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POPSRevealed: the face of the first European "The reconstruction was made for the forthcoming BBC 2 series The Incredible Human Journey which documents human origins and evolution, from our birthplace in Africa to the long migratory routes that led us to populate the most distant parts of the globe. It is impossible from the bones to determine the skin colour of the individual, although scientists speculate it was probably darker than modern-day Europeans, reflecting a more recent African origin. "
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POPSThe great white bat disease cometh Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have joined us in a group of states that have detected the white fungus, which starts on a bat's face and spreads to its wings. In fact, a huge segment of the
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POPSProtest Poem written by Chinese poet follows the Olympic torch There is a Google Earth map on site which marks past, current and upcoming locations where the poem and torch have arrived. The poem is translated into the local language and you can listen to it on the site. The poem has arrived at Belgian (Dutch-Speaking), Belgian (French-speaking), Netherlands, German, Basque, Suisse Romand, Swiss German, Esperanto and Trieste Centres. On April 9 it goes to Swiss-Italian Reto-Romansh, Canadian and Quebecois PEN Centres, the American branch of the Writers in Exile Centre, and the proposed Haiti Centre.
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POPSWhite Nose Syndrome For now, scientists are continuing to monitor sick bats. But as every week brings a fresh discovery of White Nose Syndrome in yet another cave, and mortality rates continue to climb, their fear for all the bats in the Northeastern US is rising. Their hope is that before next winter, when the bats return to caves and mines to hibernate, more will be known and the decline in bat numbers can be prevented.
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POPSDurex to cute Animals. Comic Photos. Beware! Don't try this at home. These manoeuvres may lead to stiffness that can only be relieved by sexual activity. Please do not use as balloons or water bombs. Thanks to Haraya.
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POPSHuman hibernation mooted as solution to obesity The idea comes on the back of his team's discovery that the chemical 5-adenosine monophosphate, or 5-AMP, induces a state of torpor in mice, which do not usually hibernate. Lee says that a capsule or injection of 5-AMP could induce a similar state in humans, and the accompanying metabolic changes could help treat a range of conditions associated with obesity, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and eating disorders. What to make of this? It's an extraordinary idea, but it will need to be backed by good peer-reviewed evidence if it is ever to progress from a mere suggestion.
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POPSAlfresco problem using Tomcat If using to default startup script for Tomcat5, you must set: CATALINA_OPTS="-Xms128m -Xmx512m -Xss64k -jvm server" and not just -server
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POPSMake Windows XP Act Like Vista In less than an hour, these freebies can transform XP into an ersatz Vista. Not thrilled about spending a bundle on Vista--and dealing with potential bugs and hardware upgrades? Stick with XP, and use these tools to emulate the Vista experience.
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POPSBrits' innovative Christmas compassion for the elderly continued from above.... The Health Minister said they were listening carefully to all the objections to the pilot hibernation scheme, and that all these issues would be discussed as a matter of urgency by a Parliamentary enquiry which the government had entrusted to the House of Lords. However work on the Lords’ investigation appears to have been postponed until mid-May.
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