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DJ AM Autopsy Inconclusive

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An autopsy on the body of DJ AM has been completed – but the cause of his death is not yet known, and further tests are needed, officials have said.

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‘Reading Rainbow’ reaches its final chapter : NPR

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Reading Rainbow is ending after a 26 year run making it the 3rd longest running PBS show after Sesame Street and Mister Rogers.

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New theory for why we cry

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“A scientist now proposes a new theory for why crying evolved — tears can act as handicaps to show you have lowered your defenses. “Crying is a highly evolved behavior,” said researcher Oren Hasson, an evolutionary biologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel. “My analysis suggests that by blurring vision, tears lower defenses and reliably function as signals of submission, a cry for help, and even in a mutual display of attachment and as a group display of cohesion.” The shedding of tears due to emotions is unique to humans

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Scientific experiment suggests that sexual orientation is encoded in our genes

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

By altering a gene in the brain of a female worm, scientists were able to change its sexual orientation so that it was attracted to other females. Scientists activated the gene that makes male structures develop in the body, but only turned it on in the brain. The result was worms that “look like girls, but act and think like boys,” according to Jamie White, a researcher on the study.

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Organic foods not as benificial as believed…

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Researchers studied five different crops — carrots, kale, mature peas, apples and potatoes — which were cultivated both organically (without pesticides) and conventionally (with the use of pesticides) and found that there was no higher level of trace elements in the food grown organically. Study leader Dr Susanne B

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News: Charlotte, Carrie Prejean, San Diego Kiss-In, AIDS in Africa

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

STUDY: Gay men in Africa ignored with regard to AIDS.

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The Management Consultants Who Will End Condé Nast As We Know It

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

That was quick. Here is the grim memo that Condé Nast Chuck CEO Townsend just sent out announcing that it is bringing in McKinsey & Company to “develop new perspectives on optimizing our approach to business.” This will be brutal.

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Fossilized poo reveals ancient ecosystem

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“A new study of 30 million-year-old fossilized mega-dung balls, as big as three inches (seven centimeters) in diameter and produced from the dung of extinct giant South American mammals, reveals that the dung was also a food source for a number of insects that would steal a bite while the dung beetles weren't looking. “Traces [in the fossilized dung] record the behavior of animals actively stealing the food resources set aside by the dung beetles,” said Victoria Sanchez, a graduate student at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Buenos Aires and a co-author on the study. “The shapes and sizes of these fossilized burrows and borings in the dung balls indicate that other beetles, flies and earthworms were the culprits.

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Artistic tendencies linked to ‘schizophrenia gene’

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We're all familiar with the stereotype of the tortured artist. Salvador Dali's various disorders and Sylvia Plath's depression spring to mind. Now new research seems to show why: a genetic mutation linked to psychosis and schizophrenia also influences creativity

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