April 2012
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Dying man’s heart replaced w/ turbines, resulting in the first living person without a pulse.
You no longer need a heartbeat to be alive. In a groundbreaking surgery last year, doctorsWilliam Cohn and Bud Frazier from the Texas Heart Institute in Houston replaced a dying man’s heart with twin turbines, resulting in the first living person without a pulse.
In this short film...
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Univ. of Florida Eliminates Computer Science... →
wilwheaton:
laughterkey:
Forbes.com: The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow it to save about $1.7 million. The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments.
Students...
A troubling trend in teens drinking hand sanitizer →
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latimes:
Medical experts warn parents to watch for danger signs of young people getting drunk on the over-the-counter cleansers, which have a high percentage of ethyl alcohol.
Six teenagers have shown up in two San Fernando Valley emergency rooms in the last few months with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer, worrying public health officials who say the cases could...
This is so sweet! Little girl finds out she’s going to be a big sister. :-)
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“Sound Of My Voice” looks great. First 12 minutes are available at the film’s site.
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