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...Crowley family’s story first appeared in a series of Wall Street Journal articles in 2003, and later in a 2006 book called “The Cure,” by Geeta Anand. In the fall of 2003, after the publication of the newspaper articles, Crowley and his wife began receiving calls from film producers seeking to make a movie about his experiences. It took the couple the better part of a year to get comfortable enough to sell their life-rights and become accustomed to the idea of their family’s struggle being portrayed...
...scientists recently demonstrated the device’s utility in experiments on directed evolution, with results published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
...surroundings are lit - most evil deeds are done under cover of darkness, and the rarest and most brazen crimes are those committed in broad daylight - not least because we're less likely to be caught in the act after nightfall. But in a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, psychologists Chen-Bo Zhong and Vanessa Bohns of the University of Toronto and Francesca Gino of the University of North Carolina suggest that it's not only about the threat of discovery. There are other reasons darkness gives us a waiver to misbehave. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...school's weight-loss program was designed by Northwestern University Medical Center professor Daniel Kirschenbaum, who used to run a number of clinical obesity programs in Chicago-area hospitals. Students are served three perfectly proportioned meals a day and are asked to note everything they eat in a journal. Calorie and fat counts are displayed on a whiteboard in Wellspring's cafeteria, making it easy for kids to copy them down. The diet, which allows for unlimited access to fruits and vegetables, works out to about 1,300 calories per day and results in 1 to 5 lb. of weight...
While it has long been known that the legendary Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen died at age 19 around 1324 B.C., the cause of his death has remained a mystery since his tomb was unearthed in 1922. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that King Tut most likely died after a severe bout of malaria and complications from a leg fracture. The evidence, obtained through DNA testing performed by Egyptian, German and Italian researchers, would explain the hundred or so walking sticks found in Tut's tomb and contradicts earlier theories that he was murdered...