BBC NEWS | Health | Housework clue to size of family (#)

  „Lead researcher Berna Miller Torr explained: "These couples may well struggle with the balance between work and family, choosing less family as a result."“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3694119.stm - Cached

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Clue to elixir of life

  „If polyphenols do give mice extra life, and if that extra life is healthy, the stage will then be set for human trials of something which scientists have dreamed of for centuries - a pill or potion to make us live longer.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/ 3175081.stm - Cached

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | GM decaf coffee plant created

  „A team of scientists, led by Shinjiro Ogita, used a technique called RNA interference to reduce the activity of key genes in the coffee plant called Coffea canephora. Dr Ogita told BBC News Online: "[Our] GM coffee plants are still young. They are one year old and about 15-30 centimetres in height, and have not produced beans yet. It will take 3-5 years to harvest.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/ 3002112.stm - Cached

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Cult coffee machine sold

  „The researchers decided to attach a camera to it and broadcast its pictures on the net, so that anyone looking at the images would know whether making the trip to the pot was worthwhile. Sold: The final webcam image The percolator soon acquired cult status, with hundreds of thousands of people logging on to watch it on one of the first ever web-cam broadcasts. The Cambridge computer department decided to sell the broken old pot because it is moving to new labs and the students want a new coffee-maker. "Time moves on and we want to buy a shiny new espresso machine," the students wrote in their offering on auction site eBay.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1490000/ 1490008.stm - Cached

BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - Features

  „Fairtrade Coffee Hop – Free tea and coffee at the Bronte Parsonnage, Main Street, Haworth. 10 – 11.30am. Free entry into the museum.“

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BBC - Norfolk Features - Patrick Anthony's guide to Christmas kitchen gadgets

  „This coffee maker is a brilliant idea which makes up to a litre of coffee in just four minutes and with its trendy figure hugging jacket zipped up, it will keep hot for at least half an hour.“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/features/xmas_2003/ kitchen_gadgets.shtml - Cached

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