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2008-05-15

Daily caffeine 'protects brain'

"Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.

The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may explain why. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7326839.stm

A Speck of Sunlight Is a Town’s Yearly Alarm Clock

"On March 8, the sun will rise again in Longyearbyen, the first time since October. While most of the world takes light and shadows for granted, for residents here, after months of perpetual darkness, the prospect of sunlight is a very big deal."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/world/europe/03sun.html

Peak of Eternal Light

"Peak of Eternal Light (PEL) describes a point on a body within the Solar System which is eternally bathed in sunlight. This is due to both the bodies' rotation and the point's altitude. The existence of such peaks was first proposed by Camille Flammarion in 1879, who speculated that there may exist pics de lumière éternelle at the poles of the Moon. Peaks of Eternal Light would be advantageous for space exploration and colonization due to the ability of an electrical device located there to receive solar power regardless of the time of day, and the relatively stable temperature range."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_of_Eternal_Light

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Electron Caught On Film For The First Time

"With the use of a newly developed technology for generating short pulses from intense laser light, so-called attosecond pulses, scientists at the Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden have managed to capture the electron motion for the first time."

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/electron_caught_on_film_for_the_first_time