Thoughts From The Frontline: Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch

Source: Seeking Alpha

Home for a Week! New York and Italy It is simply hard to tear your eyes away from the slow-motion train wreck that is Europe. Historians will be writing about this moment in time for centuries, and with an ever- ...
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NZ slammed for 'failure to act' on environment

Source: TVNZ

Twenty years of broken promises and failures to meet environmental obligations have left New Zealand with little to be proud of, according to a new "wake-up call" report issued on the eve of a global summit. The World Wildlife Fund repor ...
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CIRM Board Member Prieto Endorses Proposition 29

Source: California Stem Cell Report

This blog provides news and commentary on public policy, business and economic issues related to the $3 billion California stem cell agency, officially known as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine(CIRM). David Jensen, a retired Calif ...
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The Side-effects of Drugs: A Strategy

Source: Psychology Today

Most people do not hesitate to take drugs prescribed for them by a physician. They assume that if their doctor orders a particular drug for them that the drug serves an important purpose, and that it is safe. Most patients do not ask about p ...
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No Malice Supports Pusha T In Lil Wayne Beef

Source: MTV.com

As the beef between Pusha T and Lil' Wayne heated up musically this weekend, Pusha's brother No Malice (formerly known as Malice of the Clipse) joined in via Twitter. "Well I LOVE Pusha! That's my blood and I ain't never kiss em" he tweete ...
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Hike To Bring Geology Alive

Source: Albuquerque Journal

In one direction, you can see land that the dinosaurs once trod. In another, peaks stand where super-volcanoes spewed lava sky-high. And under your feet? Basalt and ash from those volcanoes, along with sediment and boulders laid ...
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The Plant That Hunts Its Prey

Source: Neatorama

Think that plants are just sitting around photosynthesizin’, think again: some plants like the parasitic dodder vine actually hunt. Dodder is a parasiteâit lives off of other plants. Instead of waiting around for a suitable hos ...
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Scientists transform skin cells into beating heart tissue

Source: Smart Planet Blog

For the first time, scientists have successfully taken skin cells from heart failure patients and reprogrammed them into healthy, beating heart muscle cells that can integrate with surrounding tissue. It’s likely ...
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Ind. surgeon helps revive horseman's Olympic hopes

Source: Beaumont Enterprise

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — If Australian-born equestrian Peter Atkins is able to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, he'll have a Bloomington surgeon to thank. Atkins, 46, has been trying to qualify for th ...
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