Just say no to sunscreen nanophobia!
Once again we’re at a pivotal point in human development, where a novel technology might allow us to improve the lot of millions, perhaps billions of people across the globe and yet activists are invoking the precautionary principle and informing consumers of the possible dangers therein. As happened with vaccines, nuclear energy, genetically modified crops, stem cells and cloning, and the whole of the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry, they talk of known unknowns, unknown knowns, unknown unknowns and the need to avoid any risk at any price. The latest scare-mongering is in a similar vein and comes just as the Northern summer reaches its sunniest peak.
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Just say no to sunscreen nanophobia!
Top 10 Stretching and Flexibility Products
The jury may still be out as to whether stretching actually prevents injuries and/or improves athletic performance but one thing is for sure – it feels good. And for increasing flexibility, there’s nothing like a good stretch. Want to increase your flexibility? Here are some products designed to help you get your best stretch
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Top 10 Stretching and Flexibility Products
Space Invaders Cutting Board
For the nostalgic geek who can’t stay out of the kitchen. Use this 15″ x 10″ x 1.25″ walnut and hard maple board to slice and dice your food like they used to slice and dice space invaders during the 70s.
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Space Invaders Cutting Board
Spectral science news
These are my links for July 15th from 12:27 to 12:32: Herpes invasion – There are eight herpes viruses that cause human diseases. Depending on how they affect us, they result in oral and genital herpes, the latter of which is present in almost a third of the US population. Currently, there is no cure for herpes viruses.
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Meatless Monday: Prepackaged Veggie Burgers Review
Meatless meat – faux beef – mock burgers: it can be confusing. If your experiences as a vegetarian (or pescatarian, or vegan) are anything like mine, sometimes despite your best intentions you end up with an unavoidable craving for a cheeseburger. And veggie burgers?
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Gifts for an Eco-Conscious Mama
In today’s society, many companies are catching the wave of eco-friendliness by generating goods that appease the ever-changing consumer. Flourishing their children with green products, clothing and toys, eco-conscious mamas often make choices for their babies that reflect their commitment to protect the planet as well.
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Gifts for an Eco-Conscious Mama
Get Your Beans Out of My Brownies!
In recent years, I’ve heard quite a bit about the “sneakier” side of cooking and baking. The ways in which chefs add and substitute seemingly odd ingredients into beloved dishes to make them healthier. Sure, you might know applesauce to be a second-rate stand-in for part of the oil in baked goods.
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Get Your Beans Out of My Brownies!
Send an Indian food hamper to the USA
www.corporategiftsboston.com Chandni Chowk – An Indian Meal in a basket just add meat or vegetables, sweetmeats included and Masala Tea and Mango juice. Pickles, Paratha Mix and even the indian rolling pin! Served with an Indian napkin.
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This Time It's Personal
When asked why he came out of retirement , Lance named a single reason: to make the fight against cancer a global priority. Lance has used the public stage of the Tour de France to increase international awareness about the cancer fight
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This Time It's Personal
How to Decide Between Giving a Practical Gift or a Frivolous One
Practical or Frivolous? How to Know Which Gift to Buy photo courtesy of voxefx Gifts generally fall into one of two categories: practical or frivolous.
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Tooth Fairy on the Sony PSP for Our Toothless Wonder!
Little Miss Techie’s first tooth fell out last week and just last night she lost another one! See those bottom front teeth coming in?
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Tooth Fairy on the Sony PSP for Our Toothless Wonder!
Science careers, damping and oil
My latest editorial contribution to Materials Today and a little more oily news. Paradigms, peers, and patents – For every paradigm-shifting breakthrough in science there are a plethora of failed experiments, myriad grant applications, patent pressures, and the activation energy barrier that is peer-reviewed publication to overcome. So with all those issues to face is science a good career?
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World Soccer Ball
Celebrate the world’s sport with this globe-print regulation soccer ball. Or celebrate the human spirit with an “I’m Only One” patchwork soccer ball, designed by skilled Pakistani workers encouraged to exercise their creativity.
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World Soccer Ball
Race Across America
Competing in this year’s Race Across America was an experience that, for me, involved just about every conceivable human emotion and condition: Joy and sadness; comfort and pain; periods of strength and endurance, punctuated by moments of abject exhaustion when I could not imagine turning the pedals one more time. Race Across America (RAAM) is a 3,000 mile bicycle race from California to Maryland.
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American Century Championship Benefits LIVESTRONG
For the 5th consecutive year American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament will benefit the foundation. Our very own Doug Ulman will be attending the event and hitting the links with celebs
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Extraterrestrial molecules and the plausibility of life on earth
Latest scientific news with a spectroscopic angle Extraterrestrial molecules – An astronomical infrared study reveals one of the most complex organic molecules yet found in the interstellar medium – anthracene – offering possible new clues to the way the building blocks of life might have emerged. Wrinkles improve spectra – Polydimethylsiloxane can be used to produce wrinkles on a glass surface to pattern lines of gold which are twice as effective as conventional SERS substrates, according to German and Spanish researchers. Chemical communications – A new system for non-electronic communication that can transmit alphanumeric information encoded as pulses of light, over intervals of hours, without needing electricity and so remaining operational even without batteries in remote, hazardous or poor locations.
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Molecules, materials and British science
This is my first batch of delicious science links for this week: Dendrimersome library – A library of supramolecular materials that can form hollow vesicles with potential in therapeutic drug and gene delivery, imaging diagnostics, as well as the cosmetics industry has been developed by researchers in Finland and the USA. Telescopic eye implant – The US FDA has approve a telescopic eye implant for late-stage macular degeneration David Willetts – Science, Innovation and the Economy – What does the British government think of science? Great news for Gulf of Mexico oil companies – US appeals court opens door to new drilling in Gulf of Mexico Sex in the desert – University of Arizona research suggests that sex is nothing more than a very pleasurable way to fix DNA The little flaw in the longevity-gene study – As ever, genetics studies are not as simple as you'd think
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Molecules, materials and British science
Movie Monday: Whiteout
Over the weekend we watched 2009′s Whiteout and although it wasn’t my favorite thriller of all time, it did have a couple of great, knitted pieces in it!Cable & Fair Isle HatKate Beckinsale as “Carrie”, wearing a Chunky Cabled CardiganRecommeded Knitting:Caron’s Chunky Jacket, by Kelly KlemCropped Cabled JacketCaron’s Crocheted Peruvian Earflap HatCabled Chullo, by Mary Jane MucklestoneHappy
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Meatless Monday: The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook by Dr. Neal Barnard and Robyn Webb
Going vegan – it can sound like a scary choice, even to those who have already chosen to follow a vegetarian diet. However, the short and long-term health benefits can be worth giving up old favorites such as scrambled eggs
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Meatless Monday: The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook by Dr. Neal Barnard and Robyn Webb
Leaving on a Jet Plane with Our Sony PSP
The kids and I are getting ready to embark on a cross country flight to visit my parents in California. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer are pretty savvy travelers and have racked up a fair amount of miles on their frequent flier cards in their short lifetimes but this trip will be a little different since it is our first solo flight.
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Leaving on a Jet Plane with Our Sony PSP