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Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bottle sitting in your wine rack at home is probably labelled as a juicy, full-bodied French number, with dark berry flavours and a long, complex finish.


World's oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Archaeologists surveying the world's oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 ...


The Birth of Zeus

New evidence from excavations supports theory of the 'Birth of Zeus'

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

In the third century BCE, the Greek poet Callimachus wrote a 'Hymn to Zeus' asking the ancient, and most powerful, Greek god whether he was born in Arcadia on Mt. Lykaion or in Crete on Mt. Ida.





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Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...


New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality but big variations

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New figures on deaths from cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality between the periods 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. Deaths from all cancers in the European Union (EU) between these two periods fell by nine percent ...


Ancient Greek Temple

Houses of the rising sun: Research sheds new light on Ancient Greeks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

New research at the University of Leicester has identified scores of Sicilian temples built to face the rising Sun, shedding light on the practices of the Ancient Greeks.


Fox CEO wants US to join France on Internet piracy

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films.


Major schizophrenia study finds striking similarities across 37 countries in 6 regions

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and ...


Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says historian

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.


Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans

Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Enhancing the effects of the brain chemical dopamine influences how people make life choices by affecting expectations of pleasure, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Neurology.


Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...


Social networking meets ambient intelligence (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharing small snippets of information about your daily life is a key feature of the online social networking revolution. Soon status updates and other social information could be generated automatically.


New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...



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