Cashews cause worse allergic response than peanuts

Although most people associate violent allergies with peanuts, it seems cashews are the real culprit when it comes to very severe reactions in children.  Not only that but these allergic reactions are...

Who Better to Give Up a Sleezball the Record, Than Another Sleezball?

"By now, there has been much reaction to Barry Bonds’ record breaking night last night. Some people enjoyed it, some, not so much. This is not a piece on Barry and his record hitting 756 th homerun, but rather ‘the other guy’. "

Opinion on Libby Sentence Commutation

The pundits will inevitably change these numbers but here is some immediate analysis done on the effect of the Libby affair:"SurveyUSA has a poll of immediate reaction to President Bush's decision to commute the...

Yawning may keep us 'on the ball'

"Yawning may appear the height of rudeness, but in fact your body is desperately trying to keep you awake, according to research from the US. Psychologists who studied 44 students concluded that yawning sent...

Performance art meets Iraq protest in Prague

Prague residents and tourists expecting a normal Tuesday were sorely mistaken as a performance art piece/protest took over the streets on the eve of the city's Quadrennial celebrations. Anyone needing a lesson in...

MySpace vs. Facebook: Did Rupert Murdoch buy the wrong social network?

"Littlejohn at Advertising for Peanuts wonders whether users will get turned off by the social networking darling's shameless ad-whoring (kind of like friend-whoring?) but we doubt it. If there was going to be a meaningful reaction to MySpace's games of homepage dress-up, it...

Plants Feeding off Quantum Physics

Ever wonder how plants make a living in this world? Sure, they use sunlight (not including, of course, Dionaea muscipula), but how?I distinctly remember sitting in a botany lecture a few years ago. The...

G. Kofi Annan on Mainstream Advertisers Ignoring the African Markets

"G. Kofi Annan on Advertisers Ignoring Africa. Posted by beninmwangi on April 29th, 2007 A few minutes ago I came across a post on Kofi’s blog entitled, “African’s Aren’t Affluent Enough” this post challenged me personally to do more to help “update” public...

First 3-D Photos of Sun Released

NASA released the first 3-D images of the sun, taken from two aircraft simultaneously, one slightly ahead of the Earth and the other slightly behind. Check out NASA's site for the pics, although you'll need a...

Virginia Tech student was at Columbine

Regina Rohde is a Virginia Tech student. She wasn't near the shootings on Monday, but she's making headlines anyway. That's because she was at Columbine High School eight years ago (to the day) when Dylan...

Sweet Jesus!: Chocolate Christ is not risen

UPDATE: The exhibition, which was to be in the front window of the Lab Gallery on Lexington, has been cancelled due to protests from the Catholic community. One priest called the piece, "One of the worst...

EU Asks Citizen Input on RFID

"European citizens may have the chance to help shape legislation on how RFID tags will be used for commercial purposes in Europe. A year-long consultation on citizen reaction to RFID done by the European Commission resulted in the group announcing at CeBIT that it will back...

Lewis Libby Guilty Of Obstruction Of Justice

"Lewis Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, has been found guilty of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in the leak of a CIA agent's identity. Prosecutors said he discussed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame with reporters. Then he made up a story...

Eco-friendly Building Materials

I used to work in real estate, and I'm here to tell you that the sheer amount of drywall used in apartment renovation alone is staggering. The real mission is convincing penny-pinching (to put it nicely) management companies to pay a bit extra for a more responsible...

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