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Playboy to censor iPad app to please Apple

August 13th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

The adult magazine run by Hugh Heffner, has agreed to remove all risque content from its iPad app in order to avoid breaching Apple’s strict anti-obscenity rules, a media report said on Friday.
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New drug shows promise against ovarian and breast cancer

August 13th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

An international consortium of researchers has shown that an investigational drug, Olaparib, can reduce the size of tumors in women with advanced hereditary ovarian cancer with BRCA gene mutations.
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Men and women adopt suicidal behaviours expected within cultures

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In US, men and women adopt suicidal tendencies that are expected of them within their cultures, according to a psychologist.
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Fermi makes ’shocking’ discovery of gamma rays coming from a nova

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A nova is a sudden, short-lived brightening of an otherwise inconspicuous star. The outburst occurs when a white dwarf in a binary system erupts in an enormous thermonuclear explosion.
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Nano-hairpin probe successfully measures electrical activity of cells

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The most common device currently used to record electrical signals within neurons and other cells is made from a micrometre-scale glass pipette containing an electrode.
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New species of monkey with red, bushy beard found in Amazon rainforest

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A new species of monkey with a red, bushy beard has been discovered in the Colombian section of the Amazon rain forest, say conservationists.
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Houseplant could cut office sickness rates

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The humble houseplant has the potential to cut office sickness rates and boost productivity – if workers remember to water them, suggests a new report.
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Elevated heart rate over time linked to death risk

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The study suggested that tracking heart rate over time can provide a profoundly simple and important marker of health issues that could become lethal but which also might be prevented with diagnosis and treatment.
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BlackBerry talks of ‘access’ with riders

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RIM maintained that “RIM truly has no ability to provide its customers’ encryption keys”, and that “there are no special deals for specific countries”.
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