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Dominic Chan, WENN.com / Newscom The former actress has the nation’s top book, touting secret cancer cures. But these methods, reports Gerald Posner, may actually increase the disease risk. Specifically, Posner reveals how: Her number one book promotes a regimen that many doctors believe cau (Read More)
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Ack! My Android dev phone 1 is half dead. I have the T-mobile sim card month-to-month plan. I want an HTC hero (or equiv.) but it's not on offer yet, and not unlocked anyway. What to do? I've juiced up the old pay-as-you-go dumb phone while I contemplate my situation. (Read More)
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Mere days after we heard about a legal challenge to a seemingly unlicensed Beatles music store, comes news that the long-defunct band is releasing its entire catalogue on a USB stick.The apple-shaped USB drive will be priced at an eye-watering £200, for which purchasers of the 30,000 limited-edition units will get just 16GB (Read More)
MakeUseOf.com
As some of you may know, if you regularly read MUO, I’m currently in the process of building a really big blog that’s due to launch in December. Last week I sat down and took out the plan I had made for the site to update it. One such section of the plan was monetizing the blog which I’ll be doing in mid-2010 if all goes to (Read More)
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OverviewThe relationship between faith and science in the United States seems, at least on the surface, to be paradoxical. Surveys repeatedly show that most Americans respect science and the benefits it brings to society, such as new technologies and medical treatments. Nevertheless, strong religious convictions can affect (Read More)
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Stuart MacDonald Recommend? (5) The family of Winston Churchill has asked the Church of Scientology to stop using images of the former prime minister in its recruitment literature.The controversial religious organisation has been circulating promotional material to recruit staff in the UK which include (Read More)
Cosmic Variance
Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?A) Yes.B) No.C) Cannot be determined.This is from this month’s Scientific American — article unfortunately costs money. It’s about “dysrationalia,” which is what happens when p (Read More)
Religion News Blog
I knew Scientology was in trouble when the media moved on from the usual silly gossip about its celebrity members to much darker, disturbing issues at the heart of the movement – issues, as I have come personally to understand, that actually matter.Scientology destroys relationshipsScientology destroys friendships, families (Read More)
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“Collision” carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go on the road to exchange blows over the question: “Is Christianity Good for the World?”. (Read More)
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Vanguard Journalism | CurrentTV Vanguard Journalism: Notes from a War on Terror // Current - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka during the final days of the country’s civil war to see how one of the world’s most powerful insurgencies, the Tamil Tigers, was (Read More)
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LSD’s inventor Albert Hofmann called it “medicine for the soul.” The Beatles wrote songs about it. Secret military mind control experiments exploited its hallucinogenic powers. Outlawed in 1966, LSD became a street drug and developed a reputation as the dangerous toy of the counterculture, capable of inspiring either moment (Read More)
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Part 1: The Language of the Universe
Part 2: The Genius of the East
Part 3: The Frontiers of Space
Part 4: To Infinity and Beyond
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