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3 hrs ago | Wilson's Almanac

Scientists find key human language gene

Thursday, November 12, 2009 Researchers have found a crucial genetic difference between humans and chimps that could help explain our language and speech abilities.

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9 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

Why can't chimps speak?

Why can't chimps speak? Connie Casey checks in for a flight to Denver holding Mikayla, her 15-month-old chimpanzee, at Lambert St.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Biology, Science, California

14 hrs ago | Library Journal

San Jose State Breaks with California Library Association Over Drexel Agreement

Charging that the California Library Association had broken a promise by partnering with Drexel University Online, the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science has severed its partnership with CLA, withdrawing from hosting the CALIX electronic mailing list and no longer purchasing several hundred memberships a year for ...

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Related Topix: Libraries, California, Drexel University, San Jose State University

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MediLexicon

New COPD And Smoking Research Presented At CHEST 2009

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Smoking / Quit Smoking Air Pollution Major Factor in Fresno Health Air pollution is a major health risk for patients in Fresno, CA, who suffer from chronic lung diseases.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, UC San Francisco, Los Angeles Metro

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Ubergizmo

DIY microscope for cellphones

Cellphones might come with some really high resolution cameras these days, but that doesn't mean they are great at macro shots.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Electrical Engineering, Science, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, Gadgets

Bioscience Technology

March of Dimes honors Dr. Gail Harrison for outstanding work in maternal-fetal nutrition

PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A- A nutritionist whose research was instrumental in adding fruits and vegetables to the federal Women, Infants and Children food subsidy will receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award for outstanding achievement in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UC Santa Barbara

Sun Nov 08, 2009

New York Times

Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope

MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Malaria, Health, Electrical Engineering, Science, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, UC Berkeley, Duke University

Sat Nov 07, 2009

National Public Radio

40 Years Later, Looking Back At The Internet's Birth

Forty years ago this past week, a message was sent across ARPANET, the computer network developed by the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Agency.

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Related Topix: Computers, CPU, Science / Technology, IBM, Mountain View, CA

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Today's 6

Early morning colonoscopies may find more polyps

Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found.

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International Herald Tribune

Treating the Pain Epidemic

Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined.

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Related Topix: Health, Pain, Chronic Pain, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Thu Nov 05, 2009

MediLexicon

Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking...

Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking Using CHANTIX/CHAMPIX Compared With Placebo Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma New study results showed that 42.3 percent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who took CHANTIX/CHAMPIX were able to quit ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Drug Store News

Pfizer: Chantix reduces smoking in COPD patients

SAN DIEGO More smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease quit smoking using an anti-smoking drug from Pfizer than those taking placebo, according to results of a recent study.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Seattle Times

Authorities: Huge jump in Calif. pot plants seized

Authorities reported a staggering jump in the number of marijuana plants seized in California's eradication effort, claiming a more than 50 percent jump over the previous year.

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Related Topix: Drugs, California

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The New York Times

Rare Books Don't Always Live in Glass Cases

STANDING among the 10,000 rare books in the stacks of the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City , Bruce Bradley, the director of the history of science special collections, pulls out a copy of "The Starry Messenger," the revelatory book in which Galileo detailed his astronomical observations made with his own "spyglass" - the instrument that would ...

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Related Topix: Libraries, Missouri, Travel

CrimProf Blog

Dolovich on Prison Conditions and the Eighth Amendment

Professor at University of California, Los Angeles School of Law/Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Cruelty, Prison Conditions, and the Eighth Amendment on SSRN.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Science Daily

New Clues To Extinct Falklands Wolf Mystery

Now, researchers reporting in the November 3rd issue of Current Biology who have compared DNA from four of the world's dozen or so known Falklands wolf museum specimens to that of living canids offer new insight into the evolutionary ancestry of these enigmatic carnivores.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Los Angeles Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

CBS 5

Study: Gay Spouses Much Like Hetero Couples

A new analysis of Census data shows that same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to opposite-sex couples in age, income and even parental status, regardless of whether they are legally wed.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Los Angeles Metro

RedOrbit

VERITAS Helps Solve Cosmic Ray Mystery

Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays - subatomic particles that zip through space at nearly the speed of light.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Astronomy, Science, Physics

Physics Org

Brain tumors in childhood leave a lasting mark on cognition, life status

Brain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Forbes

A Genius Blog For Mathematicians

A Fields Medalist turns a blog into graduate math seminar. UCLA blogger professor Terence Tao.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Mathematics, Science

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