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Few Americans make end-of-life wishes knownFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend at her side and included occasional shots of her favorite whiskey, Canadian Mist.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Thursday, November 12, 2009Searching for Greener Gadgets: How to Size Up Energy Efficiency in Household AppliancesDear EarthTalk: I am considering upgrading some older appliances in my home. Where can I find information on which models are the most energy efficient? --Jonathan Duda, Olivebridge, NY [More]
Scientific American Thursday, November 12, 2009Opinion: The white, green and black of energyFor a sustainable energy future we need aggressive energy efficiency, a permanent shift to renewables and strategic use of fossil fuels, writes Vikki McLeod.
Science Alert Thursday, November 12, 2009Why are we seeing an epidemic of short-sightedness?Increasing numbers of children are suffering from myopia. One sufferer looks for the reasons behind itThe day the optician told me I needed glasses, I burst into tears. I was 10 years old - gawky, bookish, rubbish at sport - and the chalk-marks on the school blackboard were looking increasingly blurry. Now, the optician said, I'd be able to see again - but only by attaching to my head what looked like an instrument of torture designed to extract the maximum potential for teasing. With their thick curved lenses and speckled green frames, my first glasses looked like something Timmy Mallett would wear. And that was definitely not a good thing.Now, it seems, increasing numbers of children and teenagers are sharing my pain. Over the last couple of decades, there's been a massive surge in short-sightedness in young people around the world (the condition is usually diagnosed in teenagers). According to New Scientist, 80% of young adults now need glasses in Asian countries such as Singapor
Guardian Thursday, November 12, 2009Awed and Depressed by a Health Care BillHouse lawmakers are doing just enough to control costs to be able to say they made an effort.
Bioethics.net Thursday, November 12, 2009Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleadingAnalysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents showed.
Bioethics.net Thursday, November 12, 2009Minnesota rolls out H1N1 vaccine with careMinnesota's program for handing out H1N1 flu shots may cause frustration, but some say state is doing better than most.
Bioethics.net Thursday, November 12, 20092012 fears are down for Maya 'Long Count' calendarFears about the year 2012 rest on just one of at least three Maya calendar systems unearthed by scholars, the "Long Count."
USATODAY Thursday, November 12, 2009Drought resistant wheatHow researchers are helping to protect Australia’s food supply against climate
change.
Science Alert Thursday, November 12, 2009Feature: Drought resistant wheatHow researchers are helping to protect Australia’s food supply against climate
change.
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