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Darwin 2009 Festival
Website for the August 2009 Cambridge, England, festival that will celebrate "the bicentenary of [Charles] Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work 'On the Origin of Species.'"In addition to event listings, find descriptions and links to Darwin-related collections at Cambridge University, and a description of Darwin's time at Cambridge as a student. Some website sections are under construction. From Cambridge University Press. NASA Images, White Sands Features Support A Wetter Mars
NASA's announcement of evidence that water still flows on Mars, at least in brief spurts, demonstrates that the view of Mars as a very dry planet should be re-evaluated, says Dawn Sumner, professor of geology at UC Davis. Recent work from by Sumner and graduate student Greg Chavdarian also supports the presence of liquid water near the surface. Researchers Reveal Mystery Of Bacterial Magnetism
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Purdue University have shed light on one of microbiology's most fascinating mysteries -- why some bacteria are naturally magnetic. Their description of how being magnetic "helps"the bacteria is reported the Biophysical Journal. 43 Things
This social networking site allows registered users to post a list of 43 goals and comment on others' goals. (Registration not required to browse site.) Browse by user, goal, or geographic area. From the Robot Co-op, "a privately held start-up based in Seattle"that is "funded by Amazon.com." Scavenger Cells Could Be Key To Treating HIV-related Dementia
Macrophages, long-living white blood cells often considered the scavengers of the immune system, actually may damage a part of the brain where many memories are stored in their attempt to attack HIV. How Can We Regulate Medicines Better?
European drug regulations need changing to ensure they meet the needs of patients and doctors, argue experts. Licensing of new drugs in Europe is increasingly controlled by the European Medicines Agency, yet new drugs have only to show they are equivalent to current treatments rather than show superiority. First Evidence Of Brain Abnormalities Found In Pathological Liars
A USC study found the first evidence of brain abnormalities - specifically in the prefrontal cortex - in pathological liars. While more research is needed, the findings indicate a neurobiological basis for habitual lying. WordCount
WordCount is "an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance."The "data currently comes from the British National Corpus, a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language."Searchable. Arsenic Triggers Unique Mechanism In Rare Leukemia, Researchers Find
Dartmouth Medical School researchers have identified a new way that arsenite, a form of arsenic, acts in treating a rare cancer known as APL, or acute promyelocytic leukemia. Their study is published in the Jan. 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Summer Gas May Hit $3
Fuel prices are on the way up again, and The Detroit News predicts we'll see $3 a gallon this summer. Plus: AAA mapping adds road-closure and fuel-cost features, outstripping MapQuest. In Autopia.
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