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LOS ANGELES TIMES News, Apr 06, 2012

Magic Johnson's pride of Dodgers ownership
Los Angeles Times
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / April 5, 2012) By Bill Plaschke SAN DIEGO — It was the day Magic Johnson flew again. "When Dee Gordon ran all the way to third on that dropped fly ball, I was so excited, I swear, I jumped completely out of my seat," ...
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Los Angeles Times
Kings fall to Sharks but still clinch playoff berth
Boston Herald
By Helene Elliott / Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Nothing has come easily for the Los Angeles Kings this season, and their battle will continue through their finale on Saturday. They clinched a playoff berth on Thursday thanks to a loss by the ...
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Villaraigosa says city attorney's office gave fire agency bad advice
Los Angeles Times
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times / March 13, 2012) By Kate Linthicum, Robert J. Lopez and Ben Welsh, Los Angeles Times In a new escalation of the controversy over Los Angeles Fire Department response times, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's top lawyer ...
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Calif. sheriff's official under investigation over alleged trip to golf course ...
Washington Post
Jeff Donahue is under investigation for allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate, the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/I3VzLr ) reported. Donahue, who heads the sheriff's force at Avalon that polices California's Catalina, ...
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Sheriff's official took inmate on golf outing, deputy says
CBS News
Jeff Donahue is under investigation for allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate, the Los Angeles Timesreported. Donahue, who heads the sheriff's force at Avalon that polices California's Catalina, nearby islands and waters, ...
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CBS News
Clippers bounce back, beat Kings
Boston Herald
By Broderick Turner / Los Angeles Times It was a game to see how they would respond after losing a tough game to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. It was a game to see how the Clippers would respond to playing a Sacramento Kings team that has ...
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Football stadium plan bets many fans would leave cars at home
Los Angeles Times
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / April 5, 2012) By David Zahniser and Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times The developer of a proposed downtown football stadium is counting on a dramatic change in the behavior of LA sports fans, releasing a report ...
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Los Angeles Times
LA sheriff's captain allegedly took inmate out to play golf
abc7.com
Carrillo told the Los Angeles Times that the captain escorted him in a patrol Jeep to a hilltop golf course where Carrillo gave him pointers to reduce a double-digit handicap last summer. The golf outing proved divisive among deputies at the station.
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Environmentalists feeling burned by rush to build solar projects
Los Angeles Times
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / March 20, 2012) By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times AMARGOSA VALLEY, Calif. — April Sall gazed out at the Mojave Desert flashing past the car window and unreeled a story of frustration and backroom dealings.
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Olbermann's $70 million suit accuses Current TV of blackmail
Kingsport Times News
By By Scott Collins,Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES _ Keith Olbermann isn't mincing words in his $70 million lawsuit against Current TV. Dumped last week by the upstart cable network, Olbermann let loose with a verbal barrage against co-founders Al ...
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Not-so-fresh start: Magic takes in Dodgers' opener with McCourt
Los Angeles Times
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / April 5, 2012) By TJ Simers SAN DIEGO — I thought it was the start to a new Dodgers era: The Dodgers winning and everyone happy. Or the Dodgers losing, Magic smiling and everyone still feeling better.
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Los Angeles Times
Olbermann minces no words in lawsuit against Current TV
Los Angeles Times
(Charles Sykes / Associated Press / October 24, 2011) By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times Dumped last week by the upstart cable network, Olbermann let loose a verbal barrage against co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in a 43-page legal complaint for ...
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LA NFL stadium developer releases impact plan
Albany Times Union
Leiweke told the Los Angeles Times that Anschutz is ready to write a check for both the downtown stadium and a team as long as he can get a "reasonable" deal out of the football league. Reports, including one from Yahoo sports, said the NFL was unhappy ...
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Kemp, bullpen pick up slack as Dodgers beat Padres on opening day
The Republic
By Dylan Hernandez Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO — Jamey Wright was sitting in the visiting clubhouse at Petco Park before the Los Angeles Dodgers' season opener when utilityman Adam Kennedy told the reliever to start stretching.
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Dodgers' opening-day payroll close to last season's
Los Angeles Times
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / July 10, 2011) By Dylan Hernandez SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers' opening-day payroll was only slightly less than it was last season. The 25 players on the active roster will be paid $77031500, according to union ...
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Los Angeles Times
San Jose Sharks' Ryane Clowe breaks up Kings' late potential scoring threat ...
Contra Costa Times
"I knew it was from the bench, for sure," Stoll told the Los Angeles Times. "I knew there was a guy behind me and he was maybe a couple strides behind me. I knew that. I knew it definitely came from their bench ... I knew right away.
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So-called knock-knock burglars targeting affluent neighborhoods
Los Angeles Times
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times Since the fall, the so-called knock-knock burglars have targeted affluent neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, the Hollywood Hills and...
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Los Angeles Times
Trade Tech College foundation's former chairman quits board
Los Angeles Times
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times The embattled former chairman of a foundation at Los Angeles Trade Technical College that has come under scrutiny over its executive director's lavish perks and spending resigned from the board Thursday, with parting ...
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Los Angeles Lawmakers Advance Single-Use Bag Ban
Environment News Service
The "Los Angeles Times" editorial staff has come out in favor of a ban, writing on Wednesday, "LA's delay in banning single-use, carry-out plastic bags has put it behind dozens of other municipalities in the state. With a recycling rate of only 5%, ...
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Environment News Service
LA sheriff's captain probed over inmate golf trip
Sacramento Bee
Frank Carrillo, a former golf pro, tells the Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/I3VzLr) that he was a trusty at the Catalina Island jail last summer when Capt. Jeff Donahue took him to a course. Carrillo says they worked on improving the captain's swing ...
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Getting ads on wheels to keep moving
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles Times / April 5, 2012) The Los Angeles City Council has been calling for a crackdown on mobile billboards — those big signs that companies drag around on trailers and then leave on city streets for hours, ...
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Bill Plaschke: Magic Johnson is the Dodgers' new face, voice
Bellingham Herald
By BILL PLASCHKE - Los Angeles Times "When Dee Gordon ran all the way to third on that dropped fly ball, I was so excited, I swear, I jumped completely out of my seat," he said. It was the day Magic Johnson dished again. "The Dodgers have their Kobe, ...
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Friday Travel Ticker: Talk about a ski deal
Los Angeles Times
By Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Willis told county leaders that he is willing to donate the Soldier Mountain ski ...
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Villaraigosa aide blasts city attorney over LAFD response data
Los Angeles Times
And in an unusual step, he encouraged outside parties -- including the Los Angeles Times -- to sue to gain access to information being denied by the department. "We refuse ... to let the City -- and the public -- be held hostage this way," Currey wrote ...
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Houston drowned in scalding hot water, coroner says
College Times
By Andrew Blankstein and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The coroner's investigation into the death of Whitney Houston came to a close Wednesday with a final autopsy report that described the singer submerged face-down in hot water in the ...
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Fashion News: JLo sports huge diamond; Decades inspires TV ...
By Susan Denley
[Los Angeles Times]. J.C. Penney's reinvention of itself means lower prices for consumers. But the retailer is also cutting back, laying off about 900 employees nationwide. [WWD] (Subscription required.) Paul Marciano of Guess jeans spent ...
All The Rage
The Scoop: OWN announces new series, Ryan Gosling saves the ...
By onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph)
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT). Enlarge ... But because no good deed goes uncritiqued, later Tuesday via Gawker we heard more from Penny, who pointed out that there are more important heroes than “The Notebook” actor not to mention more important news: “The real heroes I've met in America are risking everything to make sure that the United States doesn't slide further into inequality and violence whilst everyone is distracted by the doings of celebrities.” ...
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South Korea is center stage, By Arthur I. Cyr | NK News
By admin
It is the oldest independent newspaper in Korea. Its articles are published in 160 countries and it has republishing rights for Los Angeles Times and New York Times articles. The Korea Times has benefited from the successful incorporation of ...
NK News
Charles Manson says he won't attend his own parole hearing ...
By Shelby Grad
L.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times' breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced by more than 80 reporters and editors in The Times' Metro section, reporting from the paper's downtown Los Angeles headquarters as well as ...
L.A. NOW
Energy and Environment News Roundup - Marcacci Communications
By silvio
As Brazil absorbs US ethanol, it's also a source (via Midwest Energy News). US airports are sitting on a biofuel goldmine (via CleanTechnica). Environmentalists feeling burned by rush to build solar projects (via Los Angeles Times) ...
Marcacci Communications
Marine Corps lawyers urge that sergeant be booted over Obama ...
Los Angeles Times. Published: April 6, 2012. Gary Stein. Marine Sgt. Gary Stein. Courtesy of Gary Stein. CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine lawyers Thursday urged that a sergeant be booted out of the Marine Corps for having made “ contemptuous” comments about President Barack Obama that are “prejudicial to ... This week's column is based on a conversation about Stripes with a former newspaper colleague, not long back from Afghanistan with his Army National Guard unit.
Stars and Stripes
MTV's 'Savage' Schoolyard | Right Wing News
By Brent Bozell
Search. Right Wing News ... Savage explained to the Los Angeles Times that, “The idea is we're going to talk to these kids whether the parents want us to or not…It is an aggressive act. It's not just feel-good, wishy-washy nonsense.” In other ...
Right Wing News
Please Welcome Jay Fernandez, Indiewire's Awesome New Senior ...
By Dana Harris
In addition to writing freelance pieces for outlets including Entertainment Weekly, Premiere and Variety, he also spent two years at the Los Angeles Times with his column "Scriptland," which delved deeply into the world of screenwriting, including ... to New York this summer to join our East Coast team that includes Eric Kohn, Nigel Smith and Bryce Renninger, with Peter Knegt in Montreal. His start date is April 23; expect to see him make his debut during the Tribeca Film Festival. News ...
Indiewire
Lady Gaga Surpasses 20 Million Followers On Twitter | Popular ...
By brizzy
Popular Video And Miami Celebrity News. Popular Video And ... He is, but, a far more prolific tweeter than Gaga; the Los Angeles Times notes that he has sent out 10 times as many tweets as the “Born This Way” diva. Gaga also enjoys a...
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CSU Explores Charging More For High-Demand Classes | KQED ...
By Jon Brooks
April 6, 2012, 8:09 am • Posted by KQED News Staff · Comments ... California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott has questioned the legality of the college's plan and has asked trustees to put it on hold, the Los Angeles Timesreports.
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HIV among black women in 6 cities far exceeds ... - Los Angeles Times
African American women in six U.S. cities are becoming infected with HIV at a rate five times the national average, a study finds. The cities are Baltimore; Atlanta; ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-na-hiv-women-20120401,0,5429222.s...
Santorum: Cursing at reporter shows I'm a 'real Republican' - Los...
Speaking on Fox News Channel this morning, Santorum claimed he was being harassed when ...
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Justices signal possible trouble ahead for health insurance mandate ...
March 27, 2010. MORE STORIES ABOUT. Health Insurance; Conservative Justices · Los Angeles Times Articles. Copyright 2012 Los Angeles Times. Terms of ...
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker steers clear of Romney, Santorum ...
Scott Walker makes remarks to the news media after a meeting of the. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker makes remarks to the news media after a meeting…
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Pictures in the News | April 2, 2012 - Framework - Los Angeles Times
Today's Pictures in the News begin with the continuing trials and tribulations of actress Lindsay Lohan as she is charged in Los Angeles with one count of felony ...
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L.A.'s Purple Line subway plan is bad news for the arts - Los ...
It's hardly where you'd expect to find such news, but an environmental ... L.A.'s Purple Line subway plan is bad news for the arts .... Los Angeles TimesArticles ...
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GOP primary: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney ...
March 28, 2012|By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times ... to win the nomination is to have a floor fight in Tampa in August," Rubio told Fox News' Sean Hannity.
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Tech firms' data gathering worries most ... - Los Angeles Times
The vast majority of Californians in a USC Dornsife/Times poll worry about collection of personal data by Internet and smartphone companies such as Google, ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-fi-privacy-poll-20120331,0,2763981.s...
Sheriff' s captain took inmate on golf outing ... - Los Angeles Times
A pro golfer turned jewel thief was escorted from the Catalina Island jail to a golf course, where he gave the captain pointers, the deputy and the former inmate...
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-inmate-golf-20120405,0,3542308...
Gunman opens fire at small Christian college in ... - Los Angeles Times
Authorities and witnesses described the suspect, identified as 43-year-old One L. Goh, as calmly spraying bullets around the classroom of Oikos University on...
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-oakland-college-shooting-2012040...
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ABC News, Australia, Apr 06, 2012

ABC counsels staff over website errors
The Australian
ABC staff have been counselled after an internal investigation into a coal-seam gas website on ABC News Online found they had made "errors of judgment" in presenting misleading information. But the investigation, launched after a complaint from the ...
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN News, Apr 06 , 2012


Anthropologists love Scientific American
Scientific American (blog)
By Bora Zivkovic | April 2, 2012 | 1 In its 166+ year history, Scientific American has changed and evolved in different directions many times. There were periods when it was a densely-packed, jargony, almost unreadable publication aiming for a small ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Routine Mammograms Lead to Overdiagnosis of Breast Cancer
Scientific American (blog)
By Katherine Harmon | April 2, 2012 | 1 Breast cancer kills nearly 40000 women in the US each year—a figure that has been in slow decline in the past two decades, despite (and in part thanks to) improved screeningtechnology and an increase in ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Programmable Nanomedicine Cancer Treatment Shrinks Human Tumors
Scientific American (blog)
Scientists have spent the past few decades tinkering with nanopaticles, and recently they have been able to cover them with cancer-seeking proteins and load them with a tumor-busting drug. But these tiny particles, hundreds of which could fit across ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Science lecture for the 12 Days of Earth Day
The Cannon Beach Gazette
He has also been published in popular magazines such as Scientific American MIND, Archaeology Magazine, South American Explorer, Spaceflight, Skeptical Inquirer, The Next Step, and The Bulletin of Primitive Technology. Smith will also be discussing his...
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Scientists Find Post-Tsunami Radiation in Sea Kelp, Seek to Expand Research
NBC Los Angeles
By Melissa Pamer Giant kelp off Southern California --such as the plants displayed here from the California Science Center -- were found to harbor radioactive iodine after Japan's nuclear disaster. Two scientists who found radiation in sea kelp along ...
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Learn Effective Communication Strategies At Stakeholders Summit
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
His book FOOL ME TWICE: Fighting the Assault on Science in America was published in October 2011. Otto's work has appeared in publications include Rolling Stone,Science, Salon, Huffington Post, New Scientist, and Scientific American.
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Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association Announces Dates for Life ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... the firm(eqnx:)s services to clients in the biotechnology/life sciences/hightechnology/manufacturing industries worldwide. In 2002, he was recognized as the biotech investment visionary of the year by the prestigious Scientific Americanmagazine.
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For the 5th Anniversary of Virginia Tech's Massacre: Talk With Vook, Inc ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In her new Vook, Inc. book MURDERS MOST FOUL: And the School Shooters in Our Midst, science and psychology journalist Rebecca Coffey reports that slaughter-style killings have hit America's schools and universities hard since 1927.
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NY Times contributor David Pogue to speak at OU Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma Daily
by Hillary McLain | April 6, 2012 | 0 comments A New York Times and Scientific American contributor will visit the OU Health Sciences Center to speak about medicaltechnologies at 6:30 pm Wednesday. David Pogue will deliver a lecture entitled ...
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Electrical Shocks to Brain Accelerate Learning
Marketwire (press release)
Recently published in professional journals Nature, Scientific American and Experimental Brain Research, TDCS facilitated training is being developed in partnership with the Department of Defense and US Air Force to improve the complex skills necessary ...
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What Can an Octopus Teach Us About National Security? A Q&A with Ecologist ...
Scientific American (blog)
By Katherine Harmon | April 5, 2012 | Octopuses possess camouflage abilities that put some of our military's best high-tech efforts to shame. And their flexible, intelligent arms are the envy of roboticists and artificial intelligence engineers ...
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Will Future Smart Home Remind Us To Take Our Meds?
EarthTechling
That's what Washington State University professor Diane Cook writes in a new article inScientific American magazine. Cook says that soon sensors and software will be used in the home, acting as “intelligent agents” that can help improve our health and ...
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Cooking: The 1-Million-Year-Old Technology
The Atlantic
Kate Wong explains at Scientific American: Berna's team obtained blocks of sediment from a layer in the cave that contains stone tools made in the so-called Acheulean tradition, which is believed to have originated with the early human ancestor Homo ...
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Study Identifies Genes Linked to PTSD
UC Los Angeles
Scientific American reported Friday on a study led by James Liao, the Chancellor's Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, demonstrating for the first time a method for ...
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Christof Koch on Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness
Scientific American (blog)
I emailed Koch—who is still at Caltech and is also the chief scientific officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which recently launched a major new initiative —with questions about his book and career. Horgan: You seem to have written your ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Clouds Over the Solar Industry in Britain [Guest Post]
Scientific American (blog)
About the Author: George Musser is a senior editor at Scientific American. His primary focus is space science, ranging from particles to planets to parallel universes. Musser completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering and ...
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Scientific American (blog)
The Trouble with Gerrold: A loaded magazine
SDTimes.com
And, of course, I loved reading about real science and nature, so pretty soon I was picking up copies of Discover, Scientific American, Science, New Scientist, National Geographic, Omni, Wired, even Popular Science. During the golden age of computer ...
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Prosperous property
Youngstown Vindicator
Peterson acknowledges that none of it would have happened without careful foresight and planning and, most of all, good science. Stacks of journals, and magazines such as Popular Mechanics and Scientific American line the home.
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Celestial Eye Goldfish: “Image of the Week” at Scientific American ...
By emilydamstra
Occasional news related to my natural science illustration. Home · About ... My colored pencil illustration of a Celestial Eye Goldfish is the 'Image of the Week” at Scientific American Blogs, thanks to science artist and blogger Glendon Mellow who quoted me and included the image (with my permission) in his recent Scientific American blog post “How Do Artists Protect Their Work Online?” Thank-you, Glendon! My goldfish image is an example of my attempts to prevent copyright ...
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Scientific American - April 2012 » Download magazine free ...
Scientific American (informally abbreviated to SciAm) is a popular science magazine published since August 28, 1845, which according to the magazine makes ...
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What's this about homeopathy in Scientific American Brasil ...
About Doubtful News ... Harriet Hall relates a story on Science Based Medicine: ... If this is what passes for science in Scientific American, the magazine is a ...
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Ancient Human Had Feet Like an Ape - Scientific American | e ...
Tell your friends. Get science news via. Astronomy ... Read the whole article onScientific American · More from ... from CBC: Technology & Science. Wed, 28 Mar...
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What's this about homeopathy in Scientific American Brasil?
Scientific American Declares Homeopathy Indispensable to Planet and Human Health Harriet Hall relates a story on Science Based Medicine: I recently received an e-mail from one of SBM's readers in Brazil, ... Got a timely news story to add?
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Struggling Young Readers Like Kindles: Scientific American Podcast
Article Source: Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American.technology, kindle, ereaders, improves-reading-ability. Seeded by Susan Anthony ...
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Science-Based Medicine » Scientific American Declares ...
If this is what passes for science in Scientific American, the magazine is a ..... Case in point: MRI technology exists because of quantum mechanics. It's the ...
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