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  Friday, 23 April 2004



A New Hypothesis About Autoimmunity. Is It Possible To Be Too Clean?.

I've always believed this; let the children eat dirt.

A New Hypothesis About Autoimmunity. Is It Possible To Be Too Clean?. A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a connection between poor T cell survival in the body and the development of autoimmunity. [ScienceDaily Magazine]


I've thought for a while now that kids today should eat more dirt.
[David Harris: Science news]
12:20:26 AM    
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  Thursday, 22 April 2004



small beer.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
12:24:46 AM    

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  Monday, 19 April 2004



wan.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
11:34:53 AM    

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  Sunday, 18 April 2004



Ancient Shells May Be Earliest Jewels

[Scientific American]
12:15:36 PM    

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Official Kelme investigation launched

Amazingly, Spain has no anti-doping laws. So even though Kelme-Costa Blanca has been accused of systematic doping, and endangering the lives of its team members (the odd near death experience, etc), it may be the allegations of unscreened transfusions contrary to public health legislation that brings Kelme-Costa Blanca down.

[Eurosport: Cycling]
12:06:25 PM    

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Colliding Stars May Form Intermediate Black Holes

[Scientific American]
12:00:25 PM    

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Time ticking for Astarloa

In the light of the Cofidis mess, the world champion needs a team.

[Eurosport: Cycling]
11:33:26 AM    

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Lung Cancer Tops List of Cancer Deaths among Women

Now greater than breast cancer.

[Scientific American]
11:27:11 AM    

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Drive-Ins the Hot, 'New' Thing in China

[Yahoo! News: Strange News - AP]
11:21:32 AM    

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eMacs Get Speed Bump, Price Drop (13-Apr-2004; 1.3K)

[TidBITS]
11:16:34 AM    

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Brain Studies Reveal Where Aesthetic, Insight Reside

But no real surprise about where, I think.

[Scientific American]
11:11:23 AM    

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ossify.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
11:02:06 AM    

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Apple triples earnings

And it's all due to the iPod.

[Australian IT: Business]
10:49:02 AM    

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  Saturday, 17 April 2004



apprise.

I think I hear the word "appraise" used when the speaker means this word about twice a week.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
3:47:46 PM    

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  Tuesday, 13 April 2004



New word
renege

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
12:38:24 AM    

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  Sunday, 11 April 2004



from the copy-paste culture dept.. BBC: Essay copying is 'self-teaching'

[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
9:57:06 PM    

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Man Found Showering Convicted of Burglary

[Yahoo! News: Strange News - AP]
9:45:22 AM    

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Burial Find Doubles Age of Human Bond with Fluffy

[Scientific American]
9:41:09 AM    

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Town Covers Up Nude Statues With Sarongs

[Yahoo! News: Strange News - AP]
9:33:50 AM    

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World Briefing: Australia. NO HIPPITY HOPPERS HERE;.

Australia's international reputation is safe.

[New York Times: International]
9:27:54 AM    

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tv kills. I remember as a kid the stories that circulated around television usage. Ofcourse the kid next door was doing poorly at school, his brain was rotting away because he watched too much tv! I think I recall another one about it causing cancer, which was probably too big a concept for me in 1970, when I was a wee lad of 6 years.

The stories are back, only this time a bit more plausable: "TV can cause the developing mind to experience unnatural levels of stimulation."

The BBC health watch has more on the study.

[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
9:21:12 AM    

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Magnetic Field Flip-Flop Clocked

[Scientific American]
9:18:15 AM    

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SA govt releases hosting tender

[Australian IT: Business]
9:14:45 AM    

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Supersurvey of Milky Way's Stars Exposes Galaxy's Turbulent Past

[Scientific American]
9:06:35 AM    

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Cofidis suspends cycling team

[Eurosport: Cycling]
9:03:00 AM    

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maybe this explains Linux. NY Times:

Imagine an educational system where children do not start school until they are 7, where spending is a paltry $5,000 a year per student, where there are no gifted programs and class sizes often approach 30. A prescription for failure, no doubt, in the eyes of many experts, but in this case a description of Finnish schools, which were recently ranked the world's best.

If one trait sets Finland apart from many other countries, it is the quality and social standing of its teachers ... All teachers in Finland must have at least a master's degree, and while they are no better paid than teachers in other countries, the profession is highly respected. Many more people want to become teachers after graduating from upper schools than universities can actually handle, so the vast majority are turned down.

[Paul Boutin]
8:57:50 AM    

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Director team rumours

Rumours are that after the release of Director MX 2004, some of the director team engineers were laid off. At the same time, macromedia is about to open up a real office in India.

Looks like in future, there will be joint development between the US headquarters and the Indian office.

 

[Undocumented Lingo]
8:50:37 AM    

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Satellite Data Reveal Drought in Amazon Rain Forest

[Scientific American]
8:43:10 AM    

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remonstrate

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
8:38:18 AM    

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Breeding Frogsin Alice Springs!

[ABC News]
8:33:36 AM    

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First Flavors Make Lasting Impression

[Scientific American]
8:29:32 AM    

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  Thursday, 8 April 2004



tirade.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
8:42:23 PM    

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Lab Rat Genome Sequenced

[Scientific American]
7:46:01 PM    

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Quote of the day.

George Herbert: "Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
7:30:51 PM    

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  Wednesday, 7 April 2004



coterminous.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
10:06:50 PM    

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Quote of the day.

Oscar Wilde: "Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years."

[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
9:51:28 PM    

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I've always wanted to know how small-brained creatures (and bats are large-brained compared to flies, say) do the maths involved in 3D vision and pursuit.

For Bats, Navigation Is a Problem of Statistics

[Scientific American]
9:35:43 PM    

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  Sunday, 4 April 2004



Why are opera singers fat?

New Scientist
1:17:37 AM    

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Check this out.

A very fun take on how the world may end.
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King baby. Walter Yetnikoff talks about running CBS Records in the '70s, Michael Jackson's strange habits -- and Janet Jackson's breasts.

Don't worry about the whole article not being there; become a premium reader for a day by scrolling down, clicking, and watching an ad. You can do this every day. They don't care.

[Salon.com]
12:57:05 AM    

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Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

[Scientific American]
12:34:23 AM    

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Bar Covers Nipples on Antique Photos

[Yahoo! News: Strange News - AP]
12:30:39 AM    

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Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World

[Scientific American]
12:26:14 AM    

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approbation

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
12:17:44 AM    

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  Friday, 2 April 2004



grandiloquent:

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
12:29:23 AM    

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Pixar releases RenderMan for Mac OS X

[The Macintosh News Network]
12:24:27 AM    

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