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As Smooth as Patchwork
Microsoft’s scheduled monthly security release suffers from server problems, making six critical and four lower-threat security patches unavailable to users for several hours. Scientists Report A New Method To Speed Bird Flu Vaccine Production
In the event of an influenza pandemic, the world's vaccine manufacturers will be in a race against time to forestall calamity. But a new technique may make life-saving inoculations more readily available by more efficiently producing the disarmed viruses that are the seed stock for making flu vaccine. NASA's Spitzer Spots Clump Of Swirling Planetary Material
Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around. The observations, made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, offer a rare look into the early stages of planet formation. Childhood Exposure To Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Negatively Affects V
Childhood exposure to disadvantaged neighborhoods appears to have a lasting negative effect on verbal ability. The effect, roughly equivalent to missing one year of school, continues even after the child has moved out of the neighborhood. Fruit fly neuron can reprogram itself after injury
Studies with fruit flies have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons can rebuild themselves after injury. The results are potentially relevant to research efforts to improve the treatment of patients with traumatic nerve damage or neurodegenerative disease. Federal Aviation Administration: Runway Safety
Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) documents and data on runway incursions, which are "occurrence[s] in the airport runway environment involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of required separation with an aircraft taking off"or landing. The "2005 Runway Safety Report"includes detailed information about runways at specific U.S. airports. Historical runway incursion data is available for 2001 to the present. Spice Up Your Health In New Year With These Savory Tips
Many of us will make the resolution to eat healthier this year, adding more fruits and vegetables, and less salt and fat, to our diet. But if you really want to spice up health -- and those healthy foods -- try adding a dash of basil and oregano, or a few cloves of garlic to your diet too. Using more herbs and spices and fewer traditional seasonings like sugar, salt and fat, can help to improve the overall health benefits -- and flavor -- of the foods we eat every day, says Suzanna Zick, N.D., M.P.H., a naturopathic physician and researcher at the University of Michigan Health System. Warning Signs Of Pregnancy Danger
Warnings signs such as increased stress could indicate that pregnancy-induced hypertension is reaching life-threatening levels. The condition is variable and can change quickly. A higher number of symptoms, such as headaches and dizziness, could also mean the condition is getting worse. Also known as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, pregnancy-induced hypertension occurs at about 20 weeks in 6 percent to 8 percent of pregnancies. The exact cause is not known. Severe forms of these conditions can play a role in perinatal developmental issues of the fetus or even death for both the mother and fetus. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Mob Pirates: Menace or Myth?
The content industries say violent criminal syndicates are muscling into the counterfeit DVD and CD business. But evidence of digital gangsters is hard to find. By Abby Christopher.
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