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Physicians for Human Rights
important PDF documents: US torture and the medical evidence; rape in war; effect of current interrogation techniques
Tissue of dead humans to be cloned - Times Online
Scientists can clone cells from tissues taken from dead people who donated their bodies for medical research. Much of it is frozen stored tissue, and cells can be viable for up to thirty years. UK, not US.
How Do They Track You? Let Us Count the Ways - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
reasons to keep cookies turned off in your browser except when absolutely necessary
The $1.4 Trillion Question
James Fallows on economic ties between US and China, detailed case studies examined.
Podcasts Taking Off (Again): eMarketer
growth in podcast use, especially from mainstream media sources
YouPorn, We’re Coming Up Behind You
fastest growing sites on the web, in terms of monthly visits; two of top three sites are for web porn
ABC News: Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
White sea ice reflects about 80 percent of the sun's heat off Earth, NASA's Zwally said. When there is no sea ice, about 90 percent of the heat goes into the ocean which then warms everything else up.
Antarctic is losing ice ‘nearly twice as fast as ten years ago’ - Times Online
in parts of the continent the rate of loss has speeded up by 140 per cent since 1996
Biggest black hole in the cosmos discovered - space - 10 January 2008 - New Scientist Space
A smaller black hole in a decaying orbit around the big one allowed the measurement of the big one. All this fits Eisenstein's theory of general relativity very well, testing with very large gravitational forces.
Humans Have Caused Profound Changes In Caribbean Coral Reefs
"Coral reefs in Caribbean ... degraded due to simultaneous effects of coastal development--increasing fishing and pollution, and agricultural land use--increasing agrichemical discharges and sedimentation, and lastly ocean warming. "
How America Lost the War on Drugs : Rolling Stone
"After Thirty-Five Years and $500 Billion, Drugs Are as Cheap and Plentiful as Ever: An Anatomy of a Failure"; lengthy and detailed explanation of a "war" that was always contradictory and ideological
Pew/Internet Study Finds Most Americans Get Their Answers From The Internet
they especially look to Internet about health issues, use Google search first
comScore Study Reveals That Males Between the Ages of 18-24 More Likely to Download Podcasts via iTunes
"Podcasting Also Popular Among 35-54 Year Olds and Higher-Income and Better-Educated Consumer Segments"
Calculated Risk: Reverse Mortgages: An UberNerditorial
explains what reverse mortgages are; tips: be over eighty and have a rather unvaluable house to get the most out of it
Democrat & Chronicle: Audio Slideshow
"Not Forgotten: Rochester's victims of homicide in 2007"; an example of how audio slideshow can work best; a page of many photos followed by an individual memorial audioslideshow for each when you click on the photo
NatureServe Homepage: A Network Connecting Science with Conservation
contains large databases about flora and fauna in North and South America; goal: "increase our understanding of species and ecosystems and to apply this knowledge to important conservation issues"
Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists
An aggregation of all the "best of --" lists in various categories for 2007; advertising, art, books, film, etc...
ResourceShelf
ResourceShelf, where dedicated librarians and researchers share the results of their directed (and occasionally quirky) web searches for resources and information. Can get it via RSS.
Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study | The Register
March 2006 "The Encyclopedia Britannica has published a devastating response to Nature's December comparison of Wikipedia and Britannica, and accuses the journal of misrepresenting its own evidence."
Bad Math Among eBook Enthusiasts
about the economics of ebook distribution, very detailed, good comments by equally knowledgable computer folk and publishers
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