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Tax Break for Hybrids, not Oil
A change in the makeup of Congress could be bad news for oil companies and positive for makers of fuel-efficient vehicles. In Autopia. 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.
Traditional Values Coalition: Empowering People of Faith Through Knowl
This Christian lobbying organization "focuses upon issues such as education, homosexual advocacy, family tax relief, pornography, the right to life and religious freedom."The site features a definition of "traditional values"(including opposition to "all sexual behaviors outside of marriage between one man and one woman"), editorials, and reports on topics such as marriage protection amendments and abortion. Searchable. Science's Breakthrough Of The Year: Salty, Acidic Soup Could Have Supp
Evidence for the prolonged presence of potentially-life-supporting, salty, acidic water on the surface of Mars claims top honors as the Breakthrough of the Year, named by Science and its publisher, AAAS, the nonprofit science society. Australian Hackers Get IPhone Working on Telstra; Analyst Says Softwar
In iPhone news today, Australian hackers succeed in getting an iPhone to work on the Telstra network. Separately, a financial analyst predicts that Apple will soon issue a software update for the iPhone. Inventors Of Plastic Shield To Stop Cash Machine Skimming Fear Arrest
Two design engineers at the University of Warwick have devised a simple plastic shield that could play a significant role in eliminating the card skimming cash machine fraud - but taking the design further could put them at risk of arrest! World Health Organization: Female Genital Mutilation
Material about female genital mutilation (FGM), "often referred to as 'female circumcision', [which] comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons."Includes a fact sheet, reports, and other publications. From the World Health Organization (WHO). Non-stick Molds
Aircraft wings and dashboards are shaped in metal molds. These have to be 'greased', just like cake tins, before each molding process so that the plastic parts can be extracted at the end. A permanent coating has been designed to provide help in future. Baking a cake without greasing the tin is usually a disaster: The cake cannot be taken out in one piece. The same principle applies to the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic parts such as aircraft wings. Before the engineers can pour the mixture of resin, plastic and textile fibers into the metal mold, they have to apply four to six layers of release agent -- mostly by hand. Computerized Physician-Order Entry Systems Often Facilitate Medication
Health-care policymakers and administrators have championed specialty-designed software systems -- including the highly-touted Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) systems -- as the cornerstone of improved patient safety. "Our data indicate that that is often a false hope,"says sociologist Ross Koppel, PhD, of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-19
This Web site explores the history of Jane Addams and Hull-House, the social settlement she founded in Chicago in 1889. It features "interpretive narrative, selected essays and images, and a great variety of historical texts including relevant letters, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, popular literature, political tracts and cartoons."Includes curriculum materials. Searchable. From the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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