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Study: Israelis have abandoned belief of peacefully integrating into the Middle East
Oct 29, 2008 |
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For decades, Israelis have sought to teach Arabs and Muslims that the existence of a Jewish state was a permanent fact of life. Israelis have thought that once Arab and Muslim belief in the state's permanence could be established, ...
New Atlas to Reveal Landscape and Undiscovered Archeological Sites in 3-D
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New methods developed at the University of Arkansas will make decades-old satellite imagery readily available to archeologists and others who need to know what a landscape looked like before ...
UC Davis researcher begins study of Osama bin Laden audio tapes
Sep 10, 2008 |
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More than 1,500 audiocassette tapes taken in 2001 from Osama bin Laden's former residential compound in Qandahar, Afghanistan, are yielding new insights into the radical Islamic militant leader's intellectual development ...
Climate change may boost Middle East rainfall
Aug 13, 2008 |
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The prospect of climate change sparking food and water shortages in the Middle East is less likely than previously thought, with new research by an Australian climate scientist suggesting that rainfall will be significantly ...
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Travel may be hazardous to dialysis patients
Oct 30, 2009 |
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If you're sick, traveling to a foreign land may boost your spirits, but jeopardize your health, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in ...
Ariane 5 rocket places two satellites into orbit (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer ...
Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill ...
Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years.
Concern over alcohol use among UK South Asians
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Alcohol use in South Asians in the UK is under-recognised, and alcohol related harm is disproportionately high, warn researchers in an editorial published on BMJ.com today.
Latest diabetes figures paint grim global picture
Oct 20, 2009 |
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The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) released new data today showing that a staggering 285 million people worldwide have diabetes. The latest figures from the IDF Diabetes Atlas indicate that people in low and middle-income ...
Taj Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Taj network has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), wrapping another ring of light around the northern ...
A 200,000-year-old cut of meat
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Contestants on TV shows like Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen know that their meat-cutting skills will be scrutinized by a panel of unforgiving judges. Now, new archaeological evidence is getting the same scrutiny ...
'Missing link' pterosaur found in China
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) have identified a new type of flying reptile - providing the first ...
Leptin linked with more aggressive thyroid cancer in Middle Eastern region
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Leptin, a molecule linked with obesity, may play a crucial role in predicting poor prognosis from thyroid cancer, at least in the Middle Eastern region of the world, according to data presented at the American Association ...
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