new study.
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