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The Internet Sites They Claim will Change Your Life

July 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 pm » Comments (0)

A list of websites which have "changed our lives" through unprecedented access to advice on everything from moving house and parenting to making new friends has been compiled by Which?



How Monkeying Around with Diet Affects Reproduction

July 22nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm » Comments (0)

Baboons in Nigeria are consuming natural contraceptives which, for around three months of the year, prevent females getting attention from males and falling pregnant.



Parents Watching More TV Than Teens

July 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm » Comments (0)

This year, US parents will watch more TV, DVDs and movies in theaters than teenagers, according to an Integrated Media Measurement (IMMI) press release dated July 17, 2007.



Strange but True: Infinity Comes in Different Sizes

July 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 am » Comments (0)

In the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story, the gung ho space action figure Buzz Lightyear tirelessly incants his catchphrase: "To infinity … and beyond!" The joke, of course, is rooted in the perfectly reasonable assumption that infinity is the unsurpassable absolute—that there is no beyond. That assumption, however, is not entirely sound. As German mathematician [...]



Futurist Thomas Frey to Speak in India

July 22nd, 2007 at 4:48 am » Comments (0)

In August, the Times of India will sponsor a series of three events featuring Futurist Thomas Frey as he talks on the topic of the "Future of Business – 8D View".



With Less Brain Insulin, People Live Longer

July 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 am » Comments (0)

Good, old-fashioned diet and exercise might keep you young by reducing the action of insulin in the brain, researchers reported on Thursday. They created mutant mice that over-ate, got fat and even had symptoms of diabetes, and yet lived 18% longer than normal lab mice. The secret: they lacked a certain key gene that affects [...]



Sleep Patterns Affects Teen Behavior

July 22nd, 2007 at 4:30 am » Comments (0)

A preference for nighttime over daytime activities may be associated with antisocial behaviour in adolescences, even in children as young as 8-years-old, according to a new study. Those who prefer later bedtimes appear to exhibit more antisocial behaviour than those who like to wake early and participate in daytime recreational activities, researchers report.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

July 22nd, 2007 at 4:22 am » Comments (0)

Each week the combination of great photography mixed with strange situations, fabricated reality, and nature has taken some odd twists.  These are some of the oddest.