Could A Club Drug Offer 'Almost Immediate' Relief From Depression?

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:14 AM EST (NPR)

Mental health researchers got interested in ketamine because of reports that it could make depression vanish almost instantly. In contrast, drugs like Prozac take weeks or even months.

health, depression, prozac, ketamine

Here's A Pie In Your Eye: A Brief History Of Food Fights

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:06 AM EST (NPR)

Last week, 500 tacos appeared at the mayor's office in East Haven, Conn. But they weren't intended for a casual luncheon. Instead, this truckload of tacos was meant to be a symbol of discontent.

odd-news, protest, food-fights

Gorillas grin 'to reassure friends'

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:11 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Gorillas bare their teeth in a playful "grin" to reassure one another during play, scientists have discovered. This "flash of teeth" seems to let their playmate know that they do not intend to harm them. The researchers, from the University of Portsmouth, study the facial exp …

environment, gorillas

Uggie the dog to retire, says trainer

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:33 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Uggie, the canine star of Oscar-nominated hit The Artist, is to retire, his trainer has said. Omar von Muller told Life and Style magazine he was hanging up his collar because the 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier was "getting tired". "He may do a couple of little things here …

entertainment, dogs, the-artist, uggie

Testicular zap 'may stop sperm'

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:51 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

A dose of ultrasound to the testicles can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of contraception. A study on rats published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology showed that sound waves could be used to reduce sperm counts to level …

health, contraception, sperm

BBC News - Blood pressure 'should be measured in both arms'

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:47 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine because the difference between left and right arm could indicate underlying health problems, says a study review. The Lancet research found that a large difference could mean an increased risk of vascular disease and deat …

health, blood-pressure

Sea cucumbers may save Great Barrier Reef

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:39 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Tropical sea cucumbers and their faeces could save coral reefs from the harmful impacts of climate change, scientists have found. Scientists at One Tree Island, the University of Sydney’s research station on the Great Barrier Reef, say sea cucumbers reduce the impact of …

environment, coral, sea-cucumbers

Bacterial disguise evades vaccine

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:28 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Some bacteria can evade efforts to vaccinate against them by wearing a new disguise, researchers say. A study, published in Nature Genetics, tracked how pneumococcus bacteria responded to the introduction of a vaccine in the US in 2000. Doctors said the evasion would make som …

health, vaccines

Prince of Wales launches fight to save overexploited oceans from overfishing

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:01 AM EST (Telegraph)

The Prince of Wales is to launch a major international campaign to halt the destruction of the oceans through overfishing. A report to be published this week by one of the Prince's charities, theInternational Sustainability Unit (ISU), will say that fisheries around the w …

environment, fishing

The great EU conjuring trick

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:57 AM EST (Telegraph)

The original players behind the single currency claim astonishing sleights of hand have brought the euro to its knees. ... But it wasn’t the behaviour of the eurozone’s southern members that first plunged the euro into crisis.

history, germany, eurozone

Royal Ballet star breaks silence after storming out

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:43 PM EST (Telegraph)

Sergei Polunin, the gifted dancer who stunned the ballet world by quitting the Royal Ballet, has broken his silence and said he needs time alone to decide about his future.

arts, ballet, sergei-polunin

Barack Obama is trying to make the US a more socialist state

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:18 PM EST (Telegraph)

The ideas the President outlined in the State of the Union are based on the very model that is causing the EU to implode. ... Barack Obama is now putting the United States squarely a decade behind Britain.

politics, obama, economics

Einstein letters about Nazis up for sale

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:54 AM EST ()

Three letters by Albert Einstein to a group that campaigned against the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s will go on the auction block in Los Angeles next week. In one of the letters, the father of relativity praises the Friends of Truth, a Cincinnati-based German-American group, …

history, einstein

Assisted suicide should be illegal throughout Europe, human rights body rules

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:50 AM EST (Telegraph)

Euthanasia and assisted suicide should be banned in every country in the Continent, the Council of Europe has ruled.

health, euthenasia

Libya prisoners make new torture allegations

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:13 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention

world-news, libya

BBC News - Raymond Aubrac: How I tricked the Gestapo

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:15 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

The capture of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin is one of the country's darkest chapters of the war. The last surviving Resistance leader, Raymond Aubrac, recalls that night and the audacious escape that followed.

history, french-resistance

Dengue Fever Cases Surge Worldwide

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:05 PM EST (NPR)

If winter has you daydreaming of a vacation to sunny lands, you might want to consider the risk of dengue fever in your plans. The number of cases of the disease, a severe flu-like illness with excruciating headaches, joint and muscle pain, is soaring, according to an update f …

health, dengue-fever

Beyond Black Beans And Rice: Cuban Chefs Go Modern

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:02 PM EST (NPR)

Ham sandwiches, hot-pressed and gooey with cheese. Neat piles of black beans and rice. Grilled chicken. This is the simple, filling fare served at Cuban restaurants around the world.

entertainment

How the Friends of the Earth lost their focus

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:32 PM EST (Telegraph)

Their critics complain that the environmental activists came to represent 'Interminable meetings, not action'.

environment, friends-of-the-earth

Don't legalise gay marriage, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu warns UK PM David Cameron

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:30 PM EST (Telegraph)

Marriage must remain a union between a man and a woman, says the Archbishop of York, and David Cameron will be acting like a “dictator” if he allows homosexual couples to wed.

religion, gay-marriage

Bill Gates tells school pupils about giving it all away

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:06 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

When a south London secondary school asked for an inspiring guest speaker to talk to their pupils, they didn't expect Bill Gates to turn up. But youngsters at Deptford Green School, gathered in their school hall on Wednesday morning, found themselves being addressed by one of …

education

UK native dog breeds 'at risk of extinction'

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:16 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Native dog breeds such as the English Setter are being pushed towards extinction by the growing popularity of more exotic dogs such as huskies and Chihuahuas, new figures suggest. The setter, once a popular working dog, is one of the country's oldest breeds. But statistics fr …

odd-news, dogs

Fried food 'fine for heart' if cooked with olive oil

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:32 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Eating fried food may not bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts say. They found no heightened risk of heart disease or premature death linked to food that had been cooked in this way. But the investigators stress that their findings, …

health, fats, olive-oil, safflower

Mitt Romney is very rich: Does it matter?

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:39 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Mitt Romney pays a lot more than most Americans in tax, but he also pays proportionally a lot less. He paid more than $6m (£3.8m) over two years at a rate of just under 14%.

politics, mitt-romney, tax

Exporter Japan eyes first trade deficit in 3 decades

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:46 AM EST (Reuters)

Japan probably produced its first trade deficit last year in more than three decades as energy imports surged to cover for the loss of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, a major blow to an economy built on its exports prowess. For decades Japan used an exports-ori …

business, japan, trade

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hello Richard,
another news from germany:
Bavaria: Cultivation of Monsanto GM maize now withdrawn
This year should be cultivated in Bavaria 123 hectares with Monsanto GM maize. Because of the massive protests by beekeepers, farmers and consumers the Bavarian-GM maize growers had must stop now: About 90 % of the originally reported areas were now withdrawn. The Environmental Institute Munich demands: Complete stop growing GM maize for Bavaria!

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