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Voice Chat Comes to Online Games
Until now, few massive online games like World of Warcraft offered built-in voice communication. But this fall, chat is coming to several online worlds -- and may usher big changes in how people play them. By Kathleen Craig. The Museum of Unworkable Devices
View daffy designs envisioned by the world's most confused inventors. In Table of Malcontents. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Florida Red Tides Linked To Mississippi River Nutrient Outflow
A new NOAA research model indicates nutrients flowing from the Mississippi River may stimulate harmful algal blooms to grow on the continental shelf off the west coast of Florida. The peer-reviewed hypothesis is being published in a special issue on Florida red tide in the journal "Continental Shelf Research."According to the model, algal blooms form on the Florida coast because of weather and gulf currents. The algae grows offshore, supplied with additional nutrients that appear to have originated from the Mississippi River, in a process driven by normal seasonal wind patterns. japan-guide.com: Living in Japan: Annual Events
This site provides information about "Japanese national holidays and some of the most important other annual nationwide events."Holidays include New Year (shogatsu) and Coming of Age (seiji no hi) in January, Doll's Festival or Girl's Day (hina matsuri) in March, Green Day (midori no hi, Emperor Showa's birthday) and Golden Week in April and May, and Obon in the summer. Includes links to information about selected local annual festivals and related sites. Anger and Stress Contribute To Coronary Heart Disease
Prehypertensive middle-aged men who have high levels of trait anger -- a tendency to experience anger across a range of situations -- are at increased risk of progressing to hypertension and developing coronary heart disease, according to a secondary analysis of a large population-based study. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Designing An Ultrasensitive 'Optical Nose' For Chemicals
A laser-based method for identifying a single atom or molecule hidden among 10 trillion others soon may find its way from the laboratory to the real world. Physicians Test New Device For Diagnosing And Treating Prostate Cancer
A clinical trial is testing a new mechanical device called TargetScan aimed at improving prostate cancer detection and helping to provide detailed medical information. Preliminary tests indicate it can improve doctors'ability to detect cancer and could lead to more targeted treatments--reducing life-altering side effects like impotence and incontinence. Forced Migration Online (FMO)
FMO provides a series of guides to key forced migration ("movements of refugees and internally displaced people") themes and country situations; a library of full-text documents and journals; an annotated, searchable collection of links; a directory of contact information for relevant organizations; a news feed; and an events schedule. "Each guide has been written by a subject or country expert."From the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC).
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