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Sir Andrew Huxley dies at 94; Nobel-winning physiologist
Sir Andrew Huxley, the British researcher who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of how nerve impulses are transmitted through cells, died May 30. He was 94. His death was announced by the University of Cambridge'...Tags: Applied Physics, Science and Technology, Physiology, Biology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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"Prometheus" y "Elena": Retratos sobre la condición humana van del realismo a la ciencia ficción
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Hace tres décadas, Ridley Scott se convirtió en uno de los directores más respetados en el campo de la ciencia ficción al dirigir Alien y Blade Runner, cintas creativas que renovaron el género y se convirtieron en objeto de culto entre...Tags: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie), Charlize Theron, Ridley Scott, Prometheus (movie), Peter O'Toole
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DarwinTunes finds the natural selection in music styles
Pop & HissIn a project called DarwinTunes, two Imperial College London gathered a series of 100 randomly generated noise loops and allowed them to recombine in a process of natural selection, during which time they began to approximate music. August Brown... -
With 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits,' the treasure's in the details
Maniacally inventive and tightly packed, if not overpacked, "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" comes from the Aardman animation folks behind Wallace & Gromit, "Chicken Run" and, more recently, "Arthur Christmas." Their latest may be easier to admire than to...
Tags: Piracy, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Entertainment, Peter Lord, Movies
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Car review: Porsche 911 takes an evolutionary leap
One hundred years from now, when auto historians go all Charles Darwin dissecting the evolution of Porsche's 911 sports car, they may notice a bit of a dogleg in the year 2012.
The car's progress since its inception in 1963 has been carefully modulated....Tags: Car Engine Repair, Porsche, Passenger Cars, Luxury Vehicles, Sports Cars
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Reel Critics: Two for the money
The great stuff of superheroes This could also be called "Cash of the Titans." Featuring many classic Marvel Comics characters and a fun cast, "The Avengers" is the Super Bowl of superheroes. It's nearly 2 ½ hours of wisecracking, overblown annihilation....
Tags: Jeremy Renner, New York City, Susan Lucci, Super Bowl, Scarlett Johansson
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Ben Carson and the evolution-morality debate
Almost 500 Emory University faculty and students have expressed their dismay that their commencement speaker on Monday does not toe the ideological line when it comes to evolutionary biology. Yes — gasp — the renowned Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Neurosurgery, Education, Social Issues, Philosophy, Science and Technology
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US behind curve in accepting evolution science
According to a National Geographic news article from August 2006 (back to that date in a moment), of 34 “western” nations, Turkey was the only country with a smaller percentage of adults who believed in evolution theory than the United States....
Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Science and Technology, Biology, Science, Abraham Lincoln
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En cartelera: The Pirates: Band of Misfits, The Raven
The Pirates: Band of Misfits ***
Aunque quizás los niños puedan divertirse viendo este filme de dibujos animados, quienes no pararán de reír serán sus padres porque la película está repleta de bromas y alusiones que sólo entenderán los adultos.
Basado...Tags: Piracy, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Jane Austen, John Cusack
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Film review: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' is arrrrggg-right
Special to The Herald-MailWhy does our culture treat pirates as kid-friendly characters? They're violent criminals with notoriously bad hygiene. At least classic children's literature such as "Treasure Island" and "Peter Pan" had the decency to portray them as bad guys....Tags: Science and Technology, Imelda Staunton, Entertainment, Peter Pan (movie), Movies
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National Day of Prayer v. National Day of Reason
The Religion WorldReligion News Service writer Kimberly Winston has this story about atheists countering the National Day of Prayer on Wednesday with their own National Day of Reason: As millions of Americans bow their heads Thursday, May 3, for the annual National Day...
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