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Seeking lotto riches, South Africans smoke vulture brainsJohannesburg (AFP) Dec 27, 2009 Smoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning lotto numbers -- that's why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines, but it's a trend being blamed for killing off South Africa's vultures. "Vultures are scarce. I only have one every three or four months," said Scelo, a young healer in downtown Johannesburg's market for "muti", or traditional medicine. "Everybod ... read more |
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Toronto (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Canadian physicists say they have discovered new behaviors of light occurring within photonic crystals. University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Professor Sajeev John and doctoral student Xun Ma said their findings could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that don't overheat. "We discovered that by sculpting a unique artificial vacuum ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Dec 14, 2009South Korea is preparing to ship medical supplies worth more than 15 million dollars to help North Korea fight an outbreak of swine flu, officials said Monday. The unification ministry, which handles cross-border ties, said the shipment would include antiviral drugs for 500,000 patients -- Tamiflu for 400,000 and Relenza for 100,000 -- and sanitation supplies. The aid will cost an ... more  
Conakry (AFP) Dec 11, 2009Talks this weekend to break the political deadlock in Guinea must go ahead, Prime Minister Kabine Komara said Friday, even as junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara recovers from an attempt on his life. Speaking to journalists, Komara effectively overturned an earlier announcement that the junta would keep out of the talks until Camara -- shot in the head on December 3 -- returns from hospital in ... more |
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 Turkey swine toll hits 353 10,000 swine flu deaths in US: estimates   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Rochester NY (SPX) Dec 10, 2009Understanding the evolution of galaxies is one of the biggest questions confronting astronomers today. Looking at distant astronomical objects gives scientists important clues to the origins of the Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies in the local universe. One question concerning Dan Dicken, a post-doctoral research scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology, pertains to the origin of ... more
Conakry (AFP) Dec 9, 2009Talks between Guinea's junta and the opposition are stalled after the military leadership said it would pull out until its leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara recovers from an assassination bid. The junta announced late Tuesday that it was suspending talks in Ouagadougou with mediator Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso's president, until Camara returns to work. He is in Morocco for medical ... more  
Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Dec 9, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have combined ordinary paper dipped into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires to create an instant battery. Stanford University post doctoral students led by Assistant Professor Yi Cui said the paper batteries are ultra-lightweight and bendable. "Society really needs a low-cost, high-performance energy storage device, such as batteries a ... more |
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