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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Team Ousts Race Leader Rasmussen from Tour De France
July 27, 2007 – 11:14 pm
From ESPN.
GOURETTE, France — One of its biggest stars is already gone, and now so is the leader of the Tour de France.
Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning Wednesday’s stage, a day after Alexandre Vinokourov and his team withdrew when the star cyclist tested positive for a banned [...]
How will an Open-Access System Improve Scientific Research?
July 26, 2007 – 1:28 pm
From Popular Science.
As science has become increasingly complex and interconnected, even the smallest a-ha instance demands that researchers spend the bulk of their time on grunt work—combing through relevant journal articles that are poorly annotated, begging colleagues for necessary materials (a biologist may need specific cell lines, for instance), and tracking down data sets. As [...]
The Deathly Hallows and The Tale of The Three Brothers
July 22, 2007 – 5:14 pm
Wikipedia Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has a detailed summary.
.. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They [...]
Coley’s Cancer-Killing Concoction
July 22, 2007 – 12:14 am
From DamnInteresting.com.
Dr. William Coley (1862–1936) was an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher, pioneer of cancer immunotherapy. He developed a treatment based on provoking an immune response to bacteria.
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Coley’s discovery, as it turns out, was actually a re-discovery. The idea of a link between acute infection and the resolution of tumours was not new, and [...]
Colorful And Beautiful Birds
July 18, 2007 – 12:12 am
From A Collection of 18 Beautiful Birds & Their Color Palettes.
Related: Colorful And Beautiful Butterflies.