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Puerto Rico and the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twen "Portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories."Topics include "the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War."Materials date from 1831 through 1929, and most are in Spanish. Includes background essays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Hundreds Caught in Sex Bait Scam A "prank" that outs participants in the pick-up scene on Craigslist's "no strings attached" sex forums is a stunning invasion of privacy that could turn out to be illegal. In 27B Stroke 6. Cell Phone Radiation Doesn't Cause Cellular Stress, Doesn't Promote Ca Weighing in on the debate about whether cell phones have adverse health effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones does not activate the stress response in mouse, hamster or human cells growing in cultures.
Season Of Birth Influences Age Of Menopause, Say Italian Researchers Research by Italian experts on the menopause has found that that the month and the season in which a woman is born influence the age at which she reaches menopause. Diesel Exhaust May Increase Risk In Patients With Heart Disease Air pollution could be putting patients with heart disease at risk by affecting blood vessels and clotting, researchers warn. A recent study measured the effects of diesel exhaust on heart and blood vessel function in men who have previously experienced a heart attack. The research found that inhalation of diesel exhaust caused changes in the heart's electrical activity, suggesting that air pollution reduces the amount of oxygen available to the heart during exercise. Would You Buy an iPad? Wired Readers Weigh In Apple's iPad tablet meets with a mixed response, with users poking fun at the device's name and complaining about missing features, even as they applaud the gorgeous hardware.

 McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley' This site "offer[s] readers the largest possible selection of full-text primary source documents relating to the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley and the immediate aftermath of that event, including the succession of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency and the incarceration, trial, and execution of assassin Leon Czolgosz."Documents date from the 1890s through 1910s. Also includes a bibliography and links to related sites. Edited and maintained by librarians C.A. Gable and S.N. Huthmacher. Out of this world: New study investigates infection of human cells in In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the unique conditions of spaceflight will be used to examine how cells remain healthy or succumb to disease, particularly in the face of stress or damage. Researcher hope to provide fundamental new insight into the infectious disease process, and further understanding of other progressive diseases, including immune disorders and cancer. How One Pest Adapted To Life In The Dark A type of beetle that lives its entire life burrowing through stored grain has been found to lack full-color vision, and what's more the vision it does have breaks the rules. Most other insects have trichromatic vision -- they are sensitive to ultraviolet, blue and long wavelength light. Scientists reveal that this beetle has lost photoreceptors that are sensitive to blue wavelengths. Use Your Phone as a Remote Control Your phone is a lot of different things, but I doubt you were expecting it to be the universal remote you always wanted. Yes, you guessed it: there are apps for that.


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