Friday's Daily Brief

Friday, January 20, 2012 FIERY NEWT: Gingrich Unloads At Debate POLITICS Reid Makes Big Decision On Anti-Piracy Bill POLITICS Gingrich's Ex-Wife: Newt Always Said I Love You While 'She Was Listening' WORLD 6 Marines Reportedly Killed In Afghanistan Helicopter Crash MEDIA Poll's Huge Conclusion About Fox News BUSINESS Protesters To Demonstrate Outside Courthouses BLOG POSTS Margie Omero: Forget the Primary: All Republican Candidates Are Unpopular The latest New York Times/CBS poll shows that all the remaining Republican candidates are unpopular with voters nationally. No wonder Republican primary voters continue to be dissatisfied with their choices. David Lynch: Obsessed: Coffee Coffee has always seemed to facilitate thinking and catching ideas. Not only that, but the flavor of coffee is beyond the beyond good. Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all. For many years, I drank probably 20 cups of instant coffee per day. Bill Gates: Hearing From Students on Pressing World Issues Seeing the way young people think about the world reinforces my optimism about the future. Dr. Andrew Weil: Can Poison Be Good For You? Understanding Hormesis Hormesis is a little-known term with huge implications. It refers to a fascinating phenomenon: a favorable biological reaction to low doses of chemical toxins, radiation or some other form of stress that is damaging, even fatal, in higher doses. Robert L. Wolke: Bobbing For Pumpkins: The Science Behind 'Will It Float?' Bobbing for apples is one of the silliest games played by humans, and I won't glorify it by describing its rules (if any) here. But it does raise the compelling scientific question, "Why do some fruits float and others don't?"

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