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Homeopathy really doesn’t work
A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found that infinitely diluted solutions of spurious ingredients have any more beneficial effect on a [...]Homeopathy really doesn’t work is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog Religious Affiliation of the U.S. Supreme Court
Information about the religious affiliations of current members of the Supreme Court and of all Supreme Court justices. Also includes links to information for members of the U.S. Congress, presidents and vice-presidents, and governors. From a site that provides national and world religion statistics and "is not affiliated with any religious, political, educational, or commercial organization." Black Box Rules Spur Debate
Your car may be snooping on you, and the government wants to streamline the process. Mapping System Tells Skin Cells Whether To Become Scalp, Palm Tissues
Global-positioning system aficionados know that it's possible to precisely define any location in the world with just three geographic coordinates: latitude, longitude and altitude. Now scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that specialized skin cells use a similar mapping system to identify where they belong in the body and how to act once they arrive. Bully No More?
Sluggish sales of Rockstar's critically acclaimed schoolyard adventure might beat the crap out of any hopes for a sequel. In Game|Life. Global Study Concludes 'Attack Rate' Of Flu In Kids Is 55 Percent Lowe
In a study spanning the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, researchers writing in the Feb. 15 New England Journal of Medicine say a nasal spray flu vaccine reduced the influenza "attack rate"in children by 55 percent when compared with a group of children who received the traditional flu shot in the arm or thigh. UCSF Surgeon Develops New Spinal Surgery Technique
Surgeons at the University of California - San Francisco are using a novel technique to remove tumors from the cervical region of the spine that were previously thought "inoperable."Called a lateral paramedian transpedicular approach, the technique uses advances in spinal instrumentation and reconstructive strategies to provide a direct approach to the removal of cervical spinal tumors with minimal, or no, neural manipulation. Female Anxiety: Females More Likely To Believe Negative PastEvents Pre
New research might help explain higher anxiety levels in women than in men. Women were found to be more likely to believe that negative past events would reoccur in the future. Two studies involving 3- to 6-year olds and adults examined emotions and behaviors in relation to past events. Using characters in stories, girls and women more frequently predicted that characters would be worried about harm from a person who was similar to past perpetrators. Risk Of Liver Cancer In Women With Hepatitis B Virus Infection Varies
Risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, a primary malignancy of the liver, was statistically significantly higher among women with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection than among women without the virus, according to a new study. Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995): Afro-American Librarian and Bibliop
This exhibit "honors the memory of one the most prominent African-American librarians and bibliophiles of the twentieth century."Features a biography, transcript of a speech given by Wesley in 1957, an exhibition checklist with selected images of books and postcards, and a selected bibliography. From librarian James Findlay of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts (now Bienes Museum of the Modern Book), Broward County Library, Florida.
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