WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists say they have developed an injectable treatment for severe brain injuries that are due to blunt force trauma. Purdue University researchers Andrew Koob and Richard Borgens said they discovered such an injury can be reduced by application of a simple polymer –polyethylene glycol, or PEG — mixed […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — U.S. space agency engineers said final testing has started for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite that’s to be launched later this year. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite, nicknamed LCROSS, is designed to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. NASA said […]

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rinter manufacturers print invisible yellow dots on consumer’s prints that check to see if a person is printing counterfeit money. If you call your printer manufacturer and ask them to “please stop spying on you”, they will probably send the secret services to your address to find out why you asked!

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Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honor of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the addition of a boxed warning for Regranex (becaplermin) because of an increased risk of cancer mortality. The warning includes updated epidemiological data about the increased risk for diabetic patients who use three or more tubes of the topical cream that’s indicated for the treatment […]

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The TGV is France’s train a grande vitesse; literally “high-speed train.” It connects cities in France and in some other neighbouring countries, such as Belgium, Italy and Switzerland with the network centred on Paris. TGVs under other brand names connect France with Germany and the Netherlands (Thalys) and the United Kingdom (Eurostar). Trains derived from […]

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The title of Hero of Ukraine is the highest award that can be conferred by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma, and it is currently awarded in two distinctions: one for heroism and one for great achievements in labor. Since Borys Paton first received the title in […]

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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Band leader Billy Corgan described the album’s title as “just another one of those pretentious Pumpkin album titles continuing the long line of pretension.” When asked about other possible album titles that were considered, the band joked, […]

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Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. Rita made landfall on September 24 between Texas and Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane before continuing on […]

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PARIS (UPI) — The European Space Agency says it is ready to help the U.S. space agency monitor the Phoenix spacecraft’s descent and landing on Mars this weekend. The ESA said its Mars Express mission control team has completed major preparations for supporting the entry, descent and landing phases of the U.S. National Aeronautics and […]

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