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Study Finds Mixed Results On Teen Sexual Behavior From Abstinence-only
Abstinence-only education can influence teen sexual behavior and beliefs, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University.This community-based evaluation reveals that abstinence-only intervention can influence knowledge, beliefs and intentions, and among sexually experienced students, may reduce the prevalence of casual sex. Trapp Family History
Brief history of the Austrian von Trapp family, which was featured in the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music."The site includes information about Maria von Trapp, the musical, and the German and Hollywood movies. Includes photographs. Also includes links to related sites. From a lodge in Vermont, the president of which is the youngest of the Trapp children. Preposterous Headdresses and Feathered Ladies: Hair, Wigs, Barbers, an
This companion to a 2003 exhibit at the Yale University's Lewis Walpole Library features "a selection of prints [from the second half of the 18th century] focused on hair and wigs, and on the hairdressers and barbers who created and tended them."Includes images of prints such as "A Doleful Disaster, or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's Wig Caught Fire"and "A French Hair Dresser Running through the Streets to his Customers." Apple Confirms: You Can Now Buy Five iPhones, Not Just Two
After several months of limiting iPhone sales to just two per person, Apple quietly raises the limit to five. Apple officials confirm the new limit Monday. Tire Companies Push Safer Tires
A new federal regulation requiring tire-pressure monitoring doesn't go far enough to protect consumers, say tire manufacturers. Plus: Colorado will triple ethanol pumps. In Autopia. Developing A 'Toolkit'For Personalized Medicine
Scientists are proposing a plan for building a "toolkit"for personalized medicine -- that long-anticipated era in which physicians customize efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases to match the unique genetic characteristics of each individual patient. Researchers point out that cancer therapy already is moving toward individualized treatments selected according to tumor cell type and patients'predicted responses to different kinds of anti-cancer drugs. Pittsburgh Center Unveils A Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called 'Big B
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) now has it own "Big Ben"-- only this technological bellwether rings out in teraflops. PSC acquired Big Ben, the first XT3 system to be shipped from Cray, Inc., with a $9.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Bacterium Tapped To Battle Fire Blight Disease In Tree Fruit
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Wenatchee, Wash., are fighting fire with fire -- sort of. Their fight is against Erwinia amylovora, the bacterium responsible for fire blight, a costly disease of apples, pears and other tree fruit. Climate Change May Increase Heat-related Deaths By 2050s, Says Study
Overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s, according to a recent study. In metropolitan New York, researchers estimate a 47 percent to 95 percent increase in summer heat-related deaths when compared to the 1990s.
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