Tuesday, January 24, 2006 A recent study led by Dr. Drew Westen, a Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia has concluded that political partisans use an “almost entirely emotional and unconscious” thought process when digesting damaging information about a favored political candidate. The experiment used fMRI scans of 30 men who self-identified […]
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Click Here To Know More About: Ariat Boots For Sale Australia Funfair by Jacob Vah The funfair is in town! That traveling group of fun rides, entertainment stalls and exotic foods is once again gracing our town with its presence. Their advertising boards and placards have been taunting the town for months before they arrived, […]
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale […]
Wikinews discusses the H1N1 pandemic with the CDC
Friday, November 6, 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a US government agency. In an interview with Wikinews, Jeff Dimond, a member of the Division of Media Relations for the CDC, answered a few question regarding the current situation of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. The CDC reported that during week […]
500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Philippine fishermen, volunteers and authorities with dozens of fishing boats have joined hands in guiding back to sea about 500 disorientated melon-headed whales that were stranded in the shallow waters near the mouth of Manila Bay delta in the Bataan Peninsula. The gentle mammals were first spotted swimming back and forth […]
Healthy Foods, Healthy Living
Click Here To Know More About: Student Virtual Health By Robert Corter Do you know that eating the right foods can improve your health? An average person eats three times a day with 2 snacks in between. However, most of the food that comes in the diet are just fillers- food for the stomach, to […]
UK government loses personal information of 25 million people
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected — but not encrypted — computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Washington, Tyne & Wear […]
California lawmaker denies affairs after sexual discussion becomes public
Friday, September 11, 2009 A lawmaker in California who resigned from the California Assembly Wednesday after a videotape with racy comments was leaked says that his “decision to resign is in no way an admission that [he] had an affair or affairs.” Mike Duvall (R–Orange County), who become involved in this scandal earlier this week, […]
Kenya government fires health worker strikers over failure to ‘report back to work’
Saturday, March 10, 2012 The Kenyan government has dismissed 25,000 striking health workers, mostly nurses, citing failure to heed government orders to recommence work and concern for the welfare of hospital patients. Speaking on behalf of the government, Alfred Mutua stated the workers were dismissed “illegally striking” and “[defying] the directive … to report back […]
Application Of Enzymes In Medical Diagnosis
Click Here To Know More About: Radiologic Technologist Salary By State With the development of biotechnology in the modern information age, humans have conducted more and more in-depth research and development on enzymes. Correspondingly, the application of enzymes in medicine has become more and more extensive. Through a review of recent research papers on the […]