By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Excavations in a cave in the mountains of northern Spain have uncovered the oldest known remains of northern Spain in Western Europe, scientists reported Wednesday.
The fossils of a lower jaw and teeth, more than 1.1 million years old, were found in sediments along with stone tools and bones of animals that appeared […]
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Personal Best : By GINA KOLATA
THE runner’s high: Every athlete has heard of it, most seem to believe in it and many say they have experienced it. But for years scientists have reserved judgment because no rigorous test confirmed its existence.
Yes, some people reported that they felt so good when they exercised that it was […]
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By J .D. BIERSDORFER
Flickr and Facebook allow you to share photos online, and desktop programs like Picasa, iPhoto and Photoshop Elements let you make the pictures look good before you upload. But starting today with its new Photoshop Express site, Adobe is putting the two together.
After signing up for the free site at www.photoshop.com/express, members […]
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Skin Deep
By NATASHA SINGER
BOSTON
FOR all those adults who have ever wondered what after-shaves and lipsticks are made of, you can’t beat the insistent querying of a fifth grader.
“Do they really use whale puke in perfume?” asked Maeve O’Malley, 10, a fifth grader from Dartmouth, Mass.
Cornelia Bendel, a sixth grader from Framingham, Mass., had a similarly […]
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By KARA JESELLA
TWO things that you can find a lot of in Portland, Ore., are vegans and strip clubs. Johnny Diablo decided to open a business to combine both. At his Casa Diablo Gentlemen’s Club, soy protein replaces beef in the tacos and chimichangas; the dancers wear pleather, not leather. Many are vegans or vegetarians […]
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By JANCEE DUNN
MARK SCHOENFELD and Scott Field have bought seven houses together since they met in 1994. “We find something, put our stamp on it, then we’re ready to move on,” said Mr. Schoenfeld, a senior vice president of the Corcoran Group, the New York real estate concern. He and Mr. Field, a broker at […]
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