By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine A prominent paper that claimed to reveal the genetic factors that help people live to 100 or older has been retracted, a year after it was first released. The study, published in Science , reported 150 genetic variations that could be used to predict whether a person was genetically inclined to see their 100th birthday
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Let me be clear: Another Earth , opening July 22, is not a science-fiction film, despite its premise of the discovery of a planet just like our own.
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A Los Angeles judge has given troubled actress Lindsay Lohan 21 days to seek psychological treatment. Her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, says her client can't afford to pay for counseling
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Apple appears to be gearing up for a fresh assault on a market it's never done hugely well in: Enterprise.
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Mark Calcavecchia defied the afternoon rain to shoot a bogey-free 68 and take a three-way share of the first-round lead at the Senior British Open on Thursday.
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By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Small fish play a big role in the oceans and catches should be cut sharply to safeguard marine food chains from plankton to blue whales, an international team of experts said on Thursday. [More]
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STOCKHOLM (AP) -Swedish amateur golfer Robert Karlsson was on top on the leaderboard with countryman Alexander Noren and Jaco Van Zyl of South Africa after they shot 5-under 67s in Thursday's first round of the Nordea Masters.
Read More »Stupples shares 1st-round lead at Evian Masters
Former British Open champion Karen Stupples of England shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the first-round lead with Sweden's Maria Hjorth and South Korea's Ahn Shin-ae at the Evian Masters on Thursday.
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After lengthy delay, agency okays drug for people with clogged arteries
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Read More »Whitebark Pine Turned Down for Endangered Species List
Whitebark pine ( Pinus albicaulis ) are at risk of extinction due to climate change and invasive species, the U.S.
Read More »Fired caddie has lost respect for Tiger
PGT: Some might have never anticipated it, but caddie Steve Williams has become a sympathetic figure after being canned by Tiger Woods.
Read More »Bloomberg, Sierra Club Make $50 Million Anti-Coal Move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined with the Sierra Club on Thursday in a $50 million, four-year plan to campaign for replacing one-third of aging U.S. coal-fired power plants with clean energy. "If we are going to get serious about reducing our carbon footprint in the United States, we have to get serious about coal," Bloomberg, founder of the news service that bears his name, said in a statement.
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