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Monthly Archives: June 2008

2,500-year-old artifact returned to Egypt

Egypt said Monday that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh’s tomb.

Rome zoo animals get ice pops to fend off heat

A macaque of the Bioparco zoo in Rome eats frozen fruit to fight the high temperatures of the Italian summer on June 30, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ Tiziana Fabi (Photo credit should read TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images)A Roman zoo is feeding its animals a daily treat of frozen fruits to help them cope with the hottest early summer temperatures in 20 years.

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YouTube ranter’s estranged hubby is ‘mortified’

The wife of a major theater operator talks about her bitter divorce battle on YouTube. MSNBC's Contessa Brewer talks with family law attorney Bonnie Rabin. (MSNBC)A Broadway producer whose wife found YouTube fame after posting monologues about their failed, high-society marriage described himself in court on Friday as “mortified” and “violated” by the experience.

Device puts steering at the tip of the tongue

A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

How does Mars taste? Salty, reports lander

This photo released by NASA shows four Wet Chemistry Laboratory units, part of the microscopy, electrochemistry and conductivity analyzer, instrument on board the Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 4, 2007, before the Phoenix was launched into space. The Phoenix lander's first taste test of soil near Mars' north pole reveals a briny environment similar to what can be found in backyards on Earth, scientists said Thursday.  The Phoenix lander’s first taste test of soil near Mars’ north pole reveals a briny environment similar to what can be found in backyards on Earth, scientists said Thursday.

Want scientific immortality? Name a sea worm

Jeff Goodhartz holds an image of a new species of Belize Featherworm while sitting in a science classroom at Granite Hills High School, where he is currently teaching, in El Cajon, Calif., on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Goodhartz bought the naming rights for the worm from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which unveiled its name-a-species program earlier this year. This modern twist on taxonomy is a way to raise research money, and many groups have been doing it. Jeff Goodhartz is single and has no children. But he wanted to ensure the family name would live on after he’s gone.

Listen up iTunes — Rhapsody ready to rumble

Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple’s iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

OnExamination’s UKCAT practice course offers July discount Online course helps p

OnExamination's UKCAT practice course offers July discount Online course helps pupils get into medical school

Cardiff, UK, 30th June 2008 - OnExamination, part of the BMJ group, today announced a July special offer to schools, which will allow their si…

Jasper Wireless Enables Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare to Deliver Wireless eDia

Jasper Wireless Enables Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare to Deliver Wireless eDiary Solution for Clinical Drug Trial

eDiary Transmits Data from  Hemophiliac Patients to a Global Database Accessible by Research Study Teams

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — June 30, 20…