(University of Birmingham) Neuroscientists at the University of Birmingham are working on a novel approach to ending the scourge of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) after identifying, for the first time, an organic cause for the condition. Researchers led by Dr Thelma Lovick have shown that premenstrual-like symptoms can be triggered in female rats by a change [...]
Researchers at the University of Bath have built a one-storey property – called the HemPod – using fibres from hemp mixed with lime. Now they will be analysing the structure to see if can be adopted by future builders who could adopt hemp to build homes in the future. Dr Mike Lawrence, Research Officer from [...]
September 20, 2010
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By Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic) Brooklyn artist Julie Torres was enjoying a summer afternoon in Williamsburg as she worked on a large watercolor painting that was taped to a construction wall at the corner of North 11th Street and Bedford Avenue, near Hyperallergic HQ. The corner of N11th Street & Bedford Avenue, the spot of the [...]
September 19, 2010
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By Carly Hennessy, Sam Healy and Daryl Passmore (Courier Mail AU) Girls as young as 14 are getting Brazilian waxes, a trend experts have labelled ”pornification” of teenagers. Intimate beauty treatments are becoming popular with girls as boyfriends demand they look like porn stars, the experts say. Leading child protection advocate Hetty Johnston said the [...]
September 19, 2010
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By Lauren Smiley (SF Weekly) A San Francisco non-profit that helps previously incarcerated women burned a $100,000 check from Craigslist this week in a ritual ceremony, saying accepting the money would be profiting “from a place of exploitation of girls.” The Center for Young Women’s Development received the unsolicited check last Friday at their Folsom Street [...]
September 18, 2010
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By Lauren Smiley (SF Weekly) A San Francisco non-profit that helps previously incarcerated women burned a $100,000 check from Craigslist this week in a ritual ceremony, saying accepting the money would be profiting “from a place of exploitation of girls.” The Center for Young Women’s Development received the unsolicited check last Friday at their Folsom Street [...]
September 18, 2010
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By Lesley Ciarula Taylor (The Star) Come the Rapture before the end of the world, now scheduled for May 21, 2011 , Bart Centre will be busy rounding up the true believers’ pets. So far, 225 of them have signed up for his service, Eternal Earth-Bound Pets. For $110 (U.S.) a pet, Centre and his [...]
September 18, 2010
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By Mark Hachman (PC Mag) The leaked HDCP master key protecting millions of protected devices, including Blu-ray drives, that was posted to the Web this week has been confirmed as legitimate, Intel representatives said late Thursday. The disclosure means, in effect, that the content flowing over the encrypted HDMI connection may be recorded and authenticated [...]
September 17, 2010
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(Time) First, it was offensive and insensitive to build an Islamic center two blocks away from Ground Zero. Now it’s offensive and insensitive to publish photos of American Muslims peacefully praying, on or around 9/11. The Portland Press Herald has apologized to its readers for publishing images of Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan, which [...]
September 16, 2010
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By Andrew O’Reilly, James Fanelli and Samuel Goldsmith (NY Daily News) A New Jersey judge on Wednesday ordered the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque to deal quickly with health and safety violations at a tenement he owns — or face big fines. Inspectors last week found the building had no working fire alarm, leading [...]
September 16, 2010
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