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FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead

The good news: After a long, tight-lipped silence, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration tested lipsticks for lead -- a move that eco-nonprofit organizations like Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have been calling for years. After ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 3

EarthTalk: What is 'nanotechnology'?

Dear EarthTalk: What is "nanotechnology"? I've heard that nanoparticles are already in consumer products, yet we haven't really studied their potential health impacts. (Dan Zeff, San Francisco)

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

Hard times bring on ‘Lipstick Effect’

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lipstick and takeout food are not a panacea for dwindling retirement accounts and the anxiety of global economic woes.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath

(AP) -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption

Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Court OKs immunity for telecoms in wiretap case

A federal appeals court has ruled as constitutional a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Jobs tributes light up iPhones, Twitter worldwide

(AP) -- There was no makeshift memorial or candlelight vigil for Steve Jobs at the Apple Store in downtown Chicago. The news of his death, and then the tributes and condolences, were in news alerts, tweets ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Battling job barriers with a tube of lipstick

Generations of American women have turned to door-to-door sales when a male-dominated workforce and lack of education prevented them from entering the workforce. They were known as the Tupperware Lady or the Avon Lady as ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Verizon rakes in subscribers with help of iPhone

(AP) -- Helped by the iPhone, Verizon Wireless is pulling in more high-paying subscribers than it has in a year, and 15 times more than rival AT&T.

Technology / Business

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beauty through the ages

Teeth whitening and anti-wrinkle treatments were as sought after in Renaissance times as they are today, a historian claims.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Out of thin air

Imagine a priceless painting that has been all but ruined by a ravaging storage room fire. The beautiful paint, painstakingly applied in a multitude of colors, is obscured by layers of dark soot. A masterpiece ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mexico state congress asks ban of video game

(AP) -- A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local officials who are busy fighting all-too-real violence.

Technology / Software

created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Liquids scanner for airport security

(PhysOrg.com) -- Air passengers one day may be able to carry their soaps, shampoo and bottled water onto the plane again, thanks to technology originally developed at UC Davis to check the quality of wine.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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