The Republican measure in the House would have paid for the low interest rate on student loans by cutting funding for preventive health care.

The Democratic measure in the Senate would have paid for the low interest rate on student loans by closing a tax loophole for individuals with income exceeding $250,000.

Choose the pay-for method that you prefer, and factor it into your November vote accordingly.

It's not hormesis, per se, but it's clear that humans (and other lifeforms) can endure at least the low levels of radiation coming from their own bodies. Humans are about 0.35% potassium by mass; 0.0117% of potassium is potassium-40; potassium-40, which undergoes beta decay, has a half-life of 1.248 * 10^9 years. Each 1 kg of body mass has about 410 micrograms of potassium-40; that's 6.2 * 10^18 potassium-40 atoms. 1.248 * 10^9 years is 3.938 * 10^16 seconds, so roughly 1 out of every 3.938 * 10^16 potassium-40 atoms decays every second. Out of the 6.2 * 10^18 potassium-40 atoms in each kg of body mass, that's about 160 atoms. Average adult weight is something like 70 kg, so figure 11200 potassium-40 atoms are undergoing beta decay inside the average adult body every second.

Quick back-of-the-envelope calculations: Blackle saves roughly 18W over Google; my electricity costs about $0.12/kWh; so Blackle would save me roughly a penny for every five hours that I'm on the Google website!

This is one of those stories where there's actually something useful you can do. If you haven't gotten a Tdap booster as an adult yet, do so when you get your next Td booster. (You do get a Td booster every ten years, right? You don't want tetanus, do you? You know they used to call it "lockjaw", right? You know the bacteria that cause tetanus survive in the environment outside of living hosts, right?)

I'm curious. I know my basis for considering the term "bimbo" offensive, but what's yours?

Also, what criteria do you propose for the returning of a donation being a moral necessity?

Sexism and ignorance are wrong. They are wrong regardless of the sources, be they Democrats, Republicans, or Slashdot commenters who get called out, but then try to change the subject while neglecting to apologize.

On no occasion in her testimony did Sandra Fluke use herself as an example for why she felt insurance should cover hormone pills. The examples she did use were of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome or endometriosis; in none of her examples was prevention of pregnancy the purpose of the pills. Rush Limbaugh appears to have been sexually attracted to her, which is fine; what is not clear is why he needed to express his fantasies about watching her have sex to the world at large.

Read the transcript of Sandra Fluke's testimony here: http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/statement-Congress-letterhead-2nd%20hearing.pdf

I see that it has since actually been done once. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/1/e296

Here is the specific question to ask private banks.

Is there any instance in which a person, as a newborn, had cord blood stored, and then used their own cord blood later in life?

When our kids were newborns, the answer was "no"; I would assume it is still "no". I believe there do exist cases in which kid #1 needed their parents to conceive and give birth to kid #2 so that kid #2's cord blood could be used for kid #1, but that's an entirely different matter.

I know that you may be thinking "I can afford the hundreds of dollars, and it's worth it for the infinitesimal chance that it could help our child"... but the logic breaks down when you consider other things you can use that money for that are much more likely to help your child.

Might need a new Fujita scale... forget F5, say hello to F4000!

So it is; heck, it's possible to play "benzoxycamphors" in Scrabble. But for nine-letter and longer root words, you turn to a source other than the OSPD.

I'm not criticizing Kenneth W. Regan for the way in which his work was reported in the popular press, but Matej Guid and Ivan Bratko have had a couple of articles published in which they evaluate past world champion chess players with computer programs. Their ICGA Journal articles aren't free to read, but ChessBase.com has articles (which I haven't read) based on those journal articles here and here.

My work isn't closely enough related to that of Regan and Guid/Bratko that I know the politics involved: sworn enemies? friends? never heard of each other? But if it's "never heard of each other", they should talk.

It should not surprise you; nine-letter root words are not supposed to be in the OSPD, though a few slipped in by mistake.

From the publication: "Finally, and we cannot stress this enough, if you do receive a letter from a federal judge asking you to explain why you fired a juror, ignoring the letter may not be the best course of action."

I have not seen any investigative journalism exposing the campaign contributions that led to the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended DST. I fear that nobody cares that much, so if that's the level of detail you're looking for, you're likely to be disappointed.

But I can provide you with a link in which the author of a book opposing DST blames golf courses for the extension of DST, and you can find many more such links with a Google search on "daylight savings time golf courses" or the like. So to convince me that golf courses did not lobby for extended DST, I'm going to need more than just your say-so.

Your citation of "morning hours when it's cooler" suggests a very localized view of DST. Golfers prefer to golf when the weather is nice for golf, and whether tht's the morning or not depends quite a bit on local climate. Anyway, here's the link. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/t/story?id=975472&page=1