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What Is The Real Cost Of Bottled Water? :

Holly — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:10:05 +0000

As John McCain and Hillary Clinton tell Americans tales of a gas tax holiday to relieve us of a whole 20 cents per gallon this summer (we’re paying more than four dollars anyway) it’s probably worth discussing one of the other reasons that gas...

Eighteen-Year-Old's Sight Restored with Gene Therapy

Holly — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:03:44 +0000

A 18-year-old whose sight was failing has had his vision improved in a pioneering operation carried out by doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Disordered Eating Is Widespread Among U.S. Women

Holly — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:44:40 +0000

Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of young American women report disordered eating behaviors, and 10 percent report symptoms of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder, a new survey...

U.S. Weighing Readiness for Military Action Against Iran

Holly — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:57:15 +0000

The nation’s top military officer said yesterday that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” as one of several options against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq.

New Plan For Identifying Watery Earthlike Planets Emerges

Holly — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:24:04 +0000

Twinkle, twinkle little star, goes the nursery rhyme, but what scientists are really wanting to find is planet’s with a particular twinkle. That’s because sunlight glinting off extraterrestrial oceans could help astronomers spot liquid surface...

Google Launches Mobile Banner Ads

Holly — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:52 +0000

Google joined a handful of other companies by announcing that it is delivering mobile banner ads.

Companies that use Google’s AdWords to advertise online now have the option of displaying a banner ad on cell phones instead of simple text. Google includes a text line under each banner identifying it as an advertisement. Clicking on the ad opens a mobile Web page for the advertisement.

UN walkout over Gaza 'Nazi' remarks

Holly — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:33:04 +0000

The US, Britain, France and other members have walked out of a closed meeting of the UN Security Council after Libya compared the situation in Gaza to Nazi concentration camps in World War...

Internet's Wikipedia to go print in Germany: publisher

Holly — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:48:21 +0000

German publishing giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday it planned to publish the world’s first reference book based on entries from Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia. Until now, Wikipedia was best known for compiling writing on thousands...

U.S. Engineer Arrested On Charges of Spying

Holly — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:18:55 +0000

US authorities have arrested a military engineer on suspicion of giving secrets involving nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles to Israel in the 1980s.

Could Welsh scientist end our universe?

Holly — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:56:12 +0000

COULD a Welshman be responsible for ending the world, then the entire universe? As bizarre as it sounds, that is what a federal court in the US will have to decide in...