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Unravelling the pathology of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...


Members of an Australian college have provoked outrage after they launched a "pro-rape" group on website Facebook

Australian students 'pro-rape' Facebook scandal

Technology / Internet

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Members of an elite Australian college linked to Sydney University provoked outrage Tuesday after it was revealed they had set up a "pro-rape" group on social networking site Facebook.


Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking

Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.


Island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)

Island village hit by suspected swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.


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The greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop gardens part of plan to improve efficiency

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won't find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.


Touting tech tools of the future

Technology / Software

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While most people were turning their clocks backward over the weekend, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie was moving his forward, five to 10 years into the future.


Tackling new Arctic challenges from space

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based ...


For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play

For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University ...


Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism (AP)

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights ...



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