The Unending Allure of the Free Lunch - New York TimesEzra Pound’s words on usury, or ultra-high-interest lending and borrowing, come to mind when considering the subprime problems that face this great nation.
Warning: Fast Driving May Lead to More Trading - New York Times
IF you get speeding tickets, watch out: The chances are good that you will also engage in possibly dangerous investing behavior, too, according to a new study.
The Race to Read Genomes on a Shoestring, Relatively Speaking - New York Times
If the cost of sequencing a human genome can drop to $1,000 or below, experts say it would start to become feasible to tell what diseases people might be at risk for.
Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits - New York Times
By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls.
Reigning Trowel in a Kingdom of Orchids - New York Times
Robert Fuchs, one of the orchid world’s most successful and controversial growers, has turned his family’s Florida homestead into a subtropical paradise.
Suburbs-environment-green-suburban environmentalist - New York Times
Studies have shown that suburbanites use more energy and produce more carbon dioxide than city-dwellers.
Poussin - Landscape With a River God - Venus and Adonis - New York Times
Separated since the late 1700s, two pieces were reunited on Friday in one frame for the first time for “Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions,” an exhibition that opens on Tuesday at the Met.
Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China - New York Times
The U.S. Olympic Committee has tried to figure out how to avoid the danger of tainted food at the Summer Games.
Tooth Scan Reveals Neanderthal Mobility
PhysOrg news: Tooth Scan Reveals Neanderthal Mobility
Now, Feed the Data to the Subprimeoscope - New York Times
Economic forecasting is like reading tea leaves — extremely difficult, unless you arrange the leaves into letters and numbers, which is no picnic, either.
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Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate - New York Times
The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals.
Sizwe’s Test: A Young Man’s Journey Through Africa’s AIDS Epidemic - Jonny Steinberg - Book Review - New York Times
A journalist follows one high-risk South African as a way to understand why AIDS continues to spread despite available treatment.
New research project captures traffic data using GPS-enabled cell phones
PhysOrg news: New research project captures traffic data using GPS-enabled cell phones
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Modern Birds Existed Before Dinosaur Die-Off
Birds came into being a hundred million years ago, a new genetic study suggests, possibly putting to rest a long-held debate about their origins.
Catch of the day: Cocaine - 09 Feb 2008 - Oceans news - NZ Herald
At first glance, Bluefields in Nicaragua looks like any other rum-soaked, Rastafarian-packed, hammock-infested Caribbean paradise. But Bluefields has a secret.
People here don't…
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