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VIDEO David Bowie passes away after a 'courageous' 18 month battle with cancer
Legendary singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer in secret for 18 months. The star, who released a new album last week, was known as the creator of glam rock and was one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. A spokesman for Bowie said this morning...- whoosh
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Cancer
Reason I have not been around is I am fighting a cancer been at VA all moth just home for few hours once awee, 4 hours in fact Dave- Super Sarge
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Steve Jobs Dead at 56:(
This is sad news one of the pioneers of personal computing has died at 56 from cancer- Krypto
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What does 'safe' mean in a nuclear disaster?
The news out of Japan has not been good this week. Officials there raised the severity rating of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to the highest level, while the plant continues to dump radiation into the air and water and radiation is found in milk and drinking water in...- cybercore
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Despite Fukushima, Radiation Fears, Nuclear Still Safer Than Coal
Link Removed - Invalid URL after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake has raised questions over the option of using nuclear power to generate electricity. The disaster has prompted an outpouring of fierce opposition to nuclear energy, and many states have begun weighing their nuclear futures. However...- cybercore
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☢☠ What are the symptoms of radiation sickness? ☠☢
How much radiation is dangerous? Radiation is measured using the unit sievert, which quantifies the amount of radiation absorbed by human tissues. One sievert is 1,000 millisieverts (mSv). In the U.S., the average person is exposed to about 6.2 millisieverts a year, mostly from background...- cybercore
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How humans got big brains
Missing chunks of DNA responsible for turning genes on and off help explain some key differences between chimpanzees and humans -- including why humans have big brains and why the human penis is not covered with prickly spines, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The study, published in the...- cybercore
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Surgery without a scalpel
Doctors in Liverpool have unveiled a new cancer scanner that removes the need for invasive brain surgery. The Novalis TX uses a system similar to a car’s satellite navigation, to locate and blast the tumour with a single very high radiotherapy dose. The machine, costing 3,000 euros, can...- cybercore
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Astrological signs shifted by celestial mechanics
FoxNews.com - Age of Aquarius Actually Age of Capricorn, Thanks to Rotation of the Earth Link Removed Wikipedia An anonymous woodcarving from the late 19th century depicts a medieval pilgrm looking at the hidden workings of the universe -- an image commonly associated with the world of...- cybercore
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Organ transplant patients switch seats on the Titanic
December 10, 2010 Weird News: Bad lung beats none at all Britain’s National Health Service acknowledged in November that, because of a shortage of healthy lungs and other organs available for transplant, it was offering those on waiting lists the option of receiving them from former...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Ping 78: Spotify, John Gruber likes Windows Phone 7, Sick PC's, Breast Cancer awareness
Jeff Sandquist joined the cast of Ping this week to serve up all the hot stories that Microsofties were talking about. Such as: Spotify! John Gruber likes us Link Removed The Breast Cancer Awareness Mouse Link Removed Link Removed- News
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3 Ways Facebook Can Ruin Your Life
We don’t live with Facebook so much as Facebook lives with us. You may think the simple socialnetworking tool is ours to command, but Facebook can have a much bigger impact on your life than you may have thought. Sure, it may make it easier to keep up to date on your favorite worm-themed...- reghakr
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Ronnie James Dio dies at 67; legendary heavy metal singer
He replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and was also lead singer for the bands Rainbow and Dio. Many of his songs revolved around the struggle between good and evil. Ronnie James Dio, a legendary heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and also was lead singer for...- reghakr
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