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Toward Giving Artificial Cells The Ability To Move
Got legs? Chemists in Japan and Italy are reporting development of self-propelled oil droplets that could provide a basis for giving artificial cells the ability to move. Pushy Parents Can Be Bad For Their Children's Health
Well intentioned, but pushy parents, intent on exercising their rights as healthcare consumers, can be bad for their children's health, suggests a small study in Archives of Disease in Childhood. The Struggle for Iraq
News and analysis about life in post-Saddam Iraq. Includes a timeline since the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003, news about the constitution (charter) proposed in August 2005, the August 2005 human stampede during a Shia ceremony, and information about reconstruction, security, cost-of-living, education, civilian casualties, and related topics. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Professor Drives Scientific Stake Into The Heart Of Ghost, Vampire Myt
As the weather cools and Halloween approaches, chilling creaks in the stairs, bloodcurdling screams from the attic and other paranormal activity become more believable -- but not to UCF physics professor Costas Efthimiou. The laws of physics and math debunk popular myths about ghosts and vampires, according to a paper published by Efthimiou and Sohang Gandhi, a UCF graduate now studying at Cornell University. Integral Expands Our View Of The Gamma-ray Sky
Integral's latest survey of the gamma-ray universe continues to change the way astronomers think of the high-energy cosmos. With over seventy percent of the sky now observed by Integral, astronomers have been able to construct the largest catalogue yet of individual gamma-ray-emitting celestial objects. And there is no end in sight for the discoveries. The Year We Had Two Thanksgivings
"At the beginning of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, Thanksgiving was not a fixed holiday; it was up to the President to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation."This essay describes opposition to Roosevelt's selection of the third Thursday in November (rather than the traditional fourth) in 1939, and the subsequent 1941 law designating the Thanksgiving holiday for the fourth Thursday in November. Includes images of related documents. From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Famous Oklahomans
Profiles of famous Oklahomans, past and present, with a special focus on astronauts such as John Herrington (first Native American in space) and William Pogue (piloted the longest manned space flight). Includes an additional list of famous Oklahomans, most with brief profiles, such as football quarterback Troy Aikman, news anchor Walter Cronkite, and rock band The Flaming Lips. From a website promoting Oklahoma pride. Fresh Fossil Evidence Of Eye Forerunner Uncovered
Ancient armored fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye. Researchers analyzed the fossilized remains of 400-million-year-old Devonian placoderms -- jawed ancestors of modern fish whose bodies were protected by thick bony armor. Palaeobiologists discovered that unlike all living vertebrate animals -- which includes everything from the jawless lamprey fish to humans -- placoderms had a different arrangement of muscles and nerves supporting the eyeball -- evidence of an "intermediate stage"between the evolution of jawless and jawed vertebrates. One In Five Young Britons Has Sex With Someone New While Abroad
Around one in five young Britons has sex with a new partner while overseas according to a new article in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The young and single were the most likely to have sex with someone new while overseas. Almost one in four men and one in six women between the ages of 16 and 24 said they had done this. [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.
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