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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Faster & Higher: Extreme Athletes Can Track Feats with Tech While there's been a surge in gadgets to help runners and bikers track their every jog and ride, extreme sport athletes have been largely left out of this "quantified self" movement (the use of technology to collect data about oneself). But thanks to a new device, skaters, surfers and snowboarders may soon be also able to measure their feats. Read More » Dangers Lurking in Supplements Prove Need for Oversight (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Conserving Life Along China's Yangtze River (Op-Ed) On Balance Conserving Life Along the Yangtze Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Why Whistle-Blowers Should Watch Out for New Loophole (Op-Ed) Celia Wexler is a senior Washington representative for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), where she focuses on food and drug safety, protections for scientist whistle-blowers and government transparency and accountability. This article first appeared in the UCS blog The Equation. She contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting. Read More » Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers. ... Read More » Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers. ... Read More » Texas jury rules ban on registering cloned horses violates law By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas jury has ruled that a horse association violated anti-monopoly laws by banning cloned animals from its prestigious registry, a decision that could encourage cloning and open the way for the animals to participate in lucrative horse races. Two Texas breeders, rancher Jason Abraham and veterinarian Gregg Veneklasen, sued the American Quarter Horse Association last year, asserting the group was operating a monopoly by excluding clones. ... Read More » Jupiter, Mars and Mercury: See a Planet Triple Play This Weekend Over the next three mornings, set your alarm clock for about 75 minutes before local sunrise. If your skies are clear, you'll be able to see a "planetary triple play" low in the east-northeast sky. Read More » Artificial Ear Grown on Rat's Back From artificial eyeballs to limbs, doctors have dreamed up dozens of ways to replace body parts when things go wrong. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Explore the Microscopic World Ever since Robert Hooke first made his beautiful sketches of magnified insects, scientists have been peering at the world through microscopes. Read More » Owl Hoots Hush the Song of a Thrush The Veery thrush, a secretive migratory bird, silences its flute-like twilight song when owls are around to avoid getting eaten, a new study shows. Read More » Mysterious Pentagram on Google Maps Explained Conspiracy theorists, start your engines: On the wind-blown steppes of central Asia, in an isolated corner of Kazakhstan, there's a large pentagram etched into the Earth's surface. And now an archaeologist has revealed the source of the mysterious structure. Read More »
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FeedaMail: Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News

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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Did Archaeologists Find a Piece of Jesus' Cross? Archaeologists working at the site of an ancient church in Turkey believe they may have found a relic of the cross of Jesus. Read More » Masked Melanoma: Cancerous Mole Hidden Behind Tattoo When a 29-year-old man in Germany decided to get his tattoo removed, he also ended up removing a mole, hidden within the colorful designs, which turned out to be cancer, according to a report of his case. Read More » Greenland Icebergs May Have Triggered 'Big Freeze' In a warming world, what could cause temperatures to suddenly plummet across the Northern Hemisphere? Scientists have tried to answer this question for decades, ever since they discovered geological and biological evidence for the "Big Freeze." Read More » Cosmetic Surgery Subtracts Years, Doesn't Add Beauty A face-lift or eyelid lift may make you look slightly younger, but not any more attractive, a new study suggests. Read More » Acetaminophen Must Now Carry Warning of Skin Reactions, FDA Says The common pain reliever acetaminophen can, in rare cases, cause serious skin reactions, the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers today. Read More » 3D Printing at Home: Small Savings Will Add Up 3D printing may be heralded for the ability to print everything from body parts to prosthetics, but the true breakthrough for the technology will come from the ability to print much simpler products, one researcher predicts. Read More » Real-Life Barbie? Model Created Look to Spread Beliefs A young Russian model who reportedly spent a half-million dollars to turn herself into a real-life Barbie doll is indeed quite real and not the result of a computer-generated image. Read More » Fossil of Dinosaur Death Match Headed for Auction A well-preserved fossil of two dinosaurs locked in a deadly battle is expected to go for $7 million to $9 million at auction later this year, but the sale is already brewing controversy. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Explore Jupiter's Moon Europa Jupiter's icy moon Europa is shrouded in mystery. Read More » Ancient Feathered Shield Discovered in Peru Temple Hidden in a sealed part of an ancient Peruvian temple, archaeologists have discovered a feathered shield dating back around 1,300 years. Read More » Brilliant Meteor Shower and Comet to Grace August Night Sky August could be a banner month for skywatchers, weather permitting. Read More » Summer Camp Trades Campfires for Cybersecurity (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Energy Efficiency Making Good on its Promise (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » 13 Tips for Staying Hydrated in the Summer Heat (Op-Ed) Katherine Tallmadge Diet Simple: 195 Mental Tricks, Substitutions, Habits & Inspirations Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Is It Really 'Gluten-Free'? FDA Sets New Limits People with celiac disease can now trust that foods labeled "gluten-free" are safe for them to eat, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says. Read More »
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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Editorial Board Read More » Toward a cross-species understanding of empathy Jaak Panksepp, Jules B. Panksepp. • Signs of empathy have been observed in many mammals, including laboratory rodents. • 'Primal empathy' utilizes the seven basic emotional systems of the mammalian br.... Read More » Current insights into the C9orf72 repeat expansion diseases of the FTLD/ALS spectrum Marc Cruts, Ilse Gijselinck, Tim Van Langenhove, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven. • C9orf72 repeat expansions are the most frequent cause of FTLD/ALS spectrum diseases. • Expanded C9orf72 repeats are associated with diverse neurologic.... Read More » Epigenetic layers and players underlying neurodevelopment Janine M. LaSalle, Weston T. Powell, Dag H. Yasui. • Epigenetic modifications are long-lived layers of past transcriptional events. • The relationship of DNA methylation to transcription depends on genomic context. Read More » Novel pathogenic pathways in diabetic neuropathy Jennifer Zenker, Dan Ziegler, Roman Chrast. • Glial cells play a critical role in maintenance of axonal integrity and function. • Diabetes mellitus modifies axon–glia interactions at nodal areas of PNS nerves.<.... Read More » Changing the tune: plasticity and adaptation of retrograde signals Karl J. Iremonger, Jaclyn I. Wamsteeker Cusulin, Jaideep S. Bains. • Retrograde signaling can be modified by a diverse array of intracellular signaling pathways. • Retrograde signals interact with other neurotransmitters to determine.... Read More » Spikes and ribbon synapses in early vision Tom Baden, Thomas Euler, Matti Weckström, Leon Lagnado. • The retina of vertebrates and invertebrates encodes visual signals with both spikes and graded signals. • In vertebrates, 'digitization' of the visual signal begins.... Read More »
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