In the News
[Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Adults Living With Children Eat More Fat Than Do Other Adults
Adults living with children eat more saturated fat -- the equivalent of nearly an entire frozen pepperoni pizza each week -- than do adults who do not live with children, according to a University of Iowa and University of Michigan Health System study. Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark, the Quivira Co
Companion to an exhibition of "maps, books and illustrations, dated 1544 through 1802, of the west coast of North America."View annotated map images (some with audio clips) on topics such as early explorers, California as an island, secret Russian exploration in the Pacific, Captain James Cook's voyages to the north Pacific, and overland to the Pacific in the late 1700s. From the Sonoma County (California) Museum and a California winery. Computational Analysis Shows That Plant Hormones Often Go It Alone
Unlike the Three Musketeers who lived by the motto "All for one, one for all,"plant hormones prefer to do their own thing. For years, debate swirled around whether pathways activated by growth-regulating plant hormones converge on a central growth regulatory module. Now, the cooperation model is challenged by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. They show that each hormone acts largely independently in the Aug. 11 issue of Cell. Widgets Spring From MySpace
Fox Interactive announces SpringWidgets, a new platform that lets MySpace users drag their profile widgets onto their desktops. MonkeyBites reports from the Widgets Live conference in San Francisco. Computer Scientists Lay Out Vision For A 'Science Of The Web'
Researchers need a clear agenda to harness the rapidly evolving potential of the World Wide Web, according to an article in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal, Science. Calling for the creation of an interdisciplinary "science of the Web,"a group of computer scientists suggests the need for new approaches to tap the full richness of this powerful tool, while ensuring that it develops in a way that benefits society as a whole. CES: Wave Phone, Buy Stuff
Wired News sits down with the Near Field Communications Forum to discuss the latest in cell phone wizardry -- using your mobile handset as an e-wallet. Eliot Van Buskirk reports from Las Vegas. [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. The War: The War Toolbox
Collection of resources to help libraries create programs related to the September 2007 Ken Burns series "The War."Features sections about Latino war narratives and history, suggested World War II novels and movies, activity ideas, World War II related organizations in California, World War II scholars in California, and fiction and nonfiction book lists for children, young adults, and adults. From the California Center for the Book. Life Cycle Of A Protein Observed With Single-Molecule Resolution
Using a sensitive, single-molecule measurement technique, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have observed the life cycle of RecA, a protein that plays a major role in repairing damaged DNA.
MP3 Music Downloads
Preview songs, Download Free Music,Burn CDs at ITunes.com
 
|
