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The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscienc This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels."It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. Need For Influenza And Measles Vaccinations In HIV-infected Patients A Two new studies emphasize the importance of delivering measles and influenza vaccines to HIV-infected individuals. Scientists studied immune responses to measles vaccine in HIV-infected and uninfected children in Zambia from 2000 to 2004, when measles endemic in a country that still has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world. Measles poses a greater fatality risk in HIV-infected children than in uninfected children. Fossil Find: 'Godzilla' Crocodile Had Head Of A Dinosaur, Fins Like A Researchers have discovered evidence of an ancient sea creature that would have made Tyrannosaurus rex, think twice before stepping into the ocean. At the southern tip of South America, they found fossils of an entirely new species of ancient crocodile -- one whose massive jaws and jagged teeth would have made it the most fearsome predator in the sea. Interactive 3-D Atlas Of Mouse Brain Now Available On Web Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have just launched a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse. Neuroscientists around the world can now download these extremely accurate anatomical templates and use them to map other data -- such as which parts of the brain are metabolically active and where particular genes are expressed -- and for making quantitative anatomical comparisons with other, genetically engineered mouse strains. Some Online Video Games Found To Promote 'Sociability,' Researchers Sa Hang in there, parents. There is some hopeful news on the video-gaming front. Researchers have found that some of the large and hugely popular online video games -- although condemned by many as time-gobbling, people-isolating monsters -- actually have socially redeeming qualities. Live Coverage: Apple Unveils Long-Awaited iPad Tablet Wired is on the spot, covering Apple's Jan. 27 event at 10 a.m. PDT in San Francisco, where fans expect Steve Jobs to unveil a tablet.

 Most Of Arctic's Near-surface Permafrost To Thaw By 2100 Over half of the Northern Hemisphere's topmost layer of permafrost could thaw by 2050 and as much as 90 percent by 2100, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The thaw would alter ecosystems, damage buildings, add runoff to the Arctic Ocean, and release vast amounts of carbon. Damage To Sperm DNA Affects Older Men's Chances Of Fathering Children Damage to DNA in sperm is significantly higher in older men than in those who are younger, according to a research presented today (Tuesday 21 June 2005) at the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Study Explores Link Between Nanoparticles And Kidney Stones Researchers at Mayo Clinic have successfully isolated nanoparticles from human kidney stones in cell cultures and have isolated proteins, RNA and DNA that appear to be associated with nanoparticles. Standardization of Women's Clothing This online exhibit discusses how "between 1949-1952 the National Bureau of Standards (NBS, now NIST) conducted a comprehensive study of women's body measurements to develop a sizing standard for women's ready-to-wear clothing."This standard was withdrawn in 1983. Includes comments on sizing and vanity (as the average woman's body was changing shape, "manufacturers began selling bigger clothes labeled with smaller size numbers") and recent developments. From the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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