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• SATURDAY 28. JANUARY, 2012
• 19:04 What If I Ate Only One Type of Food? (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - A British teenager collapsed and was rushed to the hospital this week after eating primarily chicken nuggets for the past 15 years. Stacey Irvine, 17, has reportedly survived on her nugget-heavy diet, occasionally supplemented by a bag of chips or piece of toast, since she was a toddler. Doctors have urgerd her to change her ways, but Irvine's case got us wondering: what would actually happen if you ate only one type of food for your entire life?  

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• 19:00 Sea lions 'shot' on US west coast

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  At least eight sea lions have been shot dead in the US state of Washington in the past few weeks, wildlife officials say.  

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• 17:38 Newt Gingrich was Lost in Space at Florida Debate (ContributorNetwork)

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  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Newt Gingrich's spokesman said Thursday night's GOP debate in Jacksonville, Fla., was a "push." Who is he trying to kid? Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the night in a harrowing display of debate splendor that had the well-spoken, factually armed former speaker tied in a knot.  

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• 17:28 Erotic books popular with e-readers

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  Sales have soared for erotic literature with the advent of e-readers such as Kobo and Kindle, with one company in British Columbia reaping the benefits.

   

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• 15:34 Gingrich says space exploration in US tradition (AP)

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  AP - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich says critics of his call to ramp up U.S. space exploration don't understand the power of science, technology and entrepreneurship to change the future.

  
   

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• 15:24 NVIDIA dresses up CUDA parallel computing platform

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- This week’s NVIDIA announcement of a dressed up version of its CUDA parallel computing platform is targeted as a good news message for engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, geophysicists, and other researchers on fast-track computations using GPUs. The new version features an LLVM (low-level virtual machine)-based CUDA compiler, new imaging and signal processing functions added to the NVIDIA Performance Primitives library and a redesigned Visual Profiler with automated performance analysis and expert guidance. NVIDIA says the new enhancements are ways to advance simulations and computational work for these users.  

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• 15:24 Scientists rediscover self-healing silicone mechanism from the 1950s

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Research in self-healing organic polymers has grown recently, but one simple self-healing mechanism from more than 60 years ago has been nearly forgotten until now. Using this mechanism, which is called “siloxane equilibration,” scientists have demonstrated that silicone rubber that has been cut in half with a razor blade can completely repair itself through heat-activated reversible bonding. The self-healing mechanism could have applications in a variety of areas, such as for designing self-healing surfaces of vehicles and countertops.  

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• 15:15 Common brain receptor in eyes may link epilepsy, cataracts and antidepressants

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  Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Columbia University have discovered that the most common receptor for the major neurotransmitter in the brain is also present in the lens of the eye, a finding that may help explain links between cataracts, epilepsy and use of a number of widely prescribed antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs. The research appears online in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  

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• 15:10 'We care about every worker': Apple CEO

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  Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.  

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• 15:00 NASA sees a weakening Cyclone Funso's 'closed eye'

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  Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had "closed" and become filled with high clouds on January 27.  

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• 15:00 Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth

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  An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact.  

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• 14:58 Renegade sperm donor triggers US probe

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  A California man who donates his sperm for free to couples who want to have a baby is being investigated by US regulators but insists he will continue his efforts as a matter of goodwill.  

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• 14:57 Twitter Switches on the Censors

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  Not all countries value freedom of expression.  

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• 14:50 Space Weather Center to add world's first 'ensemble forecasting' capability

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  Improved Forecasting to Coincide with Peak in Solar Activity  

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• 14:48 Romney sees starships fueled by private enterprise

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  Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions.  

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• 14:46 Anonymous attack Mexico websites to protest copyright law

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  The shadowy online hackers group Anonymous blocked access to the websites of the Mexican Senate and the Interior Ministry Friday to protest a proposed law to fine people who violate copyright online.  

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• 14:46 Russian cargo vessel arrives at space station

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  A Russian cargo vessel docked safely at the International Space Station on Saturday carrying mainly water and fuel, the mission control centre said.  

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• 14:44 Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

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  Former Palm chief executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, less than two years after Palm was acquired by the computer giant.  

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• 14:43 The secret life of proteins: Researchers discover dual role of key player in immune system

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  Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have identified a new and unusual role for a key player in the human immune system. A protein initially believed to regulate one routine function within the cell has proven vital for another critical step in the activation of the immune system.  

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• 14:40 NASA eyes cyclone Iggy's threat to western Australia

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  NASA satellites are providing valuable data to forecasters as Tropical Cyclone Iggy nears Western Australia. NASA's Aqua satellite provided visible and infrared data on Iggy, observing colder cloud tops and strengthening storm. Iggy has already triggered warnings and watches along coastal areas.  

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• 14:36 Naked and Famous Introduces Scatch and Sniff Jeans

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  Tiny raspberry-scented capsules are baked into jeans. What scent would you chose?  

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• 14:29 Discovery may lead to new treatment for Rett Syndrome

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  Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) -- is severely lacking in brainstem neurons in mutations leading to Rett syndrome, a neurological developmental disorder. The finding has implications for the treatment of neurological disorders, including Rett syndrome that affects one in 10,000 baby girls.  

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• 14:27 UT researchers' innovation addresses major challenge of drug delivery

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  A new physical form of proteins developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could drastically improve treatments for cancer and other diseases, as well as overcome some of the largest challenges in therapeutics: delivering drugs to patients safely, easily and more effectively.  

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• 14:25 Head and neck cancer in transplant patients: For better or worse?

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  Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.  

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• 14:24 Trial by fire: A landscape-scale experiment in restoring Ozark glades

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  A giant experiment is under way at the Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis' 2,000-acre outdoor laboratory for ecosystem studies.  

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