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Bernese Mountain Dogs Prone To Infection By Lyme Disease-related Bacte
Borrelia burgdorferi seem to be particularly successful at infecting Bernese Mountain Dogs, according to recent research. Swiss researchers found that more than half of the dogs they tested were infected with the spiral-shaped bacteria, which are passed on by ticks and can also cause Lyme disease in humans. Age Increases Chance Of Success As Two-timer For Coal Tit Males
The coal tit is among the top ten two-timers worldwide. That is what research by biologists shows. Older coal tit males were particularly successful at cheating on their partner. They produced significantly more 'cuckoo kids'than younger males. Rants: Stop, Look and Listen
Readers sound off about spying on nannies and weigh in on online music services. Plus: Links to our most commented-upon blog posts. Saving the World Without Hippies
Worldchanging, a new tome on sustainability, makes going green easy and leaves behind the tree-hugger stereotypes. By Jenn Shreve. Fabric Origami
Instructions for preparing fabric to make origami boxes and ornaments. Features ideas for embellishing techniques, such as stamping, beading, gold leaf, and laminating. Includes a bibliography and an image gallery. Note: This is a commercial site, with a store that supplies products used in fabric origami. Net Poker: Quit Your Day Job
An eBay manager makes enough money gambling online to leave a $110,000-a-year job. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine. The Smoking Gun: Turn On, Tune In, Rat Out
This site addresses 1960s counterculture icon Timothy Leary's "work as a government informant in the early 1970s, a role detailed in FBI files recently obtained by The Smoking Gun. Jailed on narcotics charges in 1974, Leary began cooperating with FBI agents investigating his 1970 escape from a California prison."Features documents from Leary's FBI file, including excerpts from interview transcripts. From the Smoking Gun. 'Jumping Genes'Could Make For Safer Gene Delivery System
To move a gene from point A to point B, scientists and gene therapists have two proven options: a virus, which can effectively ferry genes of interest into cells, and a plasmid, an engineered loop of DNA that can do the same thing, albeit usually only on a short-term basis. Einstein's Big Idea
Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program about "the story behind the world's most famous equation": energy equals mass times the speed of light squared (E =mc&178). The site features an essay explaining this 1905 equation that "says that energy and mass (matter) are interchangeable,"information about scientists whose experiments paved the way for Albert Einstein, an audio clip of Einstein explaining the equation, links to related sites, materials for library activities, and much more. [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."
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