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Quick info, July 19

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  • Tut's gem hints at space impact   Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    The jewel was tested and found to be glass, but intriguingly it is older than the earliest Egyptian civilisation.

  • Secrets of ocean birth laid bare   Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    Geologists say a crack that opened up last year may eventually reach the Red Sea, isolating much of Ethiopia and Eritrea from the rest of Africa.

  • Breastfeeding 'kills baby's pain'  Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    Breastfed babies appeared to experience less pain than those who were swaddled, given a dummy, or a placebo. Comfort from a mother's presence may be key.

  • Virtual worlds to test telepathy   Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    By creating a virtual environment we are creating a completely objective environment which makes it impossible for participants to leave signals or even unconscious clues as to which object they have chosen

  • Britain 'had apartheid society'   Tuesday, 18 July 2006

    The researchers think the incomers changed the local gene pool by using their economic advantage to out-breed the native population.



Words
schadenfreude \SHAH-dun-froy-duh\ -noun, often capitalized- enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
scan·sion (skăn'shən)  -n.- Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.
swad·dle (swŏd'l)  -tr.v.- To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.
ne·o·nate (nē'ə-nāt')  -n.- A newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old.
tur·gid (tûr'jĭd)  -adj.- Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent