Understanding the pain Researchers keep trying to develop an effective painkiller for seniors, due the number of old people who will be seeking pain management solutions in the next years. How? Understanding the way pain is originated. Shameful spectacle If you thought you'll simply see stars showing off and elaborated host's jokes, you were wrong. The VMA´s 2002 ceremony was a most pathetic parade of oldie stars (which included stand-up bows every two minutes) and the classic tiring and forced tribute to NY. Med Pig cell transplants could cure diabetes. Studies in mice suggest that carbohydrates may be the cause of rheumatoid arthritis. And caffeine lowers skin cancer risk in mice. Find out more. Ecological houses Sneak a peek on this modern dreamy house. Put a little sunshine in your life Solar sail spacecraft promises to dazzle everybody. Here interviews to the earthly and newly inspired by maternity Gwen Stefani (lead singer in No Doubt), and the workaholic and not so interesting Joaquin Phoenix (actor). Check it out! Go to "burned out celebrities" section.		September 3rd, Tuesday, 2002, ip nº24 Living dead rock star Rock is back If Vicentico´s interview (featured in the last Ip) was a kind of demystification of rock & roll legend and what an artist is supposed to be, the next interview to the lead singer of The Vines, Craig Nicholls, is an apology of that particular kind of life. Check out this young man's profile, which reunites the awful distinctiveness that comes with the rock star role, a mono-orientated life, dumbness, alienation, a certain somberness… Link: http://www.rollingstone.com/features/featuregen.asp?pid=1054 Besides with this recently surged group of "new" bands that resuscitate garage and punk rock it seems that the rock star stereotype -basically untidy people who look as if they were older and crash things- is getting more hip than ever. Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_24_3.html Lazy summer Sweden's health becomes political issue Take a peek on this interesting material about the striking amount of people getting sick pay and disability pensions - early retirement benefits paid to those who stop working before the stipulated age- from the Sweden Government, which is causing debate since the sick and disabled budgets are exceeding reasonable numbers. Some say this policy is affecting work ethic, others claim that workers are overloaded. Nonetheless Sweden's labor regime is equilibrated and work-related death rate is among the lowest in the world, apart from another positive facts. Is this internationally admired welfare model showing some gaps? Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_24_3.html The pleasure of relapsing Express marriages Afterwards a small research on divorce, including an article on "express marriages" and a study on marital break ups. The most interesting thing is how the model manages to survive, taking into account that many men who file for a divorce end up repeating the marital cycle one more time, as if the model's flaws were of no real importance, and just rearranging the pieces was enough, escaping this way all possible critical analysis. So why do many people decide to give marriage another shoot? Perhaps in a monotonous setting it becomes necessary to alter something in order to regain the taste for it. Link : http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_24_4,html Take a look at this study on break-ups and everyday life influence. Link: http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/24/cdc.marriagereport/index.html Appeared in CNN.		Privacy Issues A security system called 3-D Body Holo Scanner is causing some stir among privacy advocates. Read it next. Plus, drivers´ electronic passes, as a part of a government traffic-watch program , will be used to track travelers throughout the region. Go to privacy concerns section, clicking here. On Clonation Some ground-breaking news in this area: British scientists grow stem cells, and then a "stem cell bank" is being set up to store stem cell lines. To read more news on this topic, go here. Extra News Has paranoia gone too far? With a rise in kidnappings, parents are using GPS-enabled bracelet to pinpoint their children's location. And a Us strike on Iraq may lead to further alienation in the Orient culture, war foes claim. See some numbers here. New data on Earth's origin. And know more on variable stars. More movies are featuring romantic relationships between young men and older women. Large UK companies are donating less to charity for the first time in six years. Finally politics are all around, or at least that's where UK citizens are going. Television and radio broadcasters will be required to conduct party political broadcasts to re-connect alienated voters with politics.