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University of Michigan News Service – Nano-breakthrough: Solving the case of the herringbone crystal
Leading nanoscientists created beautiful, tiled patterns with flat nanocrystals, but they were left with a mystery: Why did some sets of crystals arrange themselves in an alternating, herringbone styl Original post on umich.edu Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – WHO says new coronavirus may be passed person to person
The World Health Organization warns that it appears Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Megaupload Launches Frontal Attack on White House Corruption
Megaupload’s legal team are not restricting their fight with the U.S. Government only to the courts. Today they published a detailed white paper accusing the White House of selling out to corporate interests, particularly Hollywood. “The message is clear. The White House is for sale. More and more of our rights are eroding away to protect the interests of large corporations and their billionaire shareholders,” Dotcom summarizes. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Pro-Business Decisions Are Defining This Supreme Court
A new analysis finds the current Supreme Court to be by far the most pro-business of any since World War II. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case
The U.S. Government has just submitted its objections to Megaupload’s motion to dismiss the case against the company. Megaupload’s lawyers have pointed out that the Department of Justice is trying to change the law to legitimize the destruction of Megaupload. However, the Government refutes this assertion and asks the court to deny Megaupload’s motion, fearing that otherwise the entire case may fall apart. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Could India’s polio eradication success story be a model for its other health issues?
A large, unprecedentedly coordinated campaign in India has eradicated polio. If no new cases are recorded by the end of this year, India will be officially considered polio-free. Original post on csmonitor.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Bhutto murder-case prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad
Gunmen kill one of Pakistan’s top prosecutors who was investigating Benazir Bhutto’s murder and the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Mindscapes: The woman who can’t recognise her face – health – 02 May 2013
Heather Sellers has one of the worst cases of prosopagnosia ever recorded. She can’t recognise any face – even her own – so she uses gait to Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Social media helping lead investigators to deadbeat parents – News
A WISN 12 News investigation uncovers evidence of deadbeat parents flaunting their wealth while their children go without. Original post on themilwaukeechannel.com Comments on reddit.com
Chernobyl death toll: How many cancer cases are caused by low-level radiation?
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, experts predicted as many as 40,000 extra cancer deaths from the radiation spewed onto parts of what was then the Soviet Union. Friday is the 27th anniversary of the disaster. How many people has Chernobyl killed so far? We’ll probably never know…. Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China Original post on nejm.org Comments on reddit.com
China confirms 102 H7N9 cases, 20 deaths – Xinhua – English.news.cn
Muslim gang-rapes across Europe under-reported in press
High profile-gang rapes in India have been in the headlines since December. The phenomenon is growing across Europe too, but tends to be under reported due to the high incidence of Muslim perpetrators which makes it politically incorrect to mention. Original post on digitaljournal.com Comments on reddit.com
NBC News Beats The Competition, Is First To Report Correctly That No Arrest Made In Boston Bombing Case
Amid a frenzy of reporting on Wednesday that a suspect had been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing case, NBC News stood out as the only network reporting that no arrest had been made. In the face of increasing evidence that they were incorrect, NBC News stuck to their guns and insisted that there had been no arrest. Within minutes, it became clear that NBC News was the only network to get the story right – no arrest had been made in the Boston bombing case. Original post on mediaite.com Comments on reddit.com
Ordinary Skin Cells Morphed into Functional Brain Cells
Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin disorders. This discovery appears today in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Original post on newswise.com Comments on reddit.com
Former Wheatland hog farm employees convicted of animal abuse
Five former Wyoming Premium Farms employees were each placed on six months’ probation after they were convicted on multiple counts of cruelty to animals. Original post on gazette.com Comments on reddit.com
Atos told incontinent woman to ‘wear nappy’: Firm condemned by MPs for pressuring sick and disabled into returning to work – Home News – UK
Thousands of sick or disabled people have died after undergoing assessments to find out whether they were fit to work, the House of Commons was told today. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
WHO urges calm over China bird flu outbreak – Asia-Pacific
UN health body says now is Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Hagel to ask Congress to end commanders’ power to overturn jury verdicts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Monday he would ask Congress to change U.S. military law to eliminate the power of senior commanders to alter courts martial verdicts for major Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
N.Y. Lawmakers Charged in Plot to Buy Spot on Mayoral Ballot
State Senator Malcolm A. Smith is accused of making payments to a city councilman as part of a bid to get on the mayoral ballot in New York, a criminal complaint said. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Ohio teens to be in court in Twitter threat case
From Yahoo! News: STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio teens accused of making online threats against a rape victim are scheduled for their first court appearance. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Boris Berezovsky found dead at his Berkshire home – World news – The Observer
Police search house of Russian oligarch thought to have taken his own life after losing much of his personal fortune Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Supreme Court upholds first-sale doctrine in textbook resale case
Thai student’s book-importing business was not a copyright crime. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Expose A Blatant Security Hole In AT&T’s Servers, Get 3.5 Years In Jail
We’ve written a few times about the case of Andrew Auernheimer, perhaps better known as weev. While he has a bit of a reputation as an online troll, and self-admitted jerk, his case is yet another example of how ridiculously broken the CFAA… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
Guilty verdicts in Steubenville trial won’t end rape case
Two players on the Steubenville High School football team were found guilty yesterday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, a verdict that some hope will start healing a Rust Belt town that has been ripped apart by accusations of a cover-up to protect its athletes. Original post on patch.com Comments on reddit.com
Petition – CNN: Apologize on air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists.
That CNN decided to paint the tears of the convicted Steubenville rapists in a sympathetic light and say how their lives were ruined — while… Original post on change.org Comments on reddit.com
Details Come Out On US Attorneys Withholding Evidence In Aaron Swartz Case
Last week, we wrote about Aaron Swartz’s girlfriend, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, releasing a statement accusing the DOJ of a variety of things that hadn’t really been covered before, including lying, seizing evidence without a warrant and… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
LA child sex abuse case involving one of the 115 cardinals currently voting to elect the next Pope is settled for $10 million – Americas – World
A child sex abuse case involving one of the 115 cardinals currently voting to elect the next pope has been settled for almost $10 million. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Dorner case: Women shot by cops still don’t have truck promised by LAPD
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck so far hasn’t come through on a promise to provide a new truck for two women injured by officers in pursuit of fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner, an attorney for the women said. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com