Shipwreck may hold key to Turks and Caicos' lineage Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-26-2008 09:19 AM -0800
MIAMI (Reuters) - A pair of glass-eyed idols led marine archeologists to the wreck of a Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed to be the ancestors of many of...[more]
Japan polar bear mating stymied by gender mixup Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-26-2008 05:19 AM -0800
TOKYO (Reuters) - Handlers of a popular polar bear, brought to mate with a female in a zoo in northern Japan, found their breeding plan was doomed when they noticed that he, in fact, was a she.
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Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-26-2008 04:26 AM -0800
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.
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Shipwreck may hold key to Turks and Caicos' lineage Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 06:34 PM -0800
MIAMI (Reuters) - A pair of glass-eyed idols led marine archeologists to the wreck of a Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed to be the ancestors of many of...[more]
Scientists shed light on causes of epilepsy Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 07:21 AM -0800
LONDON (Reuters) - A breakdown in a reaction between immune cells and blood vessels in the brain appears to play a key role in epilepsy, Italian researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists shed light on causes of epilepsy Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 07:21 AM -0800
LONDON (Reuters) - A breakdown in a reaction between immune cells and blood vessels in the brain appears to play a key role in epilepsy, Italian researchers said on Monday.
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NASA finds apparent fix for urine recycling system Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 07:12 AM -0800
HOUSTON (Reuters) - NASA appears to have resolved problems with a new urine recycling system on the International Space Station, bolstering hopes it will be able to expand the research outpost's...[more]
Blood tests may show inherited diseases in fetuses Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 06:30 AM -0800
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Doctors may soon be able to diagnose inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia and sickle cell anemia in fetuses by simply testing a blood sample taken from the...[more]
Some breast cancers may naturally regress: study Category: SciencePublish Date: 11-25-2008 02:49 AM -0800
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers who tracked breast cancer rates in Norwegian women proposed the controversial notion on Monday that some tumors found with mammograms might otherwise naturally...[more]
