One of the most powerful cancer drugs on the market — Taxol or, generically, paclitaxel — comes from the Pacific yew tree. It was discovered in the 1960s during a massive government program to find medications in plant extracts. It worked remarkably well in its first human trials, but environmentalists realized that harvesting more Taxol [...]
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The Pacific Yew Tree – Amazing Chemicals Invented by Nature, Rebuilt in Lab
31 January 2009 · No Comments
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Winter, Snow And Christmas Related High Resolution Wallpapers
5 December 2008 · No Comments
Everybody love Christmas, snow and winter! Take a look on these wallpapers – which are really Christmas symbols like, snow, ice, gifts, Christmas trees, night scenes..etc
A Magic Christmas by DigitalPhenom – 1920×1200
Chistmas Globes – 1600×1200
Merry Christmas drawing 1280×1024
Christmas Imperfection by DivineError – 1600×1200
Christmas Tree Ornaments – 1280×1024
Happy Snowman 1280×1024
Santa’s Parcel Service by [...]
Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko on the December 2008 cover of Maxim Magazine
11 November 2008 · 1 Comment
Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko on the December 2008 cover of Maxim Magazine
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Quantum of Solace
29 October 2008 · 1 Comment
Quantum of Solace (2008) continues the high octane adventures of James Bond in Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr White who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more [...]
Jeeves and Wooster
14 October 2008 · No Comments
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories. The series was produced by Picture Partnership Productions for Granada Television and screened on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993. It starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a jovial but empty-headed young gentleman, and Stephen Fry [...]
Star Wars
8 October 2008 · No Comments
Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded since that time. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels.[1] Star Wars was [...]
007 – Casino Royale
5 October 2008 · No Comments
Casino Royale (2006) is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it is directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis.
It is [...]
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Lake wallpaper
5 October 2008 · No Comments
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Nazca Lines
4 October 2008 · No Comments
The Nazca lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches more than 80 km (50 miles) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to [...]
The Grand Canyon
30 September 2008 · No Comments
The Grand Canyon is considered one of the natural wonders of the world largely because of its natural features. The exposed geologic strata – layer upon layer from the basement Vishnu schist to the capping Kaibab limestone – rise over a mile above the river, representing one of the most complete records of geological history [...]








