Word: illinoise
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A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows that the causes of CCD may be more varied than scientists expect. The bees may be dying not from a single toxin or disease but rather from an assault directed by a collection of pathogens. A...
In late July, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) released hundreds of pages of a previously buried 2003 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study that identified the cell phone as a serious safety hazard when used on the road. A bill introduced last month in the Senate would require...
In the '40s he got some flashy gigs - like a Jazz at the Philharmonic session with Nat Cole on piano and Illinois Jacquet on sax - but spent more time on electronic experimentation. He built a new guitar out of Epiphone parts and called it the Log. He used it in...
Eventually Byrne Fields grew up and John Hughes stopped making movies about high school. And then in 1994, he stopped making movies altogether. He bought a farm in Illinois and more or less quit Hollywood. Except for one surprise telephone call in 1997, the two pen pals never corresponded again...
3. Obama: "I think the whole election was a novel." The book includes some interesting musings from the then President-elect, who spoke to the authors six weeks after his win. Despite the challenges facing a young, black, first-term Senator wishing to be President, Obama said the outcome didn...