Notizie prese in giro

Italy: sex twice a day to cure anxiety
l disturbo: ansia. La cura del medico: sesso, ma con moderazione. "Farlo
due volte alla settimana, non di più". Questa la prescrizione che un
dottore in servizio al pronto soccorso dell'ospedale genovese Villa Scassi
ha fatto ad una giovane donna affetta da "stato ansioso". La visita è stata
effettuata lunedì scorso, nel pomeriggio. La notizia è stata riportata
questa mattina dal quotidiano di Genova "Corriere Mercantile".

Brazil gets cut-price Aids drug
Brazil has accepted an offer from a manufacturer of an important anti-Aids
drug to cut its price by around 30%. The deal with Abbott over its drug
Kaletra was hailed by Brazil's health minister as an example to other
companies around the world. In May, it broke the patent on another Aids
drug and now imports a cheaper generic version from India. Drug companies
are increasingly sensitive about the willingness of developing nations to
break patents.

Australian aborigines dream of "grog"-free days
Aborigine Daryl Allen, 60, sits cross-legged in the dirt dreaming of the
good times when his outback people lived hunting kangaroo and working as
cattlemen, instead of drinking themselves to death. "They were happy days
-- no drinking," said Allen as he awaits the return of the camp's drunks
who will binge drink late into the night and most likely fight .A recent
report found a "river of grog" or alcohol was destroying aboriginal
communities in the outback Northern Territory and fuelling violence against
women and children.

Celebrities Who Have Gone Green
Dozens of artists will perform in concerts in eight cities around the world on July 7 in a bid to spur governments, corporations and the public to take action on global warming.
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What's Happening Where for Live Earth
Starting off in Sydney and travelling west around the world, Live Earth's global concerts are expected attract more than a million people to see over 100 musicians on July 7 as part of a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.

Oops! Those Bones We Ate? Dinosuars, Not Dragons!
Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers

Teddy bears turned inside-out: photo book by Kent Rogowski
"Bears" photographs by Kent Rogowski. Furry, huggable teddybears, gutted and inverted!!!

Steorn's "free energy machine" to be unveiled today
Orbo, a "free energy" machine, is being unveiled today at the Kinetica Museum in London. Steorn, the company that developed it, says it creates energy by exploiting the power of magnetism.

Wedding Trashers: Why Brides Are Destroying Their Dresses
In a kind of rebellion against America's wedding mania, an increasing number of brides are trashing their dresses and having photographers capture these moments of rage.

Adopt the Sky Before it's Too Late
In an effort to raise public awareness and put pressure on the federal government, Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law firm, has just launched a new virtual campaign called "Adopt the Sky."

L'uso dell'acqua nei primati (C)
Un esperimento tedesco ha dimostrato come gli orangotanghi riescano a
utilizzare l'acqua in modo creativo, risolvendo anche i problemi.

La tecnologia senza energia (C)
Il museo delle macchine non funzionanti presenta il modello della
tecnologia che non consuma.
Altre fonti:
www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40774;
www.steorn.com/orbo/

Consigli di socialità (C)
Lifehack propone dei suggerimenti per iniziare una conversazione.