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Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

...t times of the year. Last weekend saw 1,000 people turn out in Athens, and about 400,000 in Berlin, while Stockholm, home to Europride 2008, has its event on August 4....

Asian Workers Race Against Clock to Avoid Prison

...ies. 'Around 300 Indians in an illegal situation turn up each day to the 'Indian High School' where volunteers from various Indian states are working to help their compatriots, who are mainly illiterate, to complete forms to pass to the Immigration Department,' Minafi Ghandi, a volunteer, told AFP. As...

A Lucky Number? 7/7/07

...l French wedding planning company. "We have had to turn down at least 40 couples for this date," she added. Would-be couples who organised too late can always try their luck in a casino or buying a lottery ticket instead, however. In casinos, where 777 wins the jackpot on one-armed bandits, managers a...

Male Pheromones Build Brain Cells in Female Mice

... subconscious whiff of an alpha-male's urine could turn a woman's head. "Olfaction is a subtle and underappreciated sense. Maybe we've underestimated its importance," says Weiss....

Hoarding can Endanger Lives, Says New Study

...old magazine because they haven't yet read it, can turn into a whole big mess. They have a hard time moving from the particular to the general," Hart added. Well-meaning family and friends may try to help by clearing all the clutter away from the hoarder's home-a temporary solution at best. Without ment...

This is How We Learn from Our Past Mistakes

... example not realising that in the States cars can turn right on a red light. The next time we're driving out there and see a red light, this early warning signal will immediately alert us to our previous mistake to prevent us from repeating it," said Professor Wills. The study is published in the Journ...

Only One Percent Dads Do Diaper Duty

...the couple to grow close. "While some men might turn their noses up at changing nappies, it's a great opportunity for bonding," the Scotsman quoted Stoppard, as saying. "Suggest your partner tries tickling your baby's tummy, singing a song to keep her happy or trying to make him smile through the cha...

Motion Analysis Helps Teen With Cerebral Palsy Regain Ability to Walk

...y, we are able to monitor how and when the muscles turn on and off during the act of walking. This all translates into a thorough understanding of how we can properly and accurately treat a patient who suffers from mobility issues, Dr. Scher noted. By focusing on the trunk, pelvis, hips, knees and ankle...

Brain Signal Prevents Us from Repeating Mistakes

... example not realising that in the States cars can turn right on a red light. The next time were driving out there and see a red light, this early warning signal will immediately alert us to our previous mistake to prevent us from repeating it....

NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions

...ion success, it sounds good, but it doesn't really turn out to be necessarily the way decisions always will be made.' For now, astronauts and cosmonauts who become critically sick or injured at the international space station - something that has never happened - can leave the orbiting outpost 220 miles...

Day Care Centres Possibly Give Rise to More Infection, an Australian Study

...stralian are succumbing to infections. And that in turn could be linked to the fact more and more parents fall back on the day care centres. The survey of the medical records of 270,000 West Australian children found infectious diseases were the most common cause for hospitalization of children under ...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

...tions and results - for example, when a high-speed turn into a curve results in an accident, or gets the driver arrested. "Direct experiences contribute more to our learning than reports or projections," Spada said. Another example of the short-term versus long-term effect is smoking. "Everyone knows ...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

...aves lamin A stuck to its guide molecule, which in turn is stuck in the nuclear membrane. Scientists believe this misplacement causes progeria; under the microscope, it leads to visible distortions in the structure of cell nuclei. By studying the mutations that killed the two infants, Miner and his coll...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

...rs lab. At the molecular level, elevating NAD to turn on Sir2 actually enables the yeast to silence genes that are not supposed to be expressed. In any organism, not all genes are on at once; in yeast, there are sets of genes that Sir2 normally represses. We showed that that we could improve Sir2-depe...

Sexciting Car Wash Makes Herby Go Bananas!

...restrictions are not violated. This car wash may turn out to a wholly clean affair, after all!...

Researchers To Test Whether ADHD Medication Helps Young Adults While Driving

...river beckon, she may not resist the temptation to turn up the dial or take a call while maneuvering in traffic. Such distractions could lead to a car crash, especially for young drivers with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As a group, young ADHD drivers are two to four times more lik...

Pain and Intensity Of Post-stroke Spasticity Decreased by Botox Treatment

... without treatment-limiting side effects, which in turn improves the ability of stroke patients to perform such essential activities of daily living as dressing themselves, maintaining good personal hygiene, and reaching for and grasping everyday objects. This is the largest long-term study to evaluate ...

Experts Call for Warning Lables on Fruit Juice to Save Kids' Teeth

...care . Certainly not in Australia. Many children turn up requiring as many as 20 fillings and extractions, dentists in that country say. In the most severe cases, pediatric dentists are being left with no option but to remove all 20 baby teeth. "It's a tragedy when we see this, but it's not unusua...

Disease Outbreak Claims Trout From Idaho Hatchery

...kin. As their attack intensifies, fish "flash," or turn on their sides as they try to scrape off the bugs.The fish become lethargic and eventually die. In the end, the parasites become so numerous on an infected fish's gills that it simply smothers them. In addition to the outbreaks in Nampa, a sudden t...

Cancer Cells Reprogram Energy Needs To Grow And Spread

...und that cancer cells can reprogram themselves to turn down their own energy-making machinery and use less oxygen, and that these changes might help cancer cells survive and spread. The Hopkins scientists report that the loss of a single gene in kidney cancer cells causes them to stop making mitochondr...

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