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• Sleep Better, Faster with RealSleep #1

  
  SLEEP Online Magazine - The SLEEP Blog - All about SLEEP, SLEEPING, and SLEEPINESS — Authority: 128
  Sound technology has been known to be a key catalyst in getting some great sleep and now it looks like NeuroPop Inc. is aiming to help sleep deprived kids sleep faster and stay asleep longer. RealSleep #1 is a CD that plays like any standard audio CD but makes use of three types of nearly inaudible sounds which when ...
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• Obama does not understand soldiers

  
  News World — Authority: 133
  It is now clear that President Obama has no understanding at all of soldiers or of waging war. He made that clear in his speech on Afghanistan before the Corps of Cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point. It’s partly a generational thing: he was born at the end of the baby boom and [...]
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• Federation of American Scientists to teach kids biology via video games

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryAmerican students know their pop music, pro sports, and consumer electronics. But ask them about cell biology and you’ll get a blank stare. To combat that, the Federation of American Scientists has developed a video game, Immune Attack, that takes kids inside a human body.The game is aimed at ...
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• [UK Prime Minister] Gordon Brown: climate-change sceptics are flat-earthers

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  People who doubt that human activity contributes to global warming are “flat-earthers” and “anti-science” The Prime Minister launched an outspoken attack on climate-change sceptics amid growing signs of public doubts about the scientific and political consensus on the environment. Mr Brown has insisted that the ...
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• New Speakers, Sponsor, Partners, for SharpBrains Summit

  
  SharpBrains — Authority: 525
  Our inaugural SharpBrains Summit continues to grow momentum – here goes a quick update. New Speakers: Thomas M. Warden is Assistant Vice President and Leader of Allstate’s Research and Planning Center (ARPC). He helps sets ARPC’s research agenda and manage its execution by 60-member ARPC staff, leading ...
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• LRO DIVINER LPSC Symposium, February 2010

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 482
  Its beginning to look like the 41st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at The Woodlands in Texas, March 1-5, 2010, will be among the very best places to get any advance view of the long-on-promise data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and its seven experiments now in lunar orbit. The Lunar ...
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• ‘World forest observatory’ needed to cut deforestation rates, say scientists

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, December 1 (ANI): A research by scientists at the University of Leeds, UK, has determined that a world forest observatory is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at the Copenhagen summit to cut their deforestation rates.The research, led by Dr Alan Grainger, outlines ...
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• Open letter to Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  I am a physical scientist with a PhD from Brown University. My thesis was in quantum mechanical scattering theory. I spent a full career developing strategic weapons before being ordained an Anglican priest. I served several parishes in California and Colorado before moving to the Chesapeake shore. Last year, while ...
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• The End of History or a History of the End?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 459
  A few years ago, Francis Fukuyama was widely criticized for his book claiming that mankind had seen “ The End of History .” Fukuyama contended that liberal democracy had won the debate over which system was best and, therefore, there was necessary no more “moving forward” for man’s social order. While ...
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• “a student, a congressman, a professor and a dean speak to health care reform”

  
  Providence Daily Dose — Authority: 483
  “a student, a congressman, a professor and a dean speak to health care reform” On Monday November 30 The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University will host a roundtable discussion “Health Care Reform: What are the Politics?” from 3-4:30 at Andrews Hall. Part of the 2009-2010 Paul ...
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• Red blood cells infected with malaria become stiffer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Red blood cells (RBC) infected with malaria become 10 times stiffer and stickier than normal ones in later stages, says a new study. They also tend to affect normal blood flow. This explains some of the common symptoms of malaria, such as anaemia and joint pain.Dmitry Fedosov and George ...
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• Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 660
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.
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• Author of Only A Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul to Speak at Bryn Mawr College

  
  Bryn Mawr Now — Authority: 121
  Brown University Biology Professor Kenneth Miller, author of Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul will give a talk titled “From Darwin to Dover: Thought’s on... Click the headline for details
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• E for an Environmental Generation

  
  UB Buzz — Authority: 103
  “Generation E” is a newly coined term for an age group that is passionate about promoting and pursuing solutions to environmental problems. A new report explains how they are taking a collegiate lead. Released this week by the National Wildlife...
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• Brown, IBM Switch On Supercomputer

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 672
  IT , supercomputing , Universities Wade Roush wrote: A new IBM supercomputer opened at Brown University’s Center for Computation and Visualization in Providence, RI, today is 50 times faster than Brown’s next best machine and is the most powerful computer in Rhode Island, according to an announcement ...
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• Preventing H1N1 spread to health care workers: Dilemma, debate and confusion

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 660
  PROVIDENCE, RI -- A commentary in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases brings to light the gaps in knowledge on the transmission of a common pathogen -- the influenza virus -- and its impact on decisions about how best to protect health care workers.
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• Rhode Island: THE ESSENCE MVMNT – FREE

  
  pD_STYLE — Authority: 123
  From The Facebook Event: “Part of Essence’s “ A NEW MVMNT TOUR 2009 “, dedicated to inspiring the growth of the dance community as individuals and as a whole. The Rhode Island Community of HipHop (RICH), a group collaborating to nourish the hiphop dance community here, has worked with Essence to bring you ...
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• Mens Roundup: Seniors’ Play Paces Texas, Bailing Out Freshmen

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Damion James had 21 points and 15 rebounds and Dexter Pittman scored 21 points as the No. 3 Longhorns opened with an 89-42 win over U.C. Irvine.
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• Mens Roundup: Seniors’ Play Paces Texas, Bailing Out Freshmen

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Damion James had 21 points and 15 rebounds and Dexter Pittman scored 21 points as the No. 3 Longhorns opened with an 89-42 win over U.C.-Irvine.
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• Why Smells From Childhood Evoke Such Strong Memories

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 452
  Why does the hint of certain smells instantly transport you back to childhood? It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain Yaara Yeshurun and colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, showed volunteers an object such as a chair or ...
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