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- Rats gnaw away Ethiopian farmer's life savings
- ADDIS ABABA AFP — An Ethiopian farmer who stashed his life savings of more than 12,000 dollars in a haystack has lost almost one-third of the deposit to rats who gnawed it away, state media said Thursday. The 52-year-old farmer from central Ethiopia, whose name was not given, preferred...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Artist Honors Chinese American Community With New Lunar New Year Stamp Design
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: George Flood, +1-212-330-3307, cell +1-908-477-0404, George.b.flood@usps.gov NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What: The artist, who designed the newly issued Year of the Rat postage stamp, is joining local students, Chinatown community leaders, and Postal Service officials for...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- The rat wraps up Canada Post's lunar stamp series
- OTTAWA AFP — Canada Post unveiled a stamp and souvenir sheet Tuesday celebrating the Year of the Rat, the last in its 12-year Chinese lunar calendar series. Inspired by "The Mouse Bride," a Chinese folk tale that embodied and brought to life the key characteristics of the Rat year,...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world': green group
- JAKARTA AFP — Two mammals believed new to science have been found on the latest expedition to a virtual lost world found in Indonesia's Papua in 2005, Conservation International CI said Monday. Scientists from CI and the Indonesia Institute of Science LIPI visited the Foja Mountains in June 2007,...
- Research articles 2007-12-16
- Anti-smoking drug could help treat alcoholism: study
- WASHINGTON AFP — A recently approved anti-smoking medication could also serve to repress an alcoholic's desire for drink, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California-San Francisco. Varenicline, manufactured by Pfizer and approved as a smoking cessation aid in the United States and Europe in...
- Research articles 2007-07-09
- Stress in infancy puts females at higher risk for addictions.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 January 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Stress in infancy puts females at higher risk for addictionsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11012006 New Haven, Conn. -- Female rats appear to be affected more than males by stress early in life, leading to a higher...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- The new penalty regime finally arrives: proceed with caution!
- We all knew it had to happen sooner or later. After several false starts, Congress recently passed a robust package of anti-tax shelter measures as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Jobs Act"). (1) The centerpiece of the tax shelter provisions is a quiver of stiff...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Rock on ...
- Business as usual Much has been made this week of ancient Greek Olympians, who performed naked. How uncouth. Many historians believe their actors did, too. Maybe we haven't changed all that much. Here it is, centuries later, and so do ours....
- Research articles 2004-08-17
- Owens stirs up controversy
- Terrell Owens is making headlines again. In the September issue of Playboy that hits newsstands Friday, the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver was asked about former 49ers teammate Jeff Garcia, now the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. Owens was critical of Garcia's ability before and...
- Research articles 2004-08-11
- Harry Potter rat is one of ours, German zoo boasts
- BERLIN AFP ? Germany hasn't boasted too many top-name Hollywood stars since Marlene Dietrich went all sultry. Now it's got a new name to talk about -- Scabbers, the sleepy rat in the latest Harry Potter blockbuster. Apparently, the rodent that plays Scabbers, owned by the teenage wizard's pal...
- Research articles 2004-06-02
- Space Symposium is a pack rat's delight
- Need a new ink pen, a ball that lights when it bounces, a mouse pad or a travel golf set? How about a coffee mug, lanyard, ruler with American presidents on it or a necklace made of shells from Hawaii (from the Maui Economic Development Board, of...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- New York Pet-Store Owners Urge Calm Reaction to Outbreak of Illness.
- By Chris Jones, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 12--Long Island pet store owners and animal advocates urged people not to panic over recent human cases of monkeypox, and most reacted calmly yesterday to the federal government embargo on prairie...
- Research articles 2003-06-12
- What a cop-out
- Last week I was on breakfast TV. When the man from the BBC rang the night before I was unenthusiastic, but after I realised that the taxi wouldn't have to come till 7.20 a.m. and that the subject - Why TV is really bad for children - was one I...
- Research articles 2003-04-26
- Gimli glider
- If a Boeing 767 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet, what do you have? Answer. A 132 ton glider with a sink rate of over 2000 fpm and marginally enough hydraulic pressure to control the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. Put veteran pilots Bob Pearson and cool-asa-cucumber Maurice Quintal in...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Smear campaign fails to silence scientist who spilled GM beans
- DEFIANCE is built in to Arpad Pusztai's genes. His father, Janos, was a highly-decorated Hungarian war hero who led resistance to German occupation during the second world war. "They put a high price on his head," says Pusztai. "But that didn't stop him from doing what he knew was right."...
- Research articles 1999-05-23
- I have been crucified
- ROM the moment he entered the room, the man who had started it all realised that he was damned. Dr Arpad Pusztai knew the people around the table were there for only one reason - to effectively end his life's work. Sitting stern-faced opposite...
- Research articles 1999-02-21
- Ripping yarn
- Television There's a teacher at my stepson James's school who gives the boys lines whenever they use the word 'loo'. The desired term, apparently, is 'toilet'. So there's another of my campaigns to turn the Rat into a civilised human being gone out of the window. It's the same with...
- Research articles 1998-12-05
- RUBICON AMERICA TRUST BOOKS STRONG DEBUT ON ASX.
- SYDNEY, Dec 6 Asia Pulse - There's a RAT in the ranks. SYDNEY, Dec 6 Asia Pulse - There's a RAT in the ranks.
- Research articles 2004-12-06
- VARIETY: Box-Office Report.(motion picture industry, finance)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- VARIETY: Box-Office Report LAST VIDEO DAYS OF PICTURE ...
- Research articles 2001-08-27
- Gilead Created "Cocktail Bar for Rats" to Test Anti-Booze Drug
- Gilead has done some entertaining tests of an anti-booze drug in rats. The company introduced rats to sugar water cocktails, and gradually increased the booze content within them. They also set up a rat "bar" -- a special cage -- where the drinks were served. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
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