Monthly Archives: December 2007

Why knots happen spontaneously

Anything that can tangle up, will, including DNA.
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Time Travel is Real, and You Can Buy it on eBay

Yes, you can apparently buy your way into a time travel project on eBay. Yes, it’s $10 million, and yes, this auction is likely to be taken down soon, but you do get (if you qualify) a “no payments for 90 days offer.” This means it could pay for itself. You know, jump ahead, get […]

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Instead of "Capitalistic iPod Garbage," Girl Receives Bizarre Note

Here comes another tech grinch. There seems to be an abundance of them this year. In this case a Maryland girl received a strange note rather than an iPod Classic.
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College Bowl Participants Score with Tech Gifts

Their universities will score millions of $$$ as they play in this season’s bowl games, but the players, who we know (!) of course have no salaries, will score … perhaps not big, but at least something with gift packs containing - in many cases - a lot of tech.
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New Year’s Weight Loss: Separating Help From Hype

When it comes to weight-loss products, people who plan to lose weight have considerable knowledge gaps, particularly with regard to appetite suppressants, herbal products and dietary supplements.
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Hypercar: The car that pays you to drive it

The car of the future is not only going to come standard with a hybrid powered engine; rather, the whole concept of a car from the ground up will be an entirely redeveloped mobility machine.
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Man blames car wreck on pterodactyl

A 29-year-old Wenatchee man told police a pterodactyl caused him to drive his car into a light pole about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
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When it comes to cliches, 2007 has its own special jargon footprint

Not every year is a stellar one in fields of human endeavor, but for those who thrive on cliches, buzzwords, euphemisms and catchphrases, 2007 was a year when we did all the heavy lifting to raise the bar ahead of the curve.
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Leisure time can make busy people feel sick

It may not be the eggnog, the holiday music or even the pounds of sugar that are making you ill.
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US: al-Qaida Fears Iraq Sunni Councils

“They are trying to counter this and they have done so by attacking them”
The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday al-Qaida was becoming increasingly fearful over losing the support of Sunni Arabs and had begun targeting the leaders of tribal councils who have switched allegiances in favor of America.
Gen. David Petraeus made the […]

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