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11/23/2008
Unhappy People Watch More TV Than Happy People, U-Md. Researcher Finds (Washington Post)
Happy people spend more free hours socializing, reading and participating in religious activities, while unhappy people watch 30 percent more television, according to new research on American life.
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11/23/2008
Three people shot inside a Passaic County church (The Star-Ledger)
Three people were shot inside a church in Clifton just before noon today, authorities said. The gunfire happened inside St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church, at 186 Third St., authorities said. The victims' conditions were unknown, as was the number...
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11/23/2008
'Milk' actors and the people they play (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sean Penn's transformation into Harvey Milk may amaze moviegoers - even close associates of Milk's, such as his former aide Cleve Jones, say the resemblance is uncanny - but "Milk" is no documentary. Here is a side-by-side chart of the actors and the people...
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11/23/2008
Christian County grand jury indicts 8 people (The State Journal-Register)
A Christian County grand jury has indicted eight people, including a Springfield man, in connection with a variety of charges.
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11/23/2008
A government not of the people (Hindustan Times)
COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! A government not of the people The Delhi Assembly polls are a week away and the run of allegations and counter-allegations between the contesting parties have begun. No party however seems to be interested in the welfare of the public.
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11/23/2008
Black Jack the mini-horse has a big talent for connecting to people (The Kansas City Star)
Black Jack has been to nursing homes, libraries, women’s shelters. He’s been to the American Royal, and he recently visited kindergartners at Wellsville Elementary School in Kansas during the week they studied the letter “H.” Wherever he goes, people hug him, stroke him, whisper sweet nothings in his ear.
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11/23/2008
Federal Bank to recruit 3,000 people by 2011 (Business Standard India)
At a time when the idea of cost-cutting has gripped banks all over the world, the country’s private lender Federal Bank today said it expects to recruit nearly 3,000 people by 2011.
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11/23/2008
In tough times, people handle financial stress in different ways (Modesto Bee)
These tough economic times are taking a psychological toll on folks. People are buckling under unyielding stress associated with the slumping economy, rising unemployment rate and general unease at work.
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11/23/2008
Blast in Chechnya kills four people, including three policemen (Itar-Tass)
GROZNY, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - Four people were killed in Chechnya as a result of an explosion, including three police officers, and eight people were wounded, Itar-Tass learnt at the republican Interior Ministry.
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11/23/2008
POLICEMAN IN ICU AFTER ASSAULT BY 30 PEOPLE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
MELAKA, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- A police constable was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Melaka Hospital after he was assaulted by a group of 30 people at a restaurant in Ayer Keroh early yesterday.
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  • Biochemistry History - Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins
  • Edward Drinker Cope (1840 - 1897) - Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist.
  • Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) - Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right.
  • Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir ( 1823 - 1915 ) - The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery.
  • Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry - Information on a book by Michael Bulmer about this nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological statistics.
  • Hans Spemann - Provides information about Hans Spemann, 1935 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, and his work in embryology.
  • Hofmann, Albert - Dr. Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, psilocybin, and psilocin.
  • The Huxley File - The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog.
  • Jan Swammerdam - Describes the life and work of this 17th century Dutch microscopist.
  • Jean Linden - The 19th century Belgian who explored and horticulturist who specialized in orchids.
  • Joseph Dalton Hooker - A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin.
  • Linnaeus, Carl - Biographical information on the
  • Oscar Riddle - Facts and life history of Dr. Oscar Riddle, pioneer in science education.
  • Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798) - Welsh naturalist, antiquary and author. Bibliography, biographical notes, artworks and a complete list of exhibits in the Thomas Pennant Exhibition held in 1998.
  • Richard Dawkins - An Exponentialist View - This site examines Dawkins' treatment of the Malthusian population principle, and expands on Dawkins' own criticism of the naivity of using a generational approach to population modelling.
  • Robert Hooke - Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society.
  • Thomas Pennant - Information on this former fellow of the Royal Society and on his published work which included his best known work, the four-volume British Zoology.
  • A Victorian Renaissance Man: John Obadiah Westwood - Exhibits materials about the life and work of a prolific nineteenth-century entomologist, archaeologist, and biological illustrator.
  • Weigl, Rudolf Stefan - Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) has developed the first effective vaccine against typhus.
  • Willadsen, Steen - Biographical information on this Danish scientist who made great contributions to reproductive physiology and embryology and created the first cloned farm animal using the method of nuclear transfer.
  • Wilmut, Ian - Biographical information on this Scottish embryologist who in 1996, was the first to clone a mammal, a sheep named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells.
  • The World of Richard Dawkins - Biographical and research resource about the evolutionary biologist, including a schedule of events, list of publications, and other resources in evolution.

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