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Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated
Archaeologist have reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glassmaking furnace, suggesting that Ancient Egyptian technology was more advanced than previously thought. It was previously thought that the Ancient Egyptians may have imported their glass from the Near East at around this time. However, the excavation team believes the evidence from Amarna shows they were making it themselves, possibly in a single stage operation. [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. Stem Cell Scientist Defends Paper
The lead author on a paper outlining a way to derive embryonic stem cells without damaging embryos responds to the piling-on of enemies as well as people he thought were friends. In Bodyhack. Print Your Food at 20 PPI
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has spun off the CandyFab -- a 3-D printer that outputs edible granulated-sugar goodies. The newly independent project is looking for volunteers. Device Prevents Potential Errors In Children's Medications, Study Sugg
A device designed to eliminate mistakes made while mixing compounds at a hospital pharmacy was 100 percent accurate in identifying the proper formulations of seven intravenous drugs. Five potentially serious medication errors were averted over an 18-month period in a test at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in the University of Michigan Health System by using the technology. Google Gives Picasa an iPhone Makeover
A week after streamlining its core menu for iPhone users, Google announces it has also revamped its popular photo-sharing service, Picasa, to make it more usable on iPhones. Oakland Collection at the Oakland Museum of California
"In celebration of Oakland’s 150th anniversary, the Oakland Museum of California presents over 7000 Oakland objects from its California Collections. These include historical photographs, paintings, documents, objects, all about Oakland, the city founded on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in 1852."Also features nine panoramic photographs of Oakland, which were created between 1877 and the 1930s. Searchable, or browsable by neighborhood map. Includes links to related sites. Pesticides and Water Quality
This site uses clear, friendly language and pictures to describe how pesticides used in homes and gardens get into creeks and rivers and how pesticides affect water quality. Topics include safer pesticide use, alternatives to using pesticides, the toxicity of pesticides, tips on storage and disposal, and instructions on reading pesticide labels. Offers links to related regulatory information and agencies. From the Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM), University of California, Davis. FDA Reviews Safety Of Heartburn Medications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received and is reviewing new safety data about two popular heartburn medications -- Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole). On May 29, 2007, AstraZeneca, the manufacturer of Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole), sent FDA and other regulatory authorities world-wide their preliminary review of new data from two small long-term clinical studies in patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Phonics and Whole Language Learning: A Balanced Approach to Beginning
This article discusses methods that adults can use to help young children learn to read, given that "the question in early childhood programs is not whether to teach 'phonics' or 'whole language learning,' but how to teach phonics in context ... so that children make connections between letters, sounds, and meaning."Includes activities to do with infants, toddlers, and pre-school and school-age children. From the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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