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Keeping Workers Safe During Clean Up and Recovery Operations Following
News releases and audio of public service announcements from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about dangers for workers associated with hurricane recovery. Topics include flooding, electrical, chainsaws, falls, and mold. Also includes fact sheets on natural disaster recovery and related information. Most materials are in English and Spanish. Sony Gets Real on Virtual Goods
The trade of virtual goods in massively multiplayer online games is becoming big, big business. Sony's about to grab a piece of the action with the first official auction site for virtual gewgaws. By Daniel Terdiman. Neural Damage Provoked By Ecstasy Is Related To Ambient Temperature At
There exists a direct relationship between the consumption of MDMA, or ecstasy, at a high ambient temperature and an increase in the neural damage which this drug provokes. Taking It All In: Documenting Chemical Pollution in Californians Throu
Results of a study to measure chemical pollutants in 11 Californians through biomonitoring analysis of blood, hair, and urine samples; the purpose was to detect chemicals "commonly found in plastic water bottles, non-stick cookware and other consumer products."Participants in the study included actor Peter Coyote and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi. From Commonweal, a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California. Opens directly into a PDF file. REAL ID Privatized, Activist Says
The feds want applicants for driver's licenses to be verified by a third party, likely a private company, according to a privacy advocate. In 27B Stroke 6. Resisting Peer Pressure: New Findings Shed Light On Adolescent Decisio
The capacity to resist peer pressure in early adolescence may depend on the strength of connections between certain areas of the brain, according to a new study. Findings indicate that brain regions which regulate different aspects of behaviour are more interconnected in children with high resistance to peer influence. Coldest Lab In Chicago To Simulate Hot Physics Of Early Universe, Expl
Cheng Chin will make a vacuum chamber in his laboratory the coldest place in Chicago in order to simulate the impossibly hot conditions that followed the big bang during the earliest moments of the universe. "It turns out that matter at ultralow and ultrahigh temperatures might have something in common,"said Chin, an Assistant Professor in Physics at the University of Chicago. Chin's strategy for probing the formative moments of the early universe may also help boost the capability of quantum computers. Why Men Are Attracted To Subordinate Women
Men are more likely to want to marry women who are their assistants at work rather than their colleagues or bosses, a University of Michigan study finds. Texts To Reveal 'Whodunnit'
Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation. The forensic linguistic study based in the Forensic Section of the School of Psychology will examine how well an individual can be identified by their texting style. Beguiling but Beware: AJAX, VoIP
They are slick and gaining popularity, but voice over internet protocol and AJAX have some big security problems that will probably get worse before they get better. Quinn Norton reports from San Diego.
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