 Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar ... | |
 China says Web users top US at 253 mln 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data ... | |
Briton fuming over fine for smoking in own van 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
A painter and decorator has been fined for breaching Britain's smoking ban -- by puffing on a cigarette in his own van, he said Friday. | |
Hip Bone Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Measuring a woman’s bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the September ... | |
Colonial heritage metaphors used in US military conflicts 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The historical reference to "Indian Country" presents a complex metaphor. For many Native Americans it signifies home, family, and territory; however, for others the term can refer to colonialism and Native American land ... | |
Confidence a key to recent economic initiatives, U. of I. expert says 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Restoring confidence in the sputtering U.S. economy is at the heart of recent moves to shore up the nation's lagging financial and housing markets, a University of Illinois economist says. | |
Antimicrobial sutures reduce infections in brain shunt surgery, study finds 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Children born with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" must have shunts implanted to drain the fluid away from the brain to reduce harmful pressure. | |
EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog. | |
Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August 10 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles observers will see a partial ... | |
Wealth Does Not Dictate Concern for the Environment 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
It has been a long-held assumption that poor nations will not support efforts to protect the environment since their citizens are too preoccupied with meeting basic needs, such as food and housing. However, a new study in ... | |
Surgical Instrument Size Studied 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The concept of one size fits all works with many things—smocks, baseball caps and inner tubes. But not disposable laparoscopic surgical instruments. | |
Women's access to credit affects efficiency in rural households 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Rural strategies designed to induce economic growth often emphasize the need to improve access to capital for poor households. However, this approach implicitly assumes that family members pool all their resources and allocate ... | |
Plasma DNA level is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer, study finds 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer. The study also suggests that plasma DNA levels ... | |
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers ... | |
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