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...
created by Victoria Revay | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 942 views | 20 recommendations | 3 comments
"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’. "
created by gusaus | 5 years ago 324 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by mtippett | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 454 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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...
created by Kaitlin | 5 years ago 1179 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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...
created by ScienceDave | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 939 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
created by beninmw | 6 years ago 686 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 686 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by mardoux | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 1569 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by mardoux | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 2371 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
"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, 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...
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...