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Glittering timeline with universal appeal

By Martha Groves

The Griffith Observatory's Cosmic Connection exhibit links more than 2,000 pieces of celestial-themed jewelry into a 175-foot-long history of 'the march of cosmic time.'

 

 

Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study

 

 

Search for ivory-billed woodpecker to begin anew

 

 

Dirty teeth reveal ancient diet

 

 

Publisher of Harcourt Houghton Mufflin quits

 

 

stv.tv

IAEA calls for mutated supercrops to feed world's hungry Register, UK - The IAEA nuke boffins are keen to emphasise that their "induced mutation" plans are not the same as genetically modified (GM) crops. ... IAEA calls for renewed interest in mutant plant breeding AFP IAEA says irradiated crops could ease food crisis Reuters South Africa Nuclear science for food security EurekAlert (press release) Business Daily Africa all 26 news articles »

 

 

 * US 'warned India' about Mumbai  * The US warned India about a possible threat before  last week's Mumbai attacks, US media reports say.  Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7761165.stm

 

 

 * Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500 * A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people between August and the end of November, the UN says.  Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/africa/7760088.stm

 

 

 * California 'faces budget crisis'
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal emergency, ordering lawmakers to fix a huge budget gap. Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/americas/7760249.stm

 

 

  US carmakers in new bail-out plea * US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will present their new cost-cutting plans to Congress.  Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/7761015.stm

 

 

 * BA exploring merger with Qantas * British Airways announces that it is discussing a potential merger with the Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways.  Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/7760851.stm

 

 

Irish Independent

Clink! Why we're still toasting the G&T Irish Independent, Ireland - ... lucre to invent the gin Martini (it was first served by a San Francisco bartender -- at the behest of a patron about to catch the train to Martinez). ...

 

The Right Word

A weekly newsroom critique of grammar, style and usage in The Times. This week: puzzling pairs.

 

 

 

Carbon Detectives Are Tracing Gases in Colorado

 

 

 

Helping a Courier Redraw His Route

 

 

Critic's Choice: New DVDs: Douglas Fairbanks

 

 

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World'

By NIALL FERGUSON
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI

Niall Ferguson’s latest book, “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World,” went to press in May 2008, but it shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis.

 

 

 

'The Man Who Owns the News'

By MICHAEL WOLFF
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN

Michael Wolff has written a supercilious yet star-struck portrait of Rupert Murdoch, the planet’s most notorious press baron.

• Times Topics: Rupert Murdoch

 

 

nerd news

 

Apple suggests Mac users install antivirus software

Apple changes its tune by advising Mac users to install antivirus software in nod that even Mac users aren't immune to rising malware threats.

Mon, Dec 01 17:30:00 PST 2008 | Read full story 

 

 

Video of the day

A toast to online wine With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it no longer has to be so hard.

The social

Murdoch biographer: MySpace is for '(expletive) cretins'

Media critic Michael Wolff has some pretty blunt things to say about News Corp.'s social network in a BusinessWeek interview about his new Rupert Murdoch bio.  Read full story