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Gut worms protect against allergy

Should I swallow some hookworms to cure my allergies and asthma?

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Canada’s deadlocked politics

Maybe we should go back to the old fashion 3 party system. Outlaw the separatist Bloc Quebecois, merge the Green Party with NDP. Then we can have a more meaningful election. Too bad that the Conservative is unlikely to win a majority government anytime soon.

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The fad for functional foods

Organic food is out of fashion. Welcome genetic modify food with enhanced nutrition. Artificial gotta be better than the natural product, otherwise where is the value add of human?

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Washing without water

There will be a new meaning to the term dry cleaning. Washing clothes using nylon beads instead of water is an interesting idea. The only question is how much the nylon beads costs. Water is pretty cheap, it is hard to beat the cost of using water?

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Skype founders launch another lawsuit against eBay

Another example on why our intellectual properties legal system is broken. It is simply ridiculous that someone found a technology company, sell it to pocket billions of dollars, then sue the new owner infringe his copyright.

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