Archive for February, 2008

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The New York Times published a very nice graph that displays how box offices evolves along the time for movies between 1986 and 2007. It’s  easy to see the peaks or success: Harry Potter, Lords of the rings, etc. But it’s interesting to see that some movies attract people over a very long period like [...]

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This article from New scientist highlights the benefits of DCA  (dichloroacetate),  a cheap drug without patent that has the ability to kill most cancers.

Cheap, ’safe’ drug kills most cancers - health - 17 January 2007 - New Scientist via kwout

The picture below summarizes the action of DCA:

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