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The Chia Guys by Jackie Papandrew
Written by Jackie Papandrew   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

For a long time, the holidays just weren’t complete for me until I’d laid eyes on The Chia Guys. See, every year at Christmas time, we get together with a group of friends - a motley mix of miscreants if there ever was one - for a rather raucous version of the white elephant gift exchange. That’s the classic game where people draw numbers and then, in order, either select a wrapped gift or “steal” a gift someone else has already opened.

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A Hackers Nightmare - by Jerry Maldonado
Written by Jerry Maldonado   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

With millions shopping, there are losers watching!  Remember that this holiday season. Every time you swipe your bank card or buy something online the hackers will be salivating over their keyboards looking for easy money.

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Secret Power of Emotion by Karen Wright
Written by Karen Wright   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you. Shakti Gawain

“Go to your room until you can act properly!” Feeling like a prisoner in his own home, the child slinks off to his bedroom to wait out his parent’s anger.

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Ocean Growing More Acidic Faster Than Once Thought
Written by University of Chicago   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

Aerial view of Tatoosh Island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington, where the study of ocean pH change over eight years was conducted. Scientists took more than 24,519 measurements. Chicago, Illinois - University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a paper published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on November 24.

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Shouldering the Pain - by Rob Bloom
Written by Rob Bloom   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

I’m in a bad mood. On the mood scale, with One being “singing Disney birds” and Ten being “if I see even one more magazine about Brangelina in the grocery store checkout line, I’m gonna slash my wrists with the subscription card,” I’d say I’m at a solid Eleven.

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Researchers Find Clue to Safer Obesity Drugs
Written by UT Southwestern Medical Center   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

Dallas, Texas - Once hailed as a miracle weight-loss drug, Fen-phen was removed from the market more than a decade ago for inducing life-threatening side effects, including heart valve lesions. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are trying to understand how Fen-phen behaves in the brain in order to develop safer anti-obesity drugs with fewer side effects.

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Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
Written by Lori Stiles - University of Arizona   
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. The five Earth-mass planet in the foreground, Gliese 581 c, is just inside the habitable zone. (European Space Agency)Tucson, Arizona - Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive stars, researchers predict.
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Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth
Written by Susan Brown - UC San Diego   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

On the verge: Drosophila yakuba sometimes lays eggs that have already hatched. Its genome may help to reveal how animals make the switch to live birth - Credit: Drosophila Stock CenterSan Diego, California - A species of fruit fly from the Seychelles Islands often lays larvae instead of eggs, UC San Diego biologists have discovered. Clues to how animals switch from laying eggs to live birth may be found in the well-studied species’ ecology and genes.

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Boosting the Power of Solar
Written by David Chandler, MIT   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

Research Lab of Electronics post-doc Peter Bermel. Cambridge, Massachusetts - New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT.

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Mineral Analysis in Ancient Magmas Paints Picture of Early Earth
Written by Stuart Wolpert - UCLA   
Sunday, 30 November 2008

Hopkins, Harrison and ManningLos Angeles, California - A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago - much earlier than scientists had believed, according to new research by UCLA geochemists reported November 27 in the journal Nature.

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