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By Paul Sisco Washington 30 April 2008 An artist based in Los Angeles, California, is attracting attention with a showing of his work that combines video, audio and sculpture. Video art, or what some call new media art, has been around for some time.

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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

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By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

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From NPR news, this is all things considered. I'm Michele Norris.And I'm Robert Siegel. The White House has come under fire for federal agencies issuing what are called video news releases that promoted administration policies. Video news releases ar

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By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

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Several times a year, the Pew Internet American Life Project releases detailed research findings about the ways in which we Americans use computers and the Internet. While the abilities needed to manipulate video-game controls may not translate to s

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Sleep well, sleep better If sleep has plunged to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not alone. Although the National Sleep Foundation recommends getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night, the average American logs only six hours and 40 minutes.

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Are You Lifehacking Too Much? Nick Cernis of Put Things Off recently declared that productivity is dead. He said that our obsession with productivity is getting in the way of our lives. Nick started out by saying that the productivity industry is out

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