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Judge Agrees: No Robots Allowed on Ticketmaster.com
A federal judge agrees with Ticketmaster that software used to place orders on the ticket retailer's site automatically is unfair to other users. Department of Veterans Affairs Facility Directory
This site from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a searchable directory of VA facilities throughout the United States. The directory provides information and Web site links for VA central and benefits offices, VA cemeteries, and VA medical facilities that include hospitals, outpatient clinics, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) offices, and vet centers. Facilities can be browsed by state or searched for by facility type and zip code. Richard Hammond explodes (microwave ovens) again
Probably a really, really good idea to take Brainiacs presenter Richard Hammond’s advice NOT TO TRY THIS AT HOME. The Brainiacs team set up two microwave ovens and stuffed in all the stuff they’d already tested in microwave ovens on previous shows (as a serious experiment so that you don’t have to do it at [...] Bringing dehydrated plants 'back to life': Possible key to desiccation
Drought can take a toll on plants and animals alike. When cells are deprived of water, they shrink, collapsing in upon themselves and, without water as a medium, chemicals and enzymes inside the cells may malfunction. However, some plants, like the aptly named "resurrection fern," can survive extreme measures of water loss, even as much as 95 percent of their water content. How do the cells in these desiccation-tolerant plants remain viable? [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Tobacco company helped shape European policy system favoring corporate
British American Tobacco, the world's second largest tobacco transnational, strategically influenced the European Union's framework for evaluating policy options, leading to the acceptance of an agenda which emphasizes business interests over public health, according to a new study. Potential new target for treating hepatitis C
Scientists have discovered that binding of a potent inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus to the genetic material of the virus causes a major conformational change that may adversely affect the ability of the virus to replicate. The Problem With Self-help Books: The Negative Side To Positive Self-s
In times of doubt and uncertainty, many Americans turn to self-help books in search of encouragement, guidance and self-affirmation. The positive self-statements suggested in these books, such as "I am a lovable person" or "I will succeed," are designed to lift a person's low self-esteem and push them into positive action. According to a recent study in Psychological Science, however, these statements can actually have the opposite effect. More Deadly Anthrax Spores May Remain After Decontamination
A research team from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories has discovered that common anthrax sampling methods need improvement. The research shows that more deadly spores remain after decontamination than previously believed. The team, led by researcher Gary Brown, spent a year looking at sampling processes used to determine the number of viable organisms existing on surfaces following a biological attack with agents such as anthrax. Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Strain Decoded
The first genome sequence of an extensively drug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis linked to more than 50 deaths in a recent TB outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has been decoded. Initial comparisons of the genome sequences reveal that drug-resistant and drug-sensitive microbes differ at only a few dozen locations along the 4-million-letter DNA code.
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