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American Horror Story Actor Ben Woolf Dies After Being Struck By Car
By Brendan O'Connor Ben Woolf, an actor on American Horror Story, has died, … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: io9
Daily Archives: February 23, 2015
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E.P.A. Issues Stiffer Rules on Vehicle Fuel Ratings
By By AARON M. KESSLER Starting next year, automakers will face tougher guidelines around how they conduct a test used in determining the mileage advertised to consumers. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: NYT > Science
World Briefing: Saudi Arabia: U.N. Experts Criticize Response to MERS Virus as Inadequate
By By REUTERS Saudi Arabia has not done enough to investigate and control the deadly Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, United Nations health experts said Monday. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: NYT > Science
World Briefing: North Korea: Pyongyang Marathon Shut to Foreigners Over Ebola Fears
By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of concerns over the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: NYT > Science
Bill Gates and Other Business Leaders Urge U.S. to Increase Energy Research
By By JUSTIN GILLIS At stake are not just long-term goals like reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, Mr. Gates said, but also continued United States leadership in industries of the future. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: NYT > Science
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Special thanks to Dr Andrey Pavlov
By drspacemonkey I don’t write posts very often. In fact, I’ve only ever written one before, and I didn’t even post it under my account. That’s because I’m not a doctor or a scientist, I just babysit the server on a volunteer basis. Trying to keep a Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
New POTW, and Funny Science Videos [EvolutionBlog]
By jrosenhouse The fifth Problem Of the Week has now been posted at the big website. I’ve also posted an “official” solution to Problem Four. POTW will be taking two weeks off after this one, so you will have to make this last. (Spring break is almost upon Read Full Article Here For more great…
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Researchers Identify Two New Genetic Variants Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
By Lisa Winter Health and Medicine Photo credit: Sebastian Tomus/Shutterstock The two genes most commonly implicated with increased risk for breast cancer are BRCA 1 and BRCA 2, though there may be two Read Full Article Here For more great articles: IFLScience
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A Pesticide Banned, or Not, Underscores Trans-Atlantic Trade Sensitivities
By By DANNY HAKIM Diverging regulatory approaches to atrazine, a herbicide made by a Swiss company but not used in Europe, shows the hurdles in trade negotiations. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: NYT > Science
Antibiotics give rise to new communities of harmful bacteria
Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La Jolla, reveal that the way we often think about antibiotics — as straightforward killing machines — needs to be revised. read Read Full Article Here For…