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Puerto Rico and the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twen
"Portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories."Topics include "the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War."Materials date from 1831 through 1929, and most are in Spanish. Includes background essays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Patent Fight in Online Academia
E-learning company Blackboard grabs a patent on the basic features of online education software. To prove their claim to ownership, they're suing other providers for royalties. Researchers Find Three Major Beetle Groups Coming Up One Testicle Shor
A surprisingly large number of beetles are missing one of their testes, the male gonads of insects. As far as the researchers who discovered this can tell, the insects are not in any way bothered or impaired by this absence. Possible Key To Autoimmune Disease
A self DNA-peptide complex triggers an immune response like that caused by a virus or other invading microbe. Researchers believe this response is both a likely key driver of autoimmune disease and an integral part of an early warning system that flags tissue damage to launch a protective inflammatory response to injury. 60 Second Test Could Help Early Diagnosis Of Common Brain Diseases
Research suggests that we could soon be able to diagnose the onset of many brain diseases by analysing the tiny magnetic fields produced by neuron activity in the brain. This is a significant breakthrough for neurologists and psychiatrists as it could present a fast and simple screening test for brain diseases, while also helping differentiate between different brain diseases that have similar symptoms. Interactive 3-D Atlas Of Mouse Brain Now Available On Web
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have just launched a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse. Neuroscientists around the world can now download these extremely accurate anatomical templates and use them to map other data -- such as which parts of the brain are metabolically active and where particular genes are expressed -- and for making quantitative anatomical comparisons with other, genetically engineered mouse strains. Technological safety net for fall-prone elderly
Falls are the main cause of injuries among elderly people, but until now doctors have had few ways of effectively monitoring and counteracting mobility problems among patients. Work by European researchers is set to change that. A Sampling of New Words and Senses From the New 2005 Copyright of Merr
"Find a sample of the nearly 100 new words and senses that have been added"in 2005 to this well-known dictionary of American English. Terms include "cybrarian (noun) ... a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web." Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenniu
Features the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Herb Block. He was best known for caricatures of American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton and for his work during the Watergate investigation. The site includes annotated artwork, a biography of Herblock, and his own writing on political cartooning. An exhibit from the Library of Congress. Growing Problem of Obesity
Obesity is a growing problem
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