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Every villain has his Achilles' heel. And microscopic scoundrels are no exception.
Read More »What caused dolphin deaths – oil spill or cold snap?
By Leigh Coleman BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have perished from last year's massive oil spill or a winter cold snap. [More]
Read More »Enzyme Can Strengthen Old Memories
By Amy Maxmen Precious memories need not fade if a report today bears fruit. [More]
Read More »Minimum to the Max: Shifting Solar Plasma Could Account for Sun’s Recent Slumber
A few years back, the sun went into a lull, its activity tailing off like a rambunctious child settling down for a nap. The lull was no surprise; it is a normal part of the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity, over which the number of magnetized regions known as sunspots waxes and wanes
Read More »How to Launch a Website in 3 Minutes
Most start-ups cannot afford the luxuries of ordering a custom website build-out or paying a retainer to an online marketing agency. I'd even venture to say that the thought of building a website is off-putting for most would-be business owners. However, fear not my aspiring entrepreneurs, you don't need big money to look like a big company.
Read More »Evolution Abroad: Creationism Evolves in Science Classrooms around the Globe
As the familiar battles over evolution education continue to play out in U.S. state legislatures and school boards, other countries are facing very different dynamics. Much of the world lives outside of any law that requires separation of church and state, making creationism trickier to disentangle from public school curricula.
Read More »U.S. Air Force robotic space plane set for second long-duration flight
In 2010, a new U.S. Air Force test vehicle, the X-37B, took flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Read More »Retinal implant to restore partial sight approved for use in Europe
After decades of development and years of clinical trials, an optical prosthesis capable of restoring at least partial vision to those suffering from retina-damaging diseases will hit the market.
Read More »Sophisticated stone tools and piles of bones identify early bird hunters in coastal California
A collection of delicate stone tools discovered on California's Channel Islands indicates that early humans in the Americas were hunting local waterfowl some 11,200 to 12,200 years ago. [More]
Read More »Giving HIV a Poor Reception: New AIDS Treatment Tinkers with Immune Cell Genes
BOSTON--A novel treatment for HIV could involve changing the genes in a person's immune cells and, ultimately, in his or her stem cells, as well. It might even lead to a cure for that deadly disease
Read More »SciFoo: $1 billion
If you had $1 billion to spend on just one project, what would it be? Here's how an astrobiologist, a broadcaster, a skeptic and a Nobel laureate, amongst others, would spend the money. Filmed at the 2010 Science Foo Camp in California, this is the last of four videos in this series.
Read More »EPA says big budget cut would hurt public health
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect citizens from premature death and other health problems would be gutted if Congress slashes funding as threatened by Republican lawmakers, its chief said on Wednesday
Read More »Ruled by the Body: How Physical Illness Affects the Brain (preview)
When I first met Tina, a woman in her late 20s, she had been seeing mental health professionals for virtually her entire life.
Read More »U.S. officials declare eastern cougar extinct
By Zach Howard HADLEY, Massachusetts (Reuters Life!) - The eastern cougar, a large and elusive tawny wild cat that once prowled over wilderness in 21 states, is now extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Wednesday. [More]
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