Episode45
From Technolotics
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A cure for depression?
- If you're a mutant mouse that is
- Scientists breed mice without gene related to serotonin transmission.
- Serotonin important on mood, sleep and sexuality.
- Mice found to act if they had been treated with antidepressants.
- First time genetic 'cure' for depression found.
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- US only
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- Offers free calls to landlines and computers in certain countries including Ireland.
- Involves a download and buying credit which expires after 120 days.
- Limited number of free test calls
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Fox shows for free online
- 'Full Throttle' streams Fox shows over the internet using downloadable player.
- Shows available include Prison Break, Bones, American Dad, The Loop and Stacked
- Ads included at bottom of viewer and will be included and unskippable within the streaming shows.
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Is war a disease?
- Study of the effects of the affects of being in a warzone on soldiers.
- Soldiers examined before and after tour of duty in Iraq.
- Compromized ability in tasks of sustained attention, verbal learning and visual-spatial memory. Also soldiers were more confused and tense it seems.
- Only upside was an improvement in simple reaction time.
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How to rig an election
- Gerrymandering exists in the USA, with representatives deciding electoral districts rather than independent commissions.
- District boundaries are altered to favour one party over another with both parties guilty of the practice.
- Both parties created safe districts where current party has unchallenged dominance leaving a few districts which are tightly contested.#
- Leads to apathy in safe districts and states and the concerns of a small group in a hotly contested state deciding the balance of the legislature.
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Iraq's invaders may install dictator
- US government could be considering giving up on democracy in Iraq and instead installing a dictator.
- Comes as the situation continues to deteriorate in Iraq.
- Conservative like Donald Rumsfeld wanted a to simply go in, remove Saddam and destroy the country in a show of might and then leave the damage behind. He may get his way.
- Problems in Iraq has turned support against Bush and costs him every day troops remain in Iraq.
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The shit on wastes
- All peers - the new bittorrent based firefox extention has launched
- All peers allows you to effectively, reliably and quickly share documents with trusted friends
- Works via Bittorrent
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