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Report finds extensive use of illicit alcohol
Nov 19, 2008 |
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The consumption of illicit or noncommercial alcohol is widespread in many countries worldwide and contributes significantly to the global burden of disease, according to a new report released today by the International Center ...
Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new poll shows a Swedish party that calls for legalizing Internet file-sharing could win a seat in the European Parliament in June.
Nonprofit aims to broaden reach of campaign data
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A nonprofit group that specializes in databases tracking the influence of money in politics is making its information available to others.
Sweden: hundreds protest Pirate Bay conviction
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wearing bandanas and waving Jolly Roger flags, hundreds of supporters of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay demonstrated on Saturday against a Swedish court's conviction of the Internet site's organizers.
More than 1,000 patients in US admitted annually for aviation-related injuries
Dec 01, 2009 |
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The first ever published study of aviation-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. finds that more than 1,013 patients are admitted to U.S. hospitals with aviation-related injuries annually, and that 753 aviation-deaths occur ...
Public TV goes digital
Jun 16, 2006 |
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Subscribers of Verizon's fiber-optic FiOS TV service will now have an option of high-definition public television.
With increasing obesity, fuel consumption becomes weighty matter
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Excess fuel consumption caused by excess driver and passenger weight has increased in the past two years, with no end in sight.
Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures
Aug 27, 2009 |
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A new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy shows a clear increase in the size and influence of noncommercial traders, or "speculators," in the oil futures market since regulations were eased ...
Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
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Jul 18, 2007 |
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Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when ...
Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...
A Mouse for Every Gene
Sep 07, 2006 |
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The University of California, Davis, will play a key role in a new worldwide effort to create a so-called "knockout" mutant mouse for each of the approximately 20,000 genes in the mouse genome. These mice can be used to study ...
Large rock growth at geothermal hot springs
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Although nature’s landscape is constantly changing, scientists have discovered that it does so in a predictable way. During the formation of ponds, terraces and rock domes at geothermal hot springs, the fluids ...
Cosmologists expose flaws in anthropic reasoning
Nov 28, 2006 |
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Many scientists never liked it anyway, and now Glenn Starkman from Oxford/Case Western and Roberto Trotta from Oxford show that too many details—and too many unknowns—mean that anthropic reasoning gives inconsistent ...
