I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
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GENEVA – Dozens of countries urged the World Health Organization on Monday to change its criteria for declaring a pandemic, saying the agency must consider how deadly a virus is — not just how far it spreads across the globe.
Fearing a swine flu pandemic declaration...
"When the avian flu scare arrived, no one questioned it. This time, things are different. Those with some brains, a memory and internet ingenuity are on the case. Let’s hope this message gets out. ...
Here is a concerned citizens take on America's potential move from Capitalism to Socialism. By Kathryn Milliron, Staff Writer, Politisite.com and Iron Mill News. NowPublic Contributor PhotoGirl I’ve...
This year marks the celebration of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential people in natural history for many years. Born on 12th February 1809, Darwin pioneered ‘On the Origin of Species’ book which...
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The street is abuzz with talk and its voices are loud and clear. It is important that these voices be heard and their ideas understood because in the final analysis public opinion sets the outer limits on policy. Policy makers know this and that is why you have to sometimes...
" Written by Danny Penman The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have...
A conspiracy theory is a hypothesis that alleges a coordinated group is, or was, secretly working to commit illegal or wrongful actions, including attempting to hide the existence of the group and its...
French Cardiologist Dr. Olivier Ameisen has triggered an impassioned debate in the medical world over his claim to have discovered a cure for alcoholism."Dr Olivier Ameisen, 55, one of France's top heart...
"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...
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A new study which examined existing fossil records has found that human fingers and toes did not develop in tetrapods 365 million years ago as they crawled from the sea onto land, but 380 million years ago within...
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Charles Darwin created a big controversy with his evolutionary theory and powerful church leaders castigated him. Now after 126 long years Church of England has realised their mistake and agreed to issue an an apology. Darwin in his theory had said that man descended from the...
" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...
Detectives have revealed that the male victim of the double student murder that has stunned Newcastle's student population, Zhen Xing Yang, put up a tremendous battle of resistance to his attacker/s with...
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This is a scientific mystery. Why one patch of land hits 812 degrees and literally sets things on fire is under investigation."High atop a steep grass-covered mountain overlooking the Little Sespe Canyon near Fillmore, the earth is on fire. Wisps of smoke rise from a brown...
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