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Wii to Arrive Bearing Gifts
Nintendo's new console will ship on Nov. 19 for $250 -- and include a sports game. Software publishers have mixed reactions about the freebie. By Chris Kohler. Supercomputer To Advance Studies Of Abrupt Climate Change
Climate researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been given unprecedented access to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers to better understand the causes and consequences of abrupt climate change. The U.S. Department of Energy presented an INCITE Award to the Center for Climatic Research - part of the university's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies - this week to conduct climate simulation experiments on a Cray supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Is Biodiversity The Future Of Farming?
If we can design complex farming systems that are less energy intensive, more resilient in unstable climates, and that begin to out-produce industrial monocultures, the economic advantages may be an incentive to change, says author Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, in the March-April 2007 issue of Agronomy Journal. Mapping Human Genetic Variation Across Populations
Computer scientists at two research centers affiliated with the University of California have teamed with biologists from Perlegen Sciences, Inc., to map key genetic signposts across three human populations. Rants 'n' Raves: Earthly Beauty
Readers appreciate the mystery of the natural world sans aliens, worry about power failures, and describe a tale of MySpace abuse. Hypertension And Diabetes Are Concern In Long-Term Care Of Liver Trans
A recent study looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients who received a liver transplant (LT). Researchers learned that hepatologists believe metabolic complications to be common in LT patients, but not well controlled. The hepatologists surveyed also felt that PCPs should be responsible for managing these conditions, but that this group was not taking an active role. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... 'Third gender' identified in close relative of olive tree
A hitherto unknown reproductive system in a species closely related to the olive tree, Phillyrea angustifolia L., has been discovered. This new reproductive mode explains the mystery of the high frequencies (up to 50%) of male individuals co-occurring with hermaphrodite individuals in this species. Aggressive Efforts Needed To Curb Maternal Obesity, Expert Urges
Most women get it -- smoking and drinking don't mix with pregnancy, but not so with excess weight before and during pregnancy. Physicians need to be aggressively counseling women about the importance of starting pregnancy at a healthy weight, according to Temple University obstetrician-gynecologist, Vani Dandolu, M.D. [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.
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