Starved for attention

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Desperate for visitors, several new websites have new ways to get noticed, including lotteries and sweepstakes; uncontrollable 'pop-up' displays that don't allow web surfers out of your site; selling below cost; and other ingeneous schemes.

Author: Bunn, Austin
Standards, Internet, Advertising, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Interactive Advertising Bureau UK Ltd.

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How to sequence your own genome

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The race between Celera Genomics and the Human Genome Project to sequence the human genome inspired the Natural History Museum's exhibition, "The Genomic Revolution." A simplified, five-step process for genomic sequencing is included.

Author: Bunn, Austin
Research, Methods, Exhibitions, Chromosome mapping, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, Genomics

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The bittersweet science: the history of diabetes shows just how extreme treatments can get before there is a genuine medical breakthrough

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The discovery of insulin in 1922 provided the first effective treatment for diabetes. A history of treatments, including starvation, used before the discovery of insulin is described.

Author: Bunn, Austin
United States, Care and treatment, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus

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