UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

Technology / Other

6 hours ago | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Coma recovery case attracts doubters

Medicine & Health / Other

11 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content

Technology / Telecom

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Owners of Roku's digital video player will soon have a bunch more channels to choose from.

Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study

Medicine & Health / Health

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More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.

New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have collected 46 new populations of switchgrass in Florida, adding valuable new accessions to the germplasm collection of this ...

Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.

Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

13 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts thought they were going to give thanks with pantry leftovers Thursday as their mission drew to a close, but found turkey dinners awaiting them.

WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu

Medicine & Health / Medications

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(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.

Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur ...

Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'

Other Sciences / Economics

15 hours ago | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...

Scientists reveal 'protector' gene behind 50-fold increase in number of bowel tumours

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that deleting a single gene can increase the average number of tumours in the bowel by 50-fold, according to research published in PNAS today.

An end to sleep problems? Researchers discover enzyme behind effects of sleep deprivation

Medicine & Health / Research

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There is hope for those who miss one night too many or whose children keep them up at night. The unwelcome effects of a bad night's sleep - forgetfulness, impaired mental performance - can be dealt with by reducing the concentration ...

The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty ...

RNA on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...

Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

Medicine & Health / Research

15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported ...

Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

Technology / Other

17 hours ago | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.