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Study finds some still dabble in hard drugs after 50

February 3rd, 2012 at 12:19 pm » Comments (0)

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Some perfectly functional middle-agers still turn to the drugs of their youth.
A burned-out Baby Boomer using hard drugs way into middle age may conjure images of addiction, destruction and death.



Flesh-eating bug spreads by sneezing

February 3rd, 2012 at 12:11 pm » Comments (0)

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It is now more important than ever to cover your mouth when sneezing.
A flesh-eating bug, which has been known about for years, has gotten so virulent it can now be spread by sneezing and coughing. Doctors suspect new victims caught the virus on buses or trains and enclosed spaces like elevators.
Although the flesh-eating bug has [...]



Congress and the EU are fighting to change Google’s privacy policy

February 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm » Comments (0)

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Are you ready for Google’s new privacy policy?
Google’s new privacy policy has already caused a stir among users. Now, Congress and EU regulators are sniffing around the changes and aren’t happy about them — but Google doesn’t seem to care in the slightest.
According to The Hill, house lawmakers questioned Google representatives for two hours yesterday [...]



Food crops harmed by air pollution crossing continents: study

January 30th, 2012 at 12:23 pm » Comments (0)

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Ozone pollution generated in each of the Northern Hemisphere’s major industrialized regions damages six important agricultural crops.
Europe loses 1.2 million tons of wheat a year due to man-made pollution from North America, an new study has found.



Is there any hope for a non-genetically modified future in America, or Africa?

January 29th, 2012 at 11:10 am » Comments (0)

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It is really only a matter of time before our food crisis becomes crippling.
In the past few days a number of interesting articles have been circulating, all discussing genetically modified crops and starkly different versions of the future of food. One one hand we have the state of affairs in the US. On the other [...]



Apple iPad comes with a human cost in China

January 28th, 2012 at 1:39 pm » Comments (0)

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Apple in China
On a Friday evening last May,  an explosion ripped through Building A5, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were discarded straws.



Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis

January 27th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

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Some Twitter users are planning to go all of Saturday without tweeting to show their displeasure.
There are fears of Twitter censorship among bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America as new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.



Carbon dioxide Is ‘driving fish crazy’

January 22nd, 2012 at 4:47 pm » Comments (0)

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Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous system of sea fishes.
Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous system of sea fishes with serious consequences for their survival, an international scientific team has found…



The SOPA blackout: Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, Google, and many others protest proposed law

January 18th, 2012 at 4:46 pm » Comments (0)

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Two new laws proposed by US legislators, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, have been attracting a very negative reaction from the web community over the past couple of months, which is today culminating in a day of protests. Aiming to curtail copyright infringement on the web by giving the US government [...]



War on baby girls goes global

January 17th, 2012 at 11:30 am » Comments (0)

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Sex-selective feticide is warping the balance between male and female births and consequently skewing the sex ratios for the rising generation.
The world over the past three decades has come to witness an ominous and entirely new form of gender discrimination: sex-selective feticide.  The feticide is implemented through the practice of surgical abortion with the assistance [...]



The danger of farting in space

January 16th, 2012 at 9:34 am » Comments (0)

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Space gas has its consequences.
Humans produce two flammable gases: hydrogen and methane. Flammable gases accumulate in an enclosed space and can ignite. Astronauts are humans who spend lots of time in enclosed space. The logic is irrefutable. So, what’s the risk to farting astronauts?
Between 1968 and 1971, researchers Edwin L. Murphy and Doris H. Calloway published [...]



17 percent of adults in the U.S. binge drink

January 10th, 2012 at 1:21 pm » Comments (0)

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Binge drinking is defined as consuming four or more drinks for women, and five or more drinks for men, on one occasion.
Thirty-eight million people, about 17% of adults in the U.S. say they binge drink, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



Elaborate new computer virus raids your bank account – automatically covers its tracks

January 6th, 2012 at 1:37 pm » Comments (0)

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A new version of the widely prevalent SpyEye Trojan horse swaps out banking Web pages, preventing account holders from noticing that their money is gone.
Checking your bank accounts diligently is the best way to protect yourself from an online financial scam.  At least, until now.



Doctors in America going broke

January 6th, 2012 at 1:14 pm » Comments (0)

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American doctors are harboring an embarrassing secret.
Doctors in America are going broke and the trend is worrying industry watchers.  This quiet reality is spreading nationwide and is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists.



Google busted for violating own rules and will lower search ranking for Chrome

January 4th, 2012 at 3:45 pm » Comments (0)

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Google got BUSTED!
But Google apparently didn’t know it was doing this.So, with full denial still on its lips, Google has decided to slap its own wrist and downgrade the page rank on Google Chrome for at least two months, reports Search Engine Land.
In a statement published to Search Engine Land, Google said…



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