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374 articles from MONDAY 23.1.2012

• MONDAY 23. JANUARY, 2012
• 21:56 Remarkable Creatures: At La Brea Tar Pits, Relics From Long Before Freeways

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  At the La Brea Tar Pits, fossils preserved in tar provide a time capsule of the creatures that roamed Southern California 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.
  
   

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• 21:56 Vital Statistics: Twin Births in the U.S., Like Never Before

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  A large rise in the rate of twin births is seen as a result of the growing use of fertility drugs and more births to older women.
  
   

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• 21:49 INCOMING! Sun Blasts Another CME at Earth and Mars

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  You may not know it, but there's an epic magnetic battle between the sun and Earth raging over our heads.  

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• 21:45 Aquatic Bike Pump Cranks Out Electricity

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  The surprisingly simple system gets around a huge hurdle facing wave power: corrosion.  

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• 21:36 The Jewish Community of Japan Aids Its Home in the Rebuilding Process (ContributorNetwork)

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  ContributorNetwork - The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan devastated the physical landscape, but as the aftermath unfolds, time has proven that it cannot kill the spirit of a proud people such as the Japanese. The Jewish Community of Japan (JCJ) has a history spanning over sixty years in Tokyo, and the members of that community, along with foreign partners, have already been doing their part to help rebuild the country they call home.  

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• 21:36 Rogers violating federal net neutrality rules, CRTC says

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  The CRTC has given Rogers notice that it has obtained evidence the company is violating federal net neutrality rules by deliberately slowing down or "throttling" some of its internet traffic.

   

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• 21:29 Beijing begins measuring tiny air pollutants (Reuters)

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  Reuters - Beijing began disclosing the amount of tiny pollution particles in the air on Saturday, in a move that could improve disclosure but alarm a public barely resigned to the capital's choking smog.  

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• 21:25 As Victims, Men Struggle for Rape Awareness

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  A federal expansion of a crime definition draws attention to victims in “a cultural blind spot.”
  
   

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• 21:25 Ancient dinosaur nursery: Oldest nesting site yet found

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  An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus -- revealing significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behavior in early dinosaurs.  

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• 21:25 Ancient domesticated dog skull found in Siberian cave: 33,000 years old

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  A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and indicates that modern dogs may be descended from multiple ancestors, with advancing glaciers thwarting early domestication efforts.  

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• 21:25 Fossils in South Africa reveal dinosaur nesting site: 190 million years old

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  An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus -- revealing significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behavior in early dinosaurs.  

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• 21:25 Gene therapy cures retinitis pigmentosa in dogs

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  Scientists have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs. The disease in humans and dogs is caused by defects in the RPGR gene and results in early, severe and progressive vision loss. It is one of the most common inherited forms of retinal degeneration in man.  

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• 21:25 Spotting dyslexia before a child starts school

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  Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a new study. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten could head off difficulties and frustration in school, the researchers say.  

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• 21:25 Study shines light on ways to cut costs for greenhouse growers

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  Greenhouse bedding plant growers can save themselves time, money or possibly both by giving cuttings in propagation more light, according to a new study.  

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• 21:25 Waiting for Death Valley's Big Bang

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  In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer. Geologists have determined that the half-mile-wide Ubehebe Crater, formed by a prehistoric volcanic explosion, was created far more recently than previously thought -- and that conditions for a sequel may exist today.  

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• 21:24 Ancient dinosaur nursery oldest nesting site yet found

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  An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus—revealing significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behaviour in early dinosaurs. The newly unearthed dinosaur nesting ground predates previously known nesting sites by 100 million years, according to study authors.  

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• 21:24 Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth

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  A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday.  

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• 21:24 BlackBerry maker's CEO: No drastic change needed

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  The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, even as the once iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history.  

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• 21:24 Brain MRIs may provide an early diagnostic marker for dyslexia

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  Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children's Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten could head off difficulties and frustration in school, the researchers say. Findings appear this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  

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• 21:24 British cosmetic surgeons urge clampdown

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  Experts in Britain called on Monday for all cosmetic surgery advertising to be banned following the scandal over French-made PIP breast implants and for tougher checks on surgeons.  

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• 21:24 Briton with locked-in syndrome wants right to die

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  (AP) -- Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.  

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• 21:24 Diets high in fiber won't protect against diverticulosis

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  For more than 40 years, scientists and physicians have thought eating a high-fiber diet lowered a person's risk of diverticulosis, a disease of the large intestine in which pouches develop in the colon wall. A new study of more than 2,000 people reveals the opposite may be true.  

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• 21:24 DNA as invisible ink can reversibly hide patterns

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- While most people know of DNA as the building blocks of life, these large molecules also have potential applications in areas such as biosensing, nanoparticle assembly, and building supramolecular structures. And now scientists have added another use to the list: invisible ink.  

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• 21:24 Dog skull dates back 33,000 years

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  If you think a Chihuahua doesn't have much in common with a Rottweiler, you might be on to something.  

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• 21:24 fMRI brain imaging illuminates magic mushrooms' psychedelic effects

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  Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work. The findings of two studies being published in scientific journals this week identify areas of the brain where activity is suppressed by psilocybin and suggest that it helps people to experience memories more vividly.  

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