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'MythBusters' brings its live show to Los Angeles
Show TrackerThe "Mythbusters" guys have launched a cannonball at a car (OK, that experiment didn't exactly go as planned), aged 1000 years and tested Archimedes' death ray. Now they are taking on a new challenge: co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are taking a... -
Ben Bernanke does a Jack Nicholson on Capitol Hill
Opinion L.A.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tells it like it is -- sort of -- at a congressional hearing.... -
Book review: 'The Information' by James Gleick
Los Angeles Times Book CriticThe Information A History, a Theory, a Flood James Gleick Pantheon: 531 pp., $29.95 Partway through "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood," James Gleick describes a technological innovation so transformative that it was heralded as "one of...Tags: History (tv network), Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Book
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President Obama challenges 'Mythbusters' crew to test Archimedes legend
Show TrackerThe crew of Discovery Channel's popular science program, "Mythbusters," frequently gets ideas from fans. But they are about to take on a challenge from a particularly famous viewer: President Obama. On the episode set to air Dec. 8, the president...... -
'Mythbusters' team says it's testing Archimedes the right way for President Obama
Show TrackerIt's not the same old Archimedes myth. Or at least, it won't be tested in the same way. Complaints erupted after we reported that "Mythbusters" would take on the Archimedes legend -- in which the ancient Greek mathematician supposedly destroyed...... -
Watch the 'Mythbusters' duo trade places using masks so realistic they're scary
Show TrackerAdam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of "Mythbusters" try to trade places with the help of super-realistic masks.... -
California now has enough drugs to execute 175 death row inmates
L.A. NOWCorrections officials told a federal judge Tuesday that they have imported enough sodium thiopental from Arizona and Britain to execute 175 death row prisoners. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation last month purchased 521 grams... -
State's lethal-injection drugs were imported from Britain, corrections officials disclose
L.A. NOWCorrections officials disclosed Tuesday that they had imported from Britain a large quantity of the key drug used in lethal-injection executions and are awaiting approval of the foreign-made product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The California... -
Wednesday's TV Highlights: ‘L.A. Holiday Celebration 2010’ on KCET
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Dec. 5 - 11 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Dec. 5 - 11 in PDF format (alternate link) Weekly TV Listings can also be found at:...... -
Obama episode of 'MythBusters' draws 2.2 million viewers
Show TrackerPresident Obama may be having some trouble with his Democratic colleagues, but his ratings mojo seems to be working just fine. A heavily promoted "President's Challenge" episode of Discovery's "MythBusters" science series Wednesday — in which Obama... -
True New Yorker
About two years ago, when rats came down from a lowquat tree and began scratching around and scuttling around in the crawl space beneath our Venice home, I made my wife laugh (and wince) by reading to her from Joseph Mitchell's classic 1944 New Yorker...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Salman Rushdie, Natural Resources, Walter Benjamin, Defense
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Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol simultaneously can sharply reduce heart attacks and strokes
Booster ShotsAn inexpensive combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug and one to reduce blood pressure can reduce the incidence of heart attacks and strokes by as much as 60%, but getting patients to begin the regimen and then to stay on it......
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