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CES Preview: Huge LCDs, Wireless Dominate Home Entertainment
At CES 2008, home entertainment will be dominated by a move towards various forms of wireless connectivity -- and, of course, enormous TVs. This year, LCD technology appears to have definitively won out over plasma and rear-projection, even for very large displays.

To Be Benign Or Malignant: mTOR Makes The Decision
In a study appearing online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers in China report using mouse models of tuberous sclerosis complex to provide a potential explanation for the fact that individuals with TSC develop only benign tumors.

Global Warming Increases Species Extinctions Worldwide
Global warming has already caused extinctions in the most sensitive habitats and will continue to cause more species to go extinct over the next 50 to 100 years, confirms the most comprehensive study since 2003 on the effects of climate change on wild species worldwide by a University of Texas at Austin biologist.

[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...

Alexander Technique Center
Information about this "method for learning how to consciously change maladaptive habits of coordination. (Coordination includes movement, posture, breathing, and tension patterns.)"The method was developed by Matthias Alexander, an Australian actor and teacher in the early 1900s. The site features a history, information about philosopher John Dewey and the method, a bibliography, links to related sites, and more. From the Alexander Technique Center of Washington, D.C.

[Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.

New Manufacturing Process Helps Metals Lose Weight
A pioneering manufacturing process that can turn titanium, stainless steel and many other metals into a new breed of engineering components could have a big impact across industry.

Ricky Gervais Gets His Game On
Out of The Office and into Scarface, the British funnyman talks about video games, short attention spans and his super-popular podcast. Wired News interview by John Gaudiosi.

Don Quixote's Home Shows Way To Future Earth Observation Missions
After an interval of six weeks 60 scientists from ten countries returned to the parched heart of Spain to complete testing a new type of sensor intended to yield new insights into global vegetation growth, as well as gather data for the design of a next-generation ESA Earth Observation mission and support efforts to use satellite data for irrigation management.

[Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...

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