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New Species Of Coral Discovered Off Southern California
A new species of black coral has been discovered off southern California, including around the Channel Islands, by Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara marine researcher, and Mary Yoklavich of NOAA Fisheries. The discovery came during dives by the researchers in "Delta,"the submersible. Parks and recreation programs declining as obesity, health concerns ri
One way to help address the epidemic of obesity in the United States is improved access to pleasant hiking trails and an ambitious parks and recreation program, a recent study suggests, but programs such as this are increasingly being reduced in many states due to budget shortfalls. Scary Music Is Scarier With Your Eyes Shut
Researchers report that the simple fact of closing the eyes can elicit more intense physical responses in the brain itself, visible on fMRIs. Grasse's Museums: International Perfume Museum
"Inaugurated in 1989 at Grasse [France], 'the cradle of traditional perfumery,' the International Perfume Museum's exceptional collections retrace the history of perfumes, and also that of soap, and make-up and cosmetics, over 4,000 years."The site features information about raw perfume materials and the perfume-making process, a virtual visit to a perfume factory, a history of perfume (with images of perfume bottles), historic cosmetic advertisements, and more. In French, Spanish, and English. Doctors' Own Fear Of Death Linked To Hastening Death Of Very Sick Newb
Doctors who fear their own death say they are more prepared than other doctors to hasten death in sick newborns for whom further medical treatment is considered futile, reveals research published ahead of print in the Fetal &Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood. Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve With New Treatment, St
Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive protocols and better post-operative management, according to new study. Some of these patients are the longest surviving intestinal and multivisceral transplant recipients in the world, surviving more than 19 years post-transplant with excellent quality of life. Quantum Cascade Laser Nanoantenna Created
In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail. The new laser could lead to ultrahigh resolution microscopes for chemical imaging in biology and medicine. The World's Largest Wind Farm
A vast array of turbines in the waters near London could power a quarter of the city's homes. In Gear Factor. Firefox Site Gets a Relaunch
Mozilla's Mike Shaver tells us how the redesign of Firefox's community site will better serve its web tinkerers. Wired News interview by Michael Calore. 50 Classics
"Peruse over 70 free commentaries covering the self-help, success and spiritual fields"from "personal development"author Tom Butler-Bowdon. Includes lists of self-help classics, success classics, and spiritual classics, reviews of selected works such as Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"(1854), Samuel Smile's "Self-Help"(1859), Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People"(1936), and more recent titles.
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