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“The grave of Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve, is the most famous and significant grave
A group of Russian scientists with Professor Ernst Muldashev at the head set off for an expedition to Syria, Lebanon and Egypt in the beginning of this year. Having visited many historical places of interest, the scientists tried [...]

If you have a new Apple iPod Touch or iPhone, you will soon discover that they have a major limitation. You can only view movies and other videos on them that you have purchased from Apple iTunes! DVD to iPod Touch / iPhone Video Converter 1.1 from MadZ Software is the solution.
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[Reuters] While we did inform you about its announcement earlier this month and filled you in on pretty much all of the important details concerning its functions and whatnot, we thought you’d like to know that the iTunes WiFi Music Store has officially gone live. It is accessible via both the iPhone and the iPod [...]

Soviet secret finds its way west
Brian Vastag
Zakir Ramazanov first encountered Rhodiola rosea in 1979 as a Soviet soldier in Afghanistan. A comrade often received boxes full of the yellow-flowered mountain herb from his home in Siberia and would prepare and share a sweet-smelling tea from the root. Ramazanov found that the drink seemed to quicken [...]

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seeking to narrow the gap with Google, Microsoft Corp unveiled a retooled Web search service that aims to deliver more relevant results and combines text, video and other information onto a single page.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said Windows Live search is now on an even technology footing with offerings [...]

Dark energy, the mysterious repulsive force that is causing the universe to expand at ever greater rates, is surely the biggest mystery in cosmology these days.
Its discovery in 1998 from measurements of supernovae came as a huge shock to the astronomical community, and scientists are still scrambling to come up with a satisfactory way to [...]

“Still standing after nearly 3,400 years, two statues of the ancient Egyptian Pharoah Amenhotep III stand guard over a temple that no longer exists. They are called the Colossi of Memnon and remain to this day one Egypt’s major archaeological tourist attractions. At one time, however, they were more notable for the sound they made [...]

Resco, one of the leading software developers, announced today the availability of the new version of the best selling file explorer on the mobile market — Resco Explorer 2007.
Bratislava, Slovakia (MobilityNewswire/PRWEB ) September 24, 2007 — Resco, one of the leading software developers, announced today the availability of the new version of the best selling [...]

Better than Google?
Search the internet like never before and find results that you normally would not find. The first of its kind.
Your computer becomes the search engine and is under your control. Through our super-spider technology, information is retrieved in real time, live as it appears now on the web and relevant to your query. [...]

[Daily Mail] “Where do I put my finger? There … OK? Nothing’s happening … is it on?”
“Yes, it’s on. Move your finger a bit closer.”
“Er … ow! OW!” Not good. I try again. “OWWW!” I pull my hand away sharpish. My finger is throbbing, but seems undamaged.
I was told people can take it for a [...]

US researchers have been given the go-ahead to give patients transfusions of “super strength” cancer-killing cells from donors.
Dr Zheng Cui, of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has shown in laboratory experiments that immune cells from some people can be almost 50 times more effective in fighting cancer than in others.
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