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Salix Live KDE, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to use, is now at version 13.37. Salix Live KDE 13.37 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The distribution is built using SaLT (Salix Live Technology), a collection of Live tools for Slackware distributions... |
15 March 2012
02:02 GMT |
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Nutritionists have repeatedly warned us that, if one product is labeled “healthier” it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily so. This is also the case with McDonald’s low-fat blueberry muffin, it has emerged. Usually, whenever consumers want to improve their lifestyle even by a bit by making cha... |
10 October 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have determined in a new investigation that more than 70 percent of all babied aged at around 8 months get way much salt in their diet than the maximum recommended levels. The largest part of this amount of salt comes from highly processed foods.Experts at the University of Bristol sa... |
1 August 2011
10:14 GMT |
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According to new study results, it would appear that the ocean Saturn's largest moon Enceladus is concealing under a thick layer of ice may be salty. This puts an interesting twist in experts' propositions that the ocean might in fact be inhabitable and inhabited. Enceladus is now considered to be the most ... |
23 June 2011
03:06 GMT |
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If adolescents would lower their daily salt consumption by 3 grams, they would decrease the risks of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke in adulthood, concluded a research funded by the American Heart Association.Teenagers eat more salty foods every day now, reaching an average of 9 grams of salt – or... |
15 November 2010
03:45 GMT |
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A new study reveals that a mandatory limitation on the amounts of salt allowed in processed food could be significantly more effective in reducing public health risks than allowing the industry to curb its own use of the chemical. The work, conducted by Australian researchers, found that limitations imposed by health... |
3 November 2010
11:24 GMT |
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Much ink has gone into stories about Madonna or Sara Jessica Parker’s veiny arms, but Angelina Jolie has also gotten her share of coverage for the same reason. Asked by readers what leads to the appearance of the unsightly, leech-like veins on the arms of a woman who can’t be described as “old,&rdqu... |
6 September 2010
13:21 GMT |
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According to new measurements conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it would appear that salt and other materials used for deicing the streets during the winter season have negative repercussions on streams in the urban environment. The investigators found that aquatic life is severely affected by ... |
2 September 2010
04:03 GMT |
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Measurements of the spectral reflectance of several square kilometers of salt in Tuz Gölü (Lake Tuz) in southern Turkey, from 14-25 August, should improve satellite based Earth observation as well as our understanding of the climate.Tuz Gölü is like any regular lake throughout the year, except for... |
17 August 2010
06:14 GMT |
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Just when most moviegoers believed she no longer had it in her to do an action movie, Angelina Jolie agreed to take over a role initially written for Tim Cruise, and give the genre another try. And lucky for us that she did, says esteemed film critic Roger Ebert. As the release date of “Salt” is drawing n... |
23 July 2010
10:29 GMT |
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Experts have known for a long time that people called supertasters have the ability to experience various flavors a lot more intensely than your average person. These individuals can taste bitter, salty and sour with increased proficiency, and a new study suggests that this may be one of the reasons why some people f... |
17 June 2010
08:10 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking discovery that could give researchers more clues about how life evolved on our planet, scientists in Argentina uncovered a whole range of mysterious microorganisms living in a deadly lake. Located inside the crater of a volcano in the Andes mountains, the lake appears to be normal, but holds a dar... |
6 April 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, have recently announced the development of a new type of microfluidic device that is capable of extracting the salt out of sea water. The innovation allows for scientists to produce about one glass of water each hour, using only about the ... |
22 March 2010
03:35 GMT |
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Columbia Pictures is already preparing for the release of what it hopes will be next summer’s big action blockbuster, the spy movie “Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie. In doing so, the movie studio has released the first teaser trailer for it, first with Russian dubbing and then for English-speaking ma... |
5 November 2009
04:23 GMT |
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With the threat of global warming turning more into reality each single day, plant bioengineers everywhere are working around the clock on creating crop varieties able to withstand prolonged drought and still yield sufficient produce to sustain a booming human population. In a related line of research, Australian exp... |
8 July 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Fans already know that Angelina Jolie insisted she did most of her stunts in the upcoming “Salt” movie, in which she plays a spy who would stop at nothing to get her way. TMZ reports that the star was rushed to the hospital yesterday, after being hurt on the set of the movie, as she was filming precisely ... |
30 May 2009
06:47 GMT |
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Angelina Jolie might have topped the charts for being the “yummiest mommy” ever, but that does not mean in any way that talk of her weight will simply go away. Criticized for her frail frame even before she gave birth to the twins, the actress is now reportedly pouring more fuel on the fire by going on a ... |
25 March 2009
10:35 GMT |
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While studying unsuspecting mice and rats, researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) have discovered that the rodents seem to not care about activities that they would have otherwise enjoyed anymore, when they have a low concentration of sodium chloride (salt) in their bodies. This has led the team to believe that a... |
11 March 2009
10:26 GMT |
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Israel and Jordan are currently the two states that share borders with the Dead Sea, and the coastlines of both nations are heavily dependent upon the amount of water they can extract from the inland lake, which is the lowest ground point in the world, located well below sea levels. The main problem with the stretch ... |
5 March 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Initially, “Salt,” an action-packed film about a spy believed to be working as a double agent, was meant to have Tom Cruise as the main star. When he pulled out of the project, they had him replaced with Angelina Jolie, an actress who had already proven her worth in action movies such as “Tom Raider... |
3 March 2009
10:48 GMT |
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A scarce plant once populating the inland salty marshes of upstate New York was thought to have gone extinct. But recently, the rare species of goldenrod appeared from nowhere, in a surprising place: on the sides of the local roads.The re-emergence of the rare plant surprised the specialists. If anyone expected this ... |
1 October 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Believe it or not, worms can calculate their way to food through a process roughly equivalent to a derivative in calculus. Unfortunately, humans and other animals are also able to do so, although there is still not enough evidence to support this claim. Basically, worms are able to locate food by tasting the environm... |
24 July 2008
06:59 GMT |
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"Salt is bad for your heart", is among the longest-lived preconceptions of modern times. Many of us grew up with it and always thought that a high salt intake would increase our chances of suffering from heart disease later in life. The main argument for this was that a higher sodium level would cause increased blood... |
9 June 2008
05:36 GMT |
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As soon as it arrived on the surface of the Red Planet, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity investigating the south equatorial regions discovered evidence of the past existence of liquid water, fueling even further the idea that Mars was once able to support life. However, a new assessment of the conditions requir... |
30 May 2008
07:05 GMT |
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A seaside cure may actually harm your health nowadays. A new research published in "Nature Geoscience" shows that we are in fact exposed to ozone smog on the coastal areas.The team led by James Roberts, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colora... |
9 April 2008
03:23 GMT |
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According to University of North Carolina researchers, the search for extraterrestrial life forms does not necessarily require the find of the actual life forms. Evidence of its existence could be just as rewarding. They reveal that life on Earth could have actually appeared 200 million years earlier than previously ... |
31 March 2008
03:46 GMT |
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Images relayed back to Earth in 2001 by the Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System, or THEMIS for short, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, seem to have recently fallen back into the scientists' attention. Hundreds of small depressions on the surface of Mars reveal salt deposits similar to those fou... |
21 March 2008
04:53 GMT |
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You may have heard about temporary snow hotels built in winter in some mountain resorts. But what about a ... salt hotel!? A snow hotel requires temperatures below zero; a salt hotel requires the (almost total) lack of rainfall. This weird and remote accommodation, built just from salt blocks, is located on the whit... |
26 July 2007
02:54 GMT |
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The most famous mummies are the ancient Egyptian ones, which are the result of human manipulation. But nature, too, can deliver mummies in some special conditions like extreme cold, dryness, and a naturally occurring mix of chemicals that can impede the decomposition processes. Low temperatures have preserved some In... |
4 July 2007
02:51 GMT |
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From a commodity one hundred years ago, today water has turned into a must. But in densely populated dry areas, the obvious solution is to get drinking water from the sea. People have been obsessed for millennia with finding a way to get rid of the sea salt for achieving usable water. But so far, the costs of desalin... |
28 June 2007
03:29 GMT |
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Chemistry professor Tim Long's research group, students affiliated with the Macromolecule and Interfaces Institute (MII) at Virginia Tech, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, presented a research at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, at the interface between nanotechnology and... |
29 March 2007
06:04 GMT |
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