Review: New Intel chips power skinny laptops
Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing ...
British private school pupils earn 30 percent more in later life
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Students who attended independent schools go on to obtain an average of 30% higher earnings than state school students, according to a study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society. When ...
US to reconsider species protection for wolverines
Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to reconsider its decision that denied wolverines protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Moderately Reduced Carbohydrate Diet Keeps People Feeling Full Longer
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A modest reduction in the amount of carbohydrates eaten, without calorie restriction and weight loss, appears to increase a sense of fullness, which may help people eat less, a preliminary study found.
Latest upgrades underwhelm, but iPhone still holds lead
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 11, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (2) |
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For a company whose iPhone products have set the agenda for the mobile phone industry for the past two years, Apple's announcements this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco were underwhelming.
UN sketches countries with climate risk profile
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report ...
What are the risk factors of sporadic colorectal cancer?
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in China. Although the association between the epidemiological factors and sporadic colorectal cancer has been studied, the relation between smoking, alcohol drinking, ...
Cancer screening fear is fueled by lack of information
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Fear plays a major role in whether women decide to go for cancer screening or not, but healthcare providers underestimate how much women need to know and wrongly assume that they will ask for information if they want it.
Diagnosis of arthritis 5 years earlier in childless women compared to those with children
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Nulliparous women (those who have not given birth to children) are diagnosed with chronic arthritides (including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) an average of 5.2 years before parous ...
A new computer modeling program can help hospitals prepare for the worst
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A new and novel computer modeling platform developed through intensive, multidisciplinary collaboration at New York University can help hospitals and cities to be more prepared for catastrophic public health scenarios, according ...
New American College of Surgeons risk calculator determines colorectal surgery risk
Jun 11, 2009 |
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New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that a risk calculator developed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) can help surgeons provide patients with more detail ...
Private papers reveal ‘Who’s Who of British Science’
Jun 11, 2009 |
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One of the most important archives of nineteenth-century science - stored in obscurity for over 100 years - has been reunited and acquired by the John Rylands University Library at The University of Manchester.
Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Clearing the Amazon rainforest increases Brazilian communities' wealth and quality of life, but these improvements are short-lived, according to new research published in Science. The study, by an intern ...
Twitter gives fans access to athletes' lives, so long as the tweets are real
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The tweet in question might have been one of the shortest did-he-really-say-that comments in a long line of sports figures saying dumb things.
A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy.
