Archive for June 13th, 2006
Listen to any radio station in the world

Almost any radio in the world is available through this web site. Right now I’m listening to a high-bandwidth trance dance station in Hungary (and learning Hungarian, I might add, since that’s the language I SHOULD be studying ;) )

If you have even a remote curiosity about what’s going on real-time in the rest of the world, you owe yourself a check-in on this site. It’s a hell of a lot of fun to listen in.

-Zack

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DNA students shocked to learn their ethnicity is not what they thought

Ever wondered who your ancestors really are? Or, more importantly, are you really from the background that you think you’re from? On Saturday, 65 people got some surprising answers using the latest DNA technology at a workshop at the College of Alameda.

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Coffee reduces risk of cirrhosis from too much alcohol

Coffee may counteract alcohol’s poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say. In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by 20 percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by 80 percent.

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