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The Secret New York Alternative to a Rowdy Summer Beach House

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living


Michelle Haimoff

Not everyone can afford to rent a beach house for the summer, but here are six spaces in Manhattan that will place you in the center of the warm weather action.

Kissing The Earth Goodbye In About 7 Billion Years

New York Times | DENNIS OVERBYE | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home


In the end, there won't even be fragments. If nature is left to its own devices, about 7.59 billion years from now Earth will be dragged from its orb...

Vitamin D: If You Can't Get It From Sun, Take The Pill

Dr. Soram Khalsa | Posted 02.03.2008 | Living


Dr. Soram Khalsa

If you live north of 37 degrees latitude (approximately a line drawn horizontally connecting Norfolk, VA to San Francisco, CA) sunlight is not sufficient to create Vitamin D in your skin in the winter months, even if you are sitting in the sun in a bathing suit on a warm January day!

Astronomers Weigh Biggest Black Hole In The Universe

BBC News | Paul Rincon | Posted 01.10.2008 | Home


The biggest black hole in the Universe has been weighed by astronomers. The monster celestial object is 18 billion times more massive than our own Su...