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18 Jun 08

Physicians for Human Rights

important PDF documents: US torture and the medical evidence; rape in war; effect of current interrogation techniques

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02 Jun 08

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.

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10 Feb 08

The $1.4 Trillion Question

James Fallows on economic ties between US and China, detailed case studies examined.

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17 Jan 08

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

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15 Jan 08

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.

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10 Jan 08

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.

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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. "

www.sciencedaily.com/...080108150436.htm - Preview

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03 Jan 08

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

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01 Jan 08

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

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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

www.democratandchronicle.com/...article - Preview

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20 Dec 07

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"

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19 Dec 07

Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists

An aggregation of all the "best of --" lists in various categories for 2007; advertising, art, books, film, etc...

www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2007.cfm - Preview

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17 Dec 07

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.

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10 Dec 07

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."

www.theregister.co.uk/...tannica_wikipedia_nature_study - Preview

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08 Dec 07

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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