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Thursday, August 15, 2013

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Universal Flu Vaccine: Pandemic Viruses May Give Clues

A good strategy for developing a universal flu vaccine may be to try to mimic the body's natural immune response to a pandemic flu virus, a new study suggests.

New 'Consciousness Meter' Could Aid Brain-Injury Treatments

A new technique that can determine a person's level of consciousness could benefit patients who have suffered brain damage. These patients range from those who are fully aware but are unable to respond — known as "locked-in syndrome" — to those in a vegetative state, oblivious to the world.

Baldness Drug May Protect Men from Prostate Cancer

A drug used to treat an enlarged prostate and male-pattern baldness also seems to help prevent prostate cancer, a new long-term study suggests.

300-Year Drought Was Downfall of Ancient Greece

A 300-year drought may have caused the demise of several Mediterranean cultures, including ancient Greece, new research suggests.

Can the International Space Station Really Last Beyond 2020?

While discussions are underway to extend the lifetime of the $100 billion-plus International Space Station beyond 2020, there is concern about the station's overall usefulness and price tag to operate, so much so the station may face a fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere at the end of the present decade.

Family DNA Searches Hold Potential for Racial Bias

When a suspect leaves DNA at a crime scene, the police will scour existing databases for a match. If they can't find a direct hit, they'll often look for siblings or parents to generate leads.

Tiny Diamonds Levitate in Wild Physics Experiment

In quite an eerie feat, physicists have floated microscopic diamonds in midair using laser beams.

Brain-Eating Amoeba: How One Girl Survived

The 12-year-old Kali Hardig of Arkansas is now the third survivor of the rare but nearly always fatal infection caused by the brain-eating parasite .

7 Salads to Add Veggies to Your Diet

Eating veggies is your insurance policy for good health, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that only 26.6 percent of Americans are eating three servings of vegetables a day. Great tasting salads are a way to boost your intake. I don't know about you, but salads always taste better to me when someone else makes them. Maybe it's because they can be so labor-intensive, with all the shopping and chopping that goes into preparing them. Here's the good news: simple salads taste just as good as ones that include everything but the kitchen sink. ...

'I Do' Becomes 'I Don't' For Working Class

A drop in the number of stable, full-time jobs for people without a college degree means fewer working-class Americans are saying, "I do," new research shows.

Odd Star Reveals Magnetic Field Around Milky Way's Monster Black Hole

A strange, pulsing star has revealed a powerful magnetic field around the giant black hole at the heart of Earth's Milky Way galaxy, scientists say.

Murderers Who Kill Their Families May Share Some Traits, Study Suggests

Murder cases in which people kill their spouse and children are relatively rare, but a British study that analyzed incidents of so-called family annihilation over a 30-year period suggests the rate of these unthinkably tragic acts may be increasing, and the perpetrators may have some shared characteristics.

Dig This: Badger Unearths Medieval Treasure

Some archaeologists pore over old maps and manuscripts to make historical discoveries. Others rely on pick axes, trowels and other tools.

Early Humans Lived in China 1.7 Million Years Ago

An extinct species of tool-making humans apparently occupied a vast area in China as early as 1.7 million years ago, researchers say.

College Sex: Yes at Parties, No on First Dates

NEW YORK — Among college students, hooking up at a raucous party is acceptable, but having sex on the first date is still taboo, a new study suggests.

Furry Little Carnivore, Once Shown in Zoos, Is a New Species

In the cloud forests of Ecuador, scientists have "discovered" the olinguito, the first new carnivore species reported in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years.

Galaxy Anatomy In Early Universe Was a 'Cosmic Zoo'

The diversity of galaxies in the early universe was as varied as the many galaxy types seen today, a massive Hubble Space Telescope photos survey reveals.

Introducing the olinguito, the newest mammal discovery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and teddy bear has become the first new carnivore species discovered in the Americas in 35 years. The Smithsonian Institution said on Thursday the new species had been mistaken for similar mammals in the Procyonidae family, which includes raccoons, for decades, and that a team of Smithsonian scientists identified it from overlooked museum specimens and trips to Ecuador. ...

Ancient Rodentlike Creature Once Dominated Earth

A fossil of a chipmunklike animal discovered in China is now helping reveal how this group of mammals reigned as long as the dinosaurs did, researchers say.

India Sparkles with Promise of Diamonds, Study Finds

India may contain a natural trove of diamonds previously overlooked by prospectors, new research shows.

New Clues to Greenland's Hidden Plumbing

What happens under Greenland's ice sheet, where water, ice and rock meet, is key to predicting how its glaciers will react to global warming.

Woman's Death from Rabies Highlights 'Missed Opportunity' in Public Health

A South Carolina woman who died from rabies she contracted from bats in her home might have been saved if she had been told of rabies risks associated with bats, according to a new report of her case.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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Policing New York: From Broken Windows to Stop-and-Frisk

NEW YORK — The dramatic drop in crime in New York City over the past two decades has been hailed as a police success story. But some people question what that success really means.

Hubble Telescope Finds Source of Cosmic Stream Near Milky Way (Photos)

For decades, scientists were at a loss to explain the source of the so-called Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas discovered in the early 1970s that extends nearly halfway around the Milky Way.

Monarch Butterfly's Birthplaces Pinpointed

The migration routes of the iconic monarch butterfly across the North American continent have been mapped in unprecedented detail. New research shows that it may take as many as five generations for monarchs to make it north out of Mexico, venturing as far as southern Canada, before returning and flying back south of the border for the winter.

Teens Quit Pot If Their Friends Are Smoke-Free

NEW YORK — Whether teen marijuana users end up quitting the drug depends largely on who their friends are, a new study suggests.

Why Moms Join Facebook

NEW YORK — Women of the baby boomer generation often say they started using Facebook because family members — in particular their daughters — convinced them to join the social networking site, a new study suggests.

Trove of Pristine Shipwrecks May Be Buried Around Antarctica

The oceans surrounding Antarctica may be littered with buried shipwrecks in pristine condition, new research suggests.

Alien Planet Eclipse Seen In X-Ray Light: A Cosmic First

A hot alien planet that's as big as Jupiter and cobalt blue in color has been spotted crossing in front of its parent star in the X-ray spectrum — a first for scientists.

Mars Food Scientists End 4-Month Mock Space Mission In Hawaii

Six scientists emerged from a space habitat on Hawaii's Big Island Tuesday (Aug. 13), ending a four-month simulated mission designed to study how best to feed astronauts during the long trip to Mars.

Oldest Rock Art in North America Revealed

On the west side of Nevada's dried-up Winnemucca Lake, there are several limestone boulders with deep, ancient carvings; some resemble trees and leaves, whereas others are more abstract designs that look like ovals or diamonds in a chain.

Why Some Remember Dreams, Others Don't

People who tend to remember their dreams also respond more strongly than others to hearing their name when they're awake, new research suggests.

US Infertility Rates Drop Over Last 3 Decades

Infertility rates among U.S. women have fallen, but more women who eventually do get pregnant are having problems conceiving or carrying a child to term, a new report suggests.

Viral Videos May Harm Cute, Threatened Animals

In early 2009, a man in St. Petersburg, Russia, uploaded a video onto YouTube in which his pet pygmy slow loris — a small, threatened Asian primate — gets tickled. The video quickly went viral, garnering millions of views and thousands of comments. But such videos of "cute" exotic species may be fueling the illegal pet trade of the animals, pushing them nearer to extinction, new research suggests.

Small Volcanic Floods Packed Biggest Punch in Iceland

The volcanic eruptions in Iceland that disrupted travel in 2010 generated floods that now reveal a paradox: Small deluges of water after eruptions may actually change the volcanic island's landscape more than larger ones do, researchers say. And these findings could also apply to the ruddy landscape of Mars.

6 Ways Entrepreneur Elon Musk Is Changing the World

The super-fast "Hyperloop" travel concept is just the latest in a series of big, bold dreams by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Your Jetpack Is Ready – Almost

The gang on the television program "Lost in Space" had them. The action heroes of "Thunderbirds" had them, too, as did "The Rocketeer" and cartoon figure Jonny Quest.

Starship Congress Warps Into Dallas This Week: How to Watch Online

Scientists from around the world will descend on Dallas, Tex., Thursday (Aug. 15) for a summit aimed at understanding the major challenges to launching humanity on interstellar voyages across the universe.

NASA Maps Dangerous Asteroids That May Threaten Earth (Photos)

If you've seen films like "Armageddon," you know the potential threat asteroids can be for Earth. To meet that threat, NASA has built a map like no other: a plot of every dangerous asteroid that could potentially endanger our planet … at least the ones we know about.

Gene study uncovers origins of many common cancers

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers in Britain have set out the first comprehensive map of mutational processes behind the development of tumors - work that should in future lead to better ways to treat and prevent a wide range of cancers. In a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, researchers who analyzed more than 7,000 genomes, or genetic codes, of common forms of cancer uncovered 21 so-called "signatures" of processes that mutate DNA. ...

West Antarctica Warmed Quickly ... 20,000 Years Ago

The modern meltdown of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mirrors the frozen continent's big thaw after the last ice age ended 20,000 years ago, a new study finds.

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