January 2009 - Weekly Standard

January 2009 - Weekly Standard
Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently

Posts for May, 2008 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Brewers finally break through on offense. Wood started his own demise by plunking Counsell with his first pitch. Pinch-hitter Gabe Kapler then doubled to left, and Jason

DEMYSTIFYING FEDOR: FACT AND QUOTES FROM FEDOR EMELIEANENKO - Fighthype.com
Growing curiosity surrounds the whereabouts of current MMA megastar and WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko, who is set to face the fierce Andrei "The

Structure Of Key Ebola Protein Discovered

Scientists are a step closer to finding a way to counter the Ebola virus. They have recently solved the structure from a key part of the Ebola protein known as VP35. Go here

Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, they warn that conservation agencies worldwide must learn important lessons from what happened on Macquarie Island. Go here

CGG repeats not only stall the cell's replication process but also thwart the cell's capacity to repair and restart it. Researchers focused on this CGG repeat because it is associated with hereditary neurological disorders such as fragile X syndrome and FRAXE mental impairment. Go here

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered the first gender-linked susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Go here

If a specific butterfly anti-sex scent is coupled with a pleasant experience, then parasitic wasps are able to develop long-term memory and respond to this scent that they do not instinctively recognize. After successfully ‘hitch-hiking’ with a mated female cabbage white butterfly and parasitizing her eggs, the parasitic wasps are able to remember the route and navigate it again. Go here

Title: Foot Pictures Slideshow: Common Foot Problems
Category: Slideshows
Created: 6/18/2008
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