Gore, others urge CEOs to back climate change deal
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Climate-change heavyweights U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders on Sunday to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing ...
Computer scientist to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2009 |
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On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Italy's Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying the Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under tons of super-heated ash, rock and debris in one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history.
LIDAR system offers peerless precision in remote measurements
May 24, 2009 |
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By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a laser ...
Wash. state woman 1st death under new suicide law
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Linda Fleming was diagnosed with terminal cancer and feared her last days would be filled with pain and ever-stronger doses of medication that would erode her mind.
In pandemics of the past, caution for the future
May 24, 2009 |
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A novel flu circulated in some American cities in April and May of 1918, causing mild illness and going largely unnoticed. It returned in September, and again in January, eventually killing more than 500,000 people nationwide.
Scientist discovers beavers building prime salmon habitat in Skagit Delta
May 24, 2009 |
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As sometimes happens with science, Greg Hood went looking for one thing, and found something else: tidal beavers.
Atlantis, crew land in Calif. after Hubble mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.
Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction
May 24, 2009 |
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An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke Univer ...
Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 24, 2009 |
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Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by nature optimistic.
Recession suddenly humbles high-tech sector
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The $1.6 million red Bugatti crouches in the showroom, flanked by Lamborghinis, Bentleys and a Rolls-Royce all polished to a shimmer. The nearby potted plants, however, are dusty and wilting. With super-luxury car ...
P[acman]-generated fruit fly gene 'library': A new research tool
May 24, 2009 |
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(May 24, 2009) -- Using a specially adapted tool called P[acman], a collaboration of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine has established a library of clones that cover most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit ...
'Extreme' college drinking and a sensation-seeking disposition lead to injury
May 24, 2009 |
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Drinking on college campuses in the United States is a pervasive problem, leading to numerous problems. One study estimated that more than 500,000 college students suffered alcohol-related injuries in 2001. This study examined ...
Komodo dragon attacks terrorize Indonesia villages
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Komodo dragons have shark-like teeth and poisonous venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite. Yet villagers who have lived for generations alongside the world's largest lizard were not afraid ...
How superbugs control their lethal weapons (w/Videos)
May 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears that some superbugs have evolved to develop the ability to manipulate the immune system to everyone's advantage.
Viagra developer Furchgott dead at 92: report
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 24, 2009 |
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Robert Furchgott, a Nobel prize-winning pharmacologist whose work with the gas nitric oxide helped develop the anti-impotency drug Viagra, has died at the age of 92, The New York Times reported Sunday.
