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Funding threatens US return to moon by 2020
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2009 |
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US ambitions of returning to the moon by 2020 and then heading to Mars risk being grounded because of "unrealistic" funds allocated to NASA, said Senator Bill Nelson, a former space shuttle astronaut.
Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers
Apr 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.
Abandon hope: Live sustainably just because it's the right thing to do
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Do you "hope" that everyone will see the light and start living more sustainably to save the environment? If so, you may be doing more harm than good.
Ethics guide for rural MDs
Nov 10, 2009 |
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With an eye to small-town health professionals as well as to the people training students to practice medicine beyond metropolitan settings, Dartmouth's Department of Community and Family Medicine is unveiling the Handbook ...
Radiologists and engineers develop a modified catheter to reduce contrast material injuries
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Though rare, IV contrast material administration can sometimes result in patient injury. However researchers have developed a modified catheter that may prevent such events from occurring, according to a study in the October ...
Owners should count calories for obese pets, consider several factors for good health
Oct 08, 2009 |
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You might watch your daily calorie intake or glance over nutritional information on food packages, but do you do the same for your pet?
Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
Lack of fragile X and related gene fractures sleep
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with the disorder, which is the common cause of inherited mental impairment, said a consortium of researchers led ...
Heavy-drinking colleges showing no improvements
Sep 10, 2009 |
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U.S. colleges with the biggest student drinking problems have so far failed to turn the tide, according to a new study.
US senators seek to squash spam
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Two US senators declared war on spam on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text ...
Plan offers guidance for evaluating menopause-like condition in girls and young women
Feb 05, 2009 |
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A comprehensive plan to help health care professionals diagnose and treat primary ovarian insufficiency—a menopause-like condition affecting girls and young women that may occur years before normal menopause is expected—has ...
Discovery to launch Wednesday as Florida braces for end of shuttle era
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast ...
Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain
Mar 05, 2007 |
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Having an out-of-body experience may seem far-fetched to some, but for those with arousal system disturbances in their brains, it may not be a far off idea that they could sense they were really outside their own body watching ...
Researchers confirm genetic alteration that triggers prostate cancer in mice and man
Jan 28, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D., and Peter Nelson, M.D., both investigators in the Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has confirmed that a molecular change found in human ...
Researchers Create an Epic Genetic Atlas of Rice
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale researchers have published a cellular atlas of genetic activity in rice, documenting with unprecedented detail how and when genes are turned off and on within cells of a living organism.
