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Gifts for Every Geek: Shutterbugs, Empty Nesters, Foodies and Urban Co
You've got your mediaphiles, handymen, road warriors, new parents and treehuggers. We cover the gamut of gifts for the geeks in your life. Debating American Modernism: Stieglitz, Duchamp, and the New York Avan
Companion to an exhibit of works by "artists associated with American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) and French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) [who] spurred the development of modern art in the United States between 1915 and 1929."Features an introductory essay, an illustrated chronology (1902-1929), a student guide (discussing items such as Duchamp's "Fountain,"a urinal), classroom activities, and bibliography and links. From the American Federation of Arts. World's Largest Flower Evolved From Family Of Much Tinier Blooms
The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all tiny, botanists write this week in the journal Science. Their genetic analysis of rafflesia reveals that it is closely related to a family that includes poinsettias, the trees that produce natural rubber, castor oil plants and the tropical root crop cassava. Pricey but Perfect: Cloning Peter Gabriel's 'Studio in a Shed'
A cool quarter million bucks will land you a stand-alone recording studio modeled on the musician's backyard hideaway. Inquiring Minds Want To Know About Cotton Fleahoppers
Inquiring minds want to know. The supermarket headlines tell us so. Inquiring Texas research minds want to know more about cotton fleahoppers B -- a tiny, sometimes obscure pest that can damage plants during their early growth. But these tiny pests aren't all bad. After cotton reaches peak bloom, this tiny critter is considered a beneficial insect ?living out its relatively short life as both a predator and prey species. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Research Linking Ashkenazi Jews And Breast Cancer Genes Beset By Probl
Genetic research over the past decade has linked Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity to an increased risk for hereditary breast cancer, so much so that certain gene mutations have become known as "Jewish ancestral mutations."But a new study released in the November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Public Health challenges this population-based approach, warning that disparities in access to care and other unintended consequences for specific ethic groups can result, and may have already occurred. Secrets Of The Cilia: Kidney Disease And Blindness Share Common Geneti
Scientistsat the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a gene called NPHP5 and found mutations in this gene that cause a rare genetic disease called Senior-Loken syndrome. Children with this syndrome develop a type of cystic kidney disease called nephronophthisis, as well as a form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa. Diamonds From Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin Of Earth's Myste
If indeed "a diamond is forever,"the most primitive origins of Earth's so-called black diamonds were in deep, universal time, geologists have discovered. Black diamonds came from none other than interstellar space. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Information for Consumer
Consumer educational materials about the role of physical therapists, "health care professionals who diagnose and treat people of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives."Includes tips for choosing a physical therapist, a database of physical therapists, articles (on topics such as arthritis, back care, and fitness), and more. APTA is a professional organization for physical therapists.
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