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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | We are all mutants say scientists
Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA ... "New mutations are the source of inherited variation, some of which can lead to disease and dysfunction, and some of which determine the nature and pace of evolutionary change."


BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Lunar clock to be built for 2012
Scientists and artists plan to build a 40m-wide lunar clock [Aluna] by the River Thames by 2012..."Isn't it about time that we looked up and out a little bit to those natural time cycles of this spinning rock underneath that Moon we all see?"


BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Girls 'born with fear of spiders'
A new study in the US suggests that women have a genetic aversion to dangerous animals, such as spiders. ...young girls were confused as to why someone would be happy to be twinned with a spider, and were quick to associate pictures of arachnids with fear.
my reaction to which is "bollocks!" But am not a Real Girl


BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart sensors power interaction
Future directions of how people will interact with technology ..."With old phones, you could reach in your pocket and feel the buttons; if the phone rang you could answer it as you raised it to your ear," he said. "With my iPhone I've got to look at it and do all sorts of things before I can answer a call."


BBC NEWS | Magazine | What are the benefits of Tetris?
Oxford University reported that Tetris could reduce the flashbacks experienced in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
I have a fondness for vaguely brain-flexing games on the PDA -- Tetris, Sudoku, TextTwist -- and find them calming and meditative. Interesting that they (at least in the case of Tetris) also physically affect the brain.

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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Economic crash in Oregon boomtown BBC NEWS BADLY IN NEED OF PROFREDERS
Its people are gracious, their gorgeous surroundings imbuing them with a certain American languidness. [they mean 'langour', I assume] ...a shrine to post-millenial bijou [get a spellchecker! millennial!] ... Those who were living at the at the top of the heap [stop repeating yourself] ...