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Toys, Toys, Toys
Hot Wheels laptops, RC helicopters and surveillance bots -- every square inch of the Javits Convention Center in New York is packed with cool toys. Reporter Alexander Gelfand and photographer Ryan Brenizer report from the American International Toy Fair. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The Endangered Species Program
"The Fish and Wildlife Service ... and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries ... share responsibility for administration of the Endangered Species Act"of 1973 (ESA). This website provides background information about the ESA, the full text of the ESA, data and documents about species on the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, a page for children, and updates about laws, policies, and other actions related to endangered species. Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Books
Yizkor books list Jews who died for their beliefs. This is a digitized collection of Yizkor books from the Dorot Jewish Division of New York Public Library (NYPL), listing those from Eastern European communities who were killed during the Holocaust. Users may download an optional plug-in that enlarges the text. The site also provides introductory material about the history of the Yizkor book and links to other major collections. A Mini-New Orleans? Galveston Ponders Its Vulnerabilities
This article from the Houston Chronicle compares the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans to possible effects of a hurricane of similar strength on Galveston, Texas. In particular, the article discusses risks to the city due to its location, precautions taken after the great hurricane of 1900, and loss of land to increasing sea level. Stem Cells With Heart Bypass Surgery Trial To Begin At University Of P
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been granted approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety and feasibility of injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells directly into the heart during conventional heart bypass surgery. The trial will involve patients with ischemic heart disease who are scheduled for off-pump (beating heart) coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. The Loh down on corrosion
Once more, a news story from the Sciencebase global offices features in Sandra Tsing Loh’s science news podcast out of Caltech. Click the little speaker icon, top left of this post to hear her voice.“…there’s a new way to stop corrosion: Put it to SLEEP.The secret, say Dmitry Shchukin of the Max Planck Institute in [...] Perchlorate In Milk Examined
A dairy cow's rumen can act as a biological filter, breaking down most perchlorate in feed, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Alcoholism And Excessive Food Intake May Share Chemical Pathways In Th
Galanin is one of several neuropeptides known to increase food intake. Previous findings have suggested that galanin may also be involved in alcohol consumption and/or the motivation to drink alcohol beverages. Most recently, researchers have discovered that giving galanin microinjections to rodents can increase their voluntary alcohol intake. Their findings are published in the December issue of Alcoholism: Clinical &Experimental Research. P2008: Race for the White House
Coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, including candidates and their campaigns, media coverage, political parties, interest groups, and voting. Features background and analysis for the pre-campaign and pre-primary periods, primaries in specific states, conventions, debates, and other topics related to the elections. From Democracy in Action, a "nonpartisan, nonprofit effort dedicated to educating citizens about the political process and their role in making it work." Secondhand Smoke Is A Health Threat To Pets
It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers annually. If smoking is that harmful to human beings, it would make sense that secondhand smoke would have an adverse effect on pets that live in the homes of smokers. Researchers note that, "one reason cats are so susceptible to secondhand smoke is because of their grooming habits."
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