Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Genes Reveal 'Biological Ageing'

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Photo: Telomeres at the end of chromosomes shorten with age. From The BBC: Gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are a...

Valium 'Works Like Heroin'

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From The Telegraph: Valium, the tranquilliser once known as "mother's little helper", works by boosting the same brain chemica...

Google Buzz Launched In Bid To Topple Facebook And Twitter

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Google Buzz will enable Gmail users to create status updates and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends From The Daily Mail...

Scientists Seek Better Way To Do Climate Report

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REFORM CLIMATE: Is there any need for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to continue its work of assessing the global environment...

Mediterranean Diet May Lower Risk of Brain Damage That Causes Thinking Problems

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Click Image to Enlarge From Science Daily: Science Daily (Feb. 9, 2010) — A Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brai...

Frozen Hair Yields First Ancient Human Genome

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A reconstruction of what Inuk, a member of the ancient extinct Saqqaq culture of Greenland, might have looked like, based on DNA sequencing ...

Apple Has Room To Drop iPad Price, Says iSuppli

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(Credit: James Martin/CNET ) From Wall Street Journal: SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--The components that make up Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad m...

Google Subsidizing Ultrafast Broadband Test

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From CNET: Google, never satisfied with the pace of change, plans a test that will provide 50,000 to 500,000 people with fiber-optic broadba...

Strategy To Grow UK Space Sector

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From The BBC: The UK space industry can become a much bigger global player, employing thousands more highly skilled workers and turning over...

Obesity In Kids: Three Lifestyle Changes That Help

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Getty From Time Magazine: To curb the childhood-obesity epidemic, health experts have long urged parents to make healthy changes to their fa...

Google Takes On Facebook, Twitter With ‘Buzz’

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From Epicenter: MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google says there’s already plenty of social networking information out there, and what the worl...

Botox May Deaden Not Just Nerves, But Emotions, Too

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From Discover Magazine: Sure, Botox can banish crows feet, smooth those wrinkles, and lift those frown lines, making the client look more yo...

U.S. Solar Market To Double In The Next Year

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Powering up: Workers help construct a solar power plant built by the Pasadena, CA-based eSolar. The mirrors focus light on a tower, generati...

New Armored Wall System Assembles Like Legos, Could Replace Sandbags In Afghanistan

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McCurdy's Armor Dynamic Defense Materials From Popular Science: Attention recruits. Those of you landing in Afghanistan in coming months...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Brain Location for Fear of Losing Money Pinpointed -- The Amygdala

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Two patients with rare lesions to the brain have provided direct of evidence of how we make decisions -- and what makes us dislike the thoug...

The Most Awe-Inspiring Natural Wonders In America

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From Live Science: If Earth is giant natural art gallery, the United States is among its most impressive geologic installations. From sea to...

Can Battlefield Robots Take The Place Of Soldiers?

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Can battlefield land-robots be made to obey the rules of war? From The BBC: Can war be fought by lots of well-behaved machines, making it ...

Why NASA Picked Stormy Florida

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From Christian Science Monitor: Weather thwarts shuttle launches. But important factors favor this state. If the space shuttle Endeavour lif...

The 20 Richest Americans In Tech

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From Pingdom: The tech industry is littered with billionaires. We all enjoy a good income, but some clearly have earned more than others. Mu...

Boeing’s New 747-8 Continues A Jumbo Tradition

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From Autopia: EVERETT, Washington — Boeing spent more than five years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing its new 747-8, but in t...