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Widow Leases Phones for 42 Years
How much is too much to pay for the use of a pair of old-school rotary phones? In Furthermore. 'Maggot Art'Offers Children Colorful Lesson In Entomology
After soaking in paint, dozens of maggots squirmed across construction paper leaving colorful trails behind them. "They're not going to be moving fast, so you have to be patient,"Kim Schofield told a class of 31 fifth-grade students. Behold maggot art, said Schofield, a Texas Cooperative Extension program specialist in entomology. Origin Of Darkest Galaxies In The Universe Elucidated
Stelios Kazantzidis, a researcher at Stanford University's Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), and collaborators have developed an elegant explanation for how galaxies come to be dominated by dark matter. They report their findings in the Feb. 15 issue of Nature. National Science Board Approves Funds For Petascale Computing Systems
The National Science Foundation plans to fund the acquisition and deployment of the world's most powerful "leadership-class"supercomputer, proposed in response to NSF's "Track 1"supercomputing solicitation. This "petascale"system is expected to be able to make arithmetic calculations at a sustained rate in excess of a sizzling 1,000-trillion operations per second (a "petaflop"per second) to help investigators solve some of the world's most challenging science and engineering research problems. World Trade Center Health Registry
Results from a survey of "those most directly exposed to the events of 9/11/01"at the World Trade Center. Provides a FAQ, a resource and referral guide, clinical guidelines, and other related publications. Some material also in Spanish and Chinese. From the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with other groups and agencies. Some Kids Are Being Misdiagnosed With Asthma, Study Finds
More than 6 million kids in this country have asthma -- or do they? New research shows many children are being misdiagnosed. Instead of asthma, they may actually have Vocal Chord Dysfunction, a much less serious condition that doesn't require medication. A simple test can show doctors and parents the difference between asthma and VCD. Stomach Cancer Rate Set To Fall Further 25 Percent Over Next Decade
New cases of stomach cancer are set to plummet a further 25 percent in the West over the next decade, indicates new research. Broken Links In Supply Chain Cause Serious Damage
Like a heart-attack victim felled by poor circulation, companies who suffer a sudden blockage in their flow of products to consumers face a long road to recovery, says Vinod Singhal, professor of operations management at Georgia Tech College of Management. Chandra Discovers Relativistic Pinball Machine
New clues about the origins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. An extraordinarily detailed image of the remains of an exploded star provides crucial insight into the generation of cosmic rays. Visual Imagery Technique Boosts Voting, Study Finds
Registered voters who used a simple visual imagery technique the evening before the 2004 election were significantly more likely to vote the next day, a new study found. It was all a matter of the visual perspective people took when they imagined themselves voting.
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