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Fast-Evolving Brains Helped Humans out of the Stone Age

Just like our animal skin–clad ancestors, we gather food with zeal, lust over the most capable mates, and have an aversion to scammers. And we do still wear plenty of animal skins. But does more separate us from our Stone Age forebears than cartoonists and popular psychologists might have us believe

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Closes In on Historic Final Landing

When space shuttle Atlantis rolls to a stop at the end of its current mission, the only remaining U.S. spacecraft capable of taking astronauts to orbit will be powered down for good. NASA's fleet of space shuttles, developed in the 1970s and first launched in 1981, have provided the nation with 30 years of almost uninterrupted access to space.

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Disease Charities Bargain for New Drug Profits

By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine Early next year, a drug for cystic fibrosis is expected to come before the US Food and Drug Administration for approval. [More]

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Semiconductor Technology Cuts Genome Sequencing Cost

By Gwyneth Dickey Zakaib of Nature magazine Like the computer chips made by Intel, the company that Moore co-founded, the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) exploits semiconductor technology, with its ability to deliver ever-increasing speed and lower costs--a trend predicted by 'Moore's law' some 50 years ago. [More]

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USDA Denies It Can Cut Genetically Modified Grass

By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine When the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this month that it did not have the authority to oversee a new variety of genetically modified (GM) Kentucky bluegrass, it exposed a serious weakness in the regulations governing GM crops. [More]

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Innovation Agents: Joe Jimenez, CEO Of Novartis

As CEO of Novartis, Europe's second largest drug company, the former competitive swimmer Joe Jimenez won't rest until he snags the top spot. The key: innovative products, expansion into new markets, and good old-fashioned team building. As a teenager, Joe Jimenez spent four hours a day, seven days a week in the pool training for swim meets

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State Water Rule Threatens Nuclear Reactors Near NYC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators finalized rules to reduce cooling water intake by power plants and other industrial facilities to reduce fish kills by 90 percent.

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