Reckless decision-making can lead to dire consequences when it comes to food, credit cards, or savings. What's the key to making good decisions? A new study outlines a novel method for measuring people's abilities to consider the consequences of their actions. It also provides hope for consumers who want to make more prudent decisions. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the mysterious mechanism responsible for heating the outer part of the solar atmosphere, the corona, to million degree temperatures. The corona is made up of loops of hot gas that arch high above the sun's surface. These loops can have a wide range of temperatures, many reaching several million degrees Kelvin, but those of intermediate temperature have proven the most difficult to explain. Impulsive energy bursts called nanoflares seem to be the key. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
NASA has selected six candidate mission proposals for further evaluation as part of the agency's Small Explorer (SMEX) Program. The proposals will study the far reaches of the universe, including the Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere, the sun, black holes, the first stars, and Earthlike planets around nearby stars. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Patients who have chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis have twice the risk of developing liver cancer if they also have diabetes. Recent studies have suggested that diabetes increases one’s risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also known as liver cancer, possibly because diabetes often occurs as part of the metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can lead to liver cancer. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 percent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and socioeconomic status, which correspond to a 5 year increase in life expectancy. Golfers with a low handicap are the safest. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Cough and cold medication use in young children has been linked to a significant number of adverse effects and several deaths. Despite these concerns about safety and efficacy, there has been little research on patterns of cough and cold medication use in very young children. Now, a new study from reveals important new statistics about medication use in children under the age of two. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
People with advanced colon cancer who have smoked cigarettes or used other tobacco products for many years may have an increased risk that their colon cancer will return, according to research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Throughout the overlooked depths of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, a small but important animal is rapidly disappearing. Until recently, the animal -- a shrimplike, energy-dense creature called Diporeia -- was a major food source for commercially important species like lake whitefish and many prey fish upon which salmon, trout and walleye rely. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
About 30 million people around the world have grown legally blind due to retinal diseases. The EPI-RET project has sought for a technical solution for the past twelve years to help these patients. This work has resulted in a unique system -- a fully implantable visual prosthesis. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
According to some experts, newly born neuronal stem cells in the adult brain may provide a therapy for brain injury. But if these stem cells are to be utilized in this way, the process by which they are created, neurogenesis, must be regulated. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Icelandic and Norwegian firms export whalemeat to Japan, which environmentalists say undermines global treaties. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:22 pm
Buildings equipped with solar, wind and other micro power equipment could generate as much electricity in a year as five nuclear power stations, a UK government-backed industry report has shown Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:37 pm
AFP - Astronauts on the US space shuttle Discovery will dock with the International Space Station Monday, delivering a payload that included the key unit of Japan's Kibo space lab and parts for a bogged-up space lavatory.
Britain's coastal waters receive a 96.5% rating for cleanliness in a European Union report. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:09 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese military experts have warned of an expanding arms race in outer space as Beijing and other rival powers seek to counter U.S. ambitions to dominate the heavens.
LiveScience.com - Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:50 pm
AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson assured Gulf investors on Monday that the United States will remain open to sovereign wealth funds and urged oil producers to open their energy sectors to foreign investment.
TORONTO (Reuters) - In the search for renewable energy, turning low-value materials like switchgrass and corn husks into ethanol to fuel cars is something of a Holy Grail.
Nasa's Mars lander Phoenix may be resting on a large patch of ice, scientists believe. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:17 pm
Lisa Jardine, the new head of the HFEA, tells us about battling religious dogma. Plus, NASA's return to Mars, and the secret of the perfect voice Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:11 pm
AP - Targeted brain surgery like that planned Monday morning for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is a delicate balance removing as much tumor as possible improves cancer control, but there's also the risk of harming healthy brain tissue that lets patients walk and talk. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
AP - Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school bus.
AP - Clear skies were forecast Monday across most of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, although a lingering cold front was expected to cause more showers and thunderstorms in the Southeast.
AP - NASA's new robot on Mars has reached out and touched the soil for the first time, leaving behind a striking footprint-like impression, scientists said Sunday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla./HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery closed in on the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a Japanese research laboratory, a new crew member and a repair kit for the outpost's faulty toilet.
An insect found only four times previously since 1853 is discovered close to site of original sighting. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 8:56 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a little dirt, scientists said on Sunday, a first step towards sampling the Martian soil for ice -- and the potential for life.
Research highlights benefits of breastfeeding in premature babies with boys less likely to gain protective effects Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 1 Jun 2008 | 11:02 pm
Scientists claim to have discovered gene that helps humans walk upright, after studying families who 'bear crawl' Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 1 Jun 2008 | 11:02 pm
Terminally ill man cashes in at bookies after betting he would still be alive a year after his diagnosis Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 1 Jun 2008 | 11:01 pm
AP - From higher electric bills to more expensive gasoline, the possible economic cost of tackling global warming is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are learning more about how zoo animals feel and how a toy or a little training can sometimes help cut the endless pacing and other repetitive behaviors that are often assumed to be signs of distress.
AFP - Astronauts on the US space shuttle Discovery will dock with the International Space Station Monday, delivering a payload that included the key unit of Japan's Kibo space lab and parts for a bogged-up space lavatory.
AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson assured Gulf investors on Monday that the United States will remain open to sovereign wealth funds and urged oil producers to open their energy sectors to foreign investment.
AP - Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school bus.
Reuters - Australia has become a refuge for a new
endangered species: the high-flying banker.
AP - Clear skies were forecast Monday across most of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, although a lingering cold front was expected to cause more showers and thunderstorms in the Southeast.
AP - From higher electric bills to more expensive gasoline, the possible economic cost of tackling global warming is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress.