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News of the Weird: Chocolate Toothpaste and 'Holy Crap' Cereal!
The Precocious Tots of Finland: A University of Kansas professor and two co-authors, in research in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance, found that children age 10 and under substantially outperformed their parents in earnings from stock trading...
Tags: Human Rights, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species, George Clooney, Animal Attacks
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Robert Edwards dies at 87; Nobel winner for first 'test-tube baby'
About 10% of married couples suffer from infertility – the inability to conceive a child naturally. Through the better part of the 20th century, physicians considered this a minor and perhaps irrelevant problem, one that contributed overall to...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Science and Technology, Values, Infertility, Entertainment Events
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Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts
WASHINGTON — During last week's Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asserted that "there's considerable disagreement" among experts over whether "raising a child in a single-sex family is harmful or not." Two other...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Family, Medical Research, Antonin Scalia, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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At the Podium
The following lectures are scheduled this week in the community. All events are free and open to the public: 5 p.m. Monday. "Western Music as World Music," Nicholas Cook, music professor, University of Cambridge. Room 208, DeBartolo Classroom Building,...Tags: Education, Music, University of Chicago, Panama, Religion and Belief
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Stephen Hawking talks about unified theory and his biggest 'blunder'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Humans are on the cusp of discovering how the universe works on its biggest and smallest scales, Stephen Hawking said during a lecture Tuesday in Los Angeles. The renowned theoretical physicist made his name studying black holes, massive structures that...Tags: Science and Technology, Applied Physics, Hospitals and Clinics, Cosmology, Health and Safety at School
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You may be smart if you 'like' Mozart and curly fries on Facebook
Los Angeles TimesWhat do Facebook users who “like” Mozart, Morgan Freeman’s voice, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and curly fries have in common? They are likely to have high IQs, according to a new study. Meanwhile, those who like Facebook pages...Tags: Human Rights, Science and Technology, ESPN2 (tv network), Wicked (musical), Social Media
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Star-gazing software helps fight breast cancer
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - In an unlikely tie-up, astronomers and cancer researchers have joined forces to study breast tumors using image analysis software originally developed to explore the distant stars. The automated system offers a speedy way to test if...Tags: Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology, Pathology, United Kingdom
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, The Salvation Army, Social Issues, Health and Safety at Work, University of California, Berkeley
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Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer,...Tags: Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer, Genetics
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UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked among top 10 universities worldwide
L.A. NOWThe University of California system once again scored very well in an annual reputational ranking of world research universities by the Times Higher Education magazine of Great Britain, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in the top 10, officials announced Monday..... -
The Supreme Court and gay marriage: a reading list
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in two cases that could become landmarks of American legal history: challenges to Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage in California, and to the 1996 federal...Tags: Family, Youth Organizations, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Supreme Court, Marriage
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Gary S. Hill, former Hopkins chief of pathology
Dr. Gary S. Hill, an internationally renowned renal pathologist and the former chief of pathology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, died Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 74. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition...
Tags: Pathology, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Paris, Teachers
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