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...feeds of a variety of content providers, from YouTube to the BBC. Click on a source - say, The New York Times - from the "Browse Recently Added" box on the lower right-hand side of the home page, and you'll get a fresh batch of thumbnails, which serve as direct links to the material. Or browse by category to see the latest content to come online. Currently stocking some 10 million items in its searchable bank, Pixsy intends to have 1 billion items in store by year end. As a backup resource, there's always Google Images and Google Video...
...Earlier this year, the U.S. had been poised to explore a new avenue in the quest to stabilize Iraq - direct talks with Iran. Plans to talk were eventually scrapped amid mounting tensions over Tehran's nuclear program. But if tamping down sectarian violence by reining in the Shi'ite militias has become an urgent priority to prevent a civil war, the U.S. may yet have to reconsider the prospects for reaching agreements on the immediate future of Iraq with the Sadr movement - and rethink its unwillingness to deal with Iran...
...dangerous is direct-to-consumer nutrigenetics? It depends. Two of the firms probed by the GAO coupled their reports with a pitch for what they claimed were supplements designed to address the deficiencies in the DNA profiles of their customers. The supplements, one of which would have cost $1,880 a year, were not substantially different from those available for $35 a year at any drug store. It's not just about money, but safety too. As the GAO points out, not all supplements are harmless to all people...
Groups of stem cells are nurtured under specialized conditions, with different recipes of nutrients and growth factors that direct the cells to become any of the body's more than 200 various tissues Pancreatic islet cells Could provide a cure for diabetes...
...succeeded in putting democracy back in the headlines. "For some Hong Kong people her appearance adds to the credence of universal suffrage," says Chinese University of Hong Kong political scientist Ma Ngok. "More and more people are at least verbally supportive." Chief Executive Donald Tsang has even mused that direct elections for his post?currently filled based on the vote of only 800 mostly pro-business, pro-Beijing electors?might be possible in 2012. Will Chan challenge the popular Tsang when his term is up next year? She won't say. In an open race she'd be a tough...