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Xtremely Drug Resistant TB

XDRTB.org Xtremely Drug Resistant TB. Watch the video: it’s real. From photographer James Nachtwey the shocking story of a deadly new strain of TB, caused by untreatment. XDRTB: TED Prize to photographer James Nachtwey more about “2007 TED Prize Winner … Continue reading

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Foreign Policy: Los intelectuales + influyentes de iberoamérica

LOS 50 INTELECTUALES MÁS INFLUYENTES DE IBEROAMÉRICA | Foreign Policy Edición Española La edición española de Foreign Policy publica una lista de los 50 intelectuales de iberoamérica. Puedes votar por cinco intelectuales y hasta proponer tres candidatos. En la lista … Continue reading

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2008 report on corruption perception: Transparency International

Transparency International Transparency International just published its 2008 report on corruption perception across the globe.Let’s see.First, the obvious: the First First World scores great. Denmark is Number One (9.3 points / 10) and New Zealand is Number Two. Sweden, Singapore, … Continue reading

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Large Hadron Rap Helps to Understand Particle Physics

The physics of particles may be difficult to grasp, but this rap eases things somehow. In the occasion of the next inauguration of the Large Hadron Collider (it’s real) at the CERN lab (where the Web originated) in Geneva, Switzerland, … Continue reading

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categories… lost… and found

OOPS! While upgrading to WP 2.6 I must have LOST all my posts and link categories. ALL. Transformed to blank. What can I do, or undo? Will I ever be happy again? UPDATE!! Mario Nuñez handed a solution to the … Continue reading

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