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A Spa for Plants and Animals

February 13th, 2005 at 11:45 pm » Comments (0)

A health farm has opened for pets and house plants in Brazil.



Startup Beats Back Death

February 13th, 2005 at 11:37 pm » Comments (0)

Rich Karlgaard:
Nine out of ten entrepreneurs fail in their enterepreneurial attempts. The odds are worse if you try to launch a business while your body’s largest internal organ, the liver, is going south with hepatitis C and your energy is good for only three hours a day, tops. But this was the story [...]



New Solar Cell Absorbs Infrared Light

February 13th, 2005 at 11:25 pm » Comments (0)

Ted Sargent and his team describe their discovery — the world’s first plastic solar cell able to absorb infrared light — in the February issue of the prestigious industry journal Nature Materials.



Lovesickness a Real Disease?

February 13th, 2005 at 11:07 pm » Comments (0)

The concept of lovesickness might be more than just a flighty poetic notion, as it can burden the afflicted with genuine mental trauma, a British psychological study warned



US Denies Patent for Part-Human Creature

February 13th, 2005 at 10:50 pm » Comments (0)

A New York scientist’s seven-year effort to win a patent on a laboratory-conceived creature that is part human and part animal ended in failure Friday, closing a historic and somewhat ghoulish chapter in US intellectual property law.



The Coming Death of the Music CD

February 13th, 2005 at 10:41 pm » Comments (0)

“The new format is no format,” predicted Petersen, a 24-year industry veteran who also owns a record label, a recording studio and a music-publishing company.



Woman Recovers from 20 Year Coma

February 13th, 2005 at 10:30 pm » Comments (0)

A woman who spent more than 20 years in a coma, robbed of her mobility, her memory and the power of speech after being knocked down by a drunk driver, has amazed doctors with a remarkable awakening.