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Jan. 21, 1954: Up Periscope
Its name is handed down from a 19th-century novel by Jules Verne, but this sub is the epitome of 20th-century warfare. Here comes USS Nautilus. Compiled by Tony Long. Snap Judgments Decide A Face's Character, Psychologist Finds
People decide whether a person is attractive and trustworthy within a tenth of a second, responding intuitively to faces so rapidly that our reasoning minds may not have time to influence the reaction. Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane
Countering a common theory that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped in modern humans, a new study examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 years as a time of supercharged evolutionary change, driven by exponential population growth and cultural shifts. [Absurd] Jailed Man Gets More Time For Sandwiches
A man serving a life conviction for murder recieved an additional three years in prison for passing out cheese sandwiches in jail... International Comparisons of Charitable Giving
This November 2006 report "contributes to the understanding of charitable giving in an international context by comparing levels of individual giving within a number of different countries."Report covers topics such as giving compared with national wealth level, and giving as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada, Turkey, Germany, and France. From the British Charities Aid Foundation. Candy USA
Candy recipes, trivia, history, candy holidays, nutritional information, statistics, and company links. If you ever wondered how candy corn came to be, what date National Taffy Day falls on, or how much was spent on candy in the United States last year, this is the site to visit. From the National Confectioners Association and the Chocolate Manufacturers Association. DOE Launches "Energy Hog"Energy Efficiency Campaign
In March 2004 the DOE "launched a national public service advertising campaign designed to make children and their parents aware of energy efficient behavior. ... [The campaign] features a reprehensible new villain -- the energy-wasting Energy Hog. ... The centerpiece of the campaign is the new Energy Hog Web site, which is aimed at children."Includes a link to the Energy Hog site. From the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Hand Hygiene Initiative Aims To Decrease Healthcare-associated Infecti
An open-access commentary in the December 2007 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology examines a recently launched a global initiative by the World Health Organization to combat healthcare-associated infection by improving hand hygiene in health care. The commentary is part of the Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development. Key Enzyme Is Secreted By Heart Mast Cells -- Weill Cornell Discovery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers have made the startling discovery that renin -- a kidney-secreted enzyme crucial to blood pressure regulation -- is also synthesized and secreted by mast cells within the heart. To Curious Aliens, Earth Would Stand Out As Living Planet
With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life. But what if aliens were hunting life outside their own planet? Armed with telescopes only a bit bigger and more powerful than our own, could they peer through the vastness of space and lock in onto Earth as a likely home to life?
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