Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase Risk Of Bone Fractures, Study Finds

Patients who use proton pump inhibitors for seven or more years to treat reflux, peptic ulcers and other conditions are at greater risk of osteoporosis-related fractures, according to this large observational study published in CMAJ.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

World's Thinnest Balloon Developed: Just One Atom Thick

Researchers are reporting development of the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of graphite just one atom thick. This so-called graphene sealed microchamber is impermeable to even the tiniest airborne molecules, including helium. It has a range of applications in sensors, filters, and imaging of materials at the atomic level.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Risks of Cheerleading: Two-thirds Of Severe Sports Injuries To Female Students Due To Cheerleading

A new report on severe sporting injuries among high school and college athletes shows cheerleading appears to account for a larger proportion of all such injuries than previously thought.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Keeping The Crunch In The Crust

Scientists in the Netherlands report an advance toward unraveling one of the culinary world's long-standing puzzles: How to maintain the crispy quality of bread crust. The findings could help prolong the coveted crunchiness of bagels, French bread, and other bakery products, the researchers say.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change

Aphids are sentinels of climate change, researchers have shown. One of the UK's most damaging aphids -- the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) -- has been found to be flying two weeks earlier for every 1°C rise in mean temperature for January and February combined. This year, the first aphid was caught on April 25, almost four weeks ahead of the 42-year average.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Molecular Switch Helps Decide Cell Type In Early Embryo Development

Researchers have discovered a central molecular switch in fruit fly embryos that opens new avenues for studying the causes of birth defects and cancer in humans. Scientists have determined the switch to be a main tuning mechanism for instructing cells whether to form sensory nerves or blood cells in different parts of the body.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Olympic Athlete Study Shows That Pride And Shame Are Universal And Innate Expressions

The victory stance of a gold medalist and the slumped shoulders of a nonfinalist are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure, according to a University of British Columbia study using cross-cultural data gathered at the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Some Obese Individuals Appear 'Metabolically Healthy,' Without Increased Cardiovascular Risk

Some obese individuals do not appear to have an increased risk for heart disease, while some normal-weight individuals experience a cluster of heart risks, according to two reports in the August 11/25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers

New research shows that bugs -- both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope -- are responsible for the heat in chili peppers.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the most conclusive evidence to date that inadequate levels of vitamin D, obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, lead to substantially increased risk of death.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Bush administration wants changes to Endangered Species Act (AFP)

A polar bear holds a block of ice. The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:43 pm

Some Prehistoric Giants Killed by People

It's no coincidence that Tasmania's giant kangaroo died out shortly after people arrived.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:40 pm

Georgia conflict 'a threat to strategic energy supplies' (AFP)

A portion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, seen here in southern Turkey, which passes through Georgia on its route from central Asia to Turkey. Fighting in Georgia threatens a strategic energy hub, the IEA has warned, shortly before Georgia said Russia had attacked the pipeline normally carrying up to a million barrels of oil a day westwards.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Fighting in Georgia threatens a strategic energy hub, the IEA warned on Tuesday, shortly before Georgia said Russia had attacked a pipeline normally carrying up to a million barrels of oil a day westwards.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm

Couple's 'fast-freeze' IVF baby

A couple become the first in Wales to have a baby using a pioneering IVF technique which fast-freezes embryos.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm

Adam Rutherford: Did early humans wipe out Neathanderthals?

Adam Rutherford: What do new discoveries about how Neanderthal man lived and died tell us about our human ancestors?
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm

Southern seals sample salty seas

Elephant seals are helping scientists study the temperature and salinity changes in the Southern Ocean.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:22 pm

Exercise Pill: The Couch Potato's Dream? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - News of an "exercise pill" announced earlier this month has some couch potatoes hoping they can make the 2012 U.S. Olympic team after all. All one needs, apparently, is a dream and a Big Gulp to wash down those prescription meds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:10 pm

Exercise Pill: The Couch Potato's Dream?

Couch to kitchen and back before you need a breather.
Source: Livescience.com | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:07 pm

Tropical depressions could form in Atlantic

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy and commodities markets on Tuesday were watching a couple of low-pressure systems in the Atlantic Ocean that could develop into tropical depressions over the next day or so.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:48 am

Nature group says humpback whales recovering (AP)

FILE ** In this July 11, 2008 file photo, a humpback whale dives back under the water while feeding in a large group off Cape Cod near Provincetown, Mass., USA. The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the 'road to recovery' and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:46 am

James Randerson discusses the use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD to treat ailments from depression to cluster headaches

James Randerson discusses trials to test potential of hallucinogenic drugs to help with terminal illnesses
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:38 am

Roman temple found under church

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Roman temple beneath the foundations of a church.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:29 am

Chasing Dust Devils from Earth to Mars

Chasing dust devils on Earth gives glimpse of Martian climate.
Source: Livescience.com | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am

Space Shuttle successor will not fly before 2014: NASA (AFP)

A NASA handout artist's concept image shows the new Orion crew capsule which could be used to ferry crew members and cargo to the International Space Station. NASA announced it has pushed back the launch of the Orion, the spacecraft designed to replace the agency's aging space shuttle fleet, by one year to 2014.(AFP/Ho)AFP - NASA announced it has pushed back the launch of the Orion, the spacecraft designed to replace the agency's aging space shuttle fleet, by one year to 2014.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 10:57 am

The Nation's Weather (AP)

Thunderstorms will continue across the South and Northeast on Tuesday as a front intersects both locations. In the West, high pressure will bring continued warm temperatures and increasingly clear skies to the region.AP - Heavy rain and severe weather were forecast for the Northeast, the South and parts of the Midwest on Tuesday, while much of the West was expected to be clear and dry.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 10:30 am

Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct (AP)

In this Jan. 30, 2005, file photo, a bald eagle soars over a farm in Sheffield Mills, N.S., Canada. Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether construction projects such as highways, dams and mines might harm endangered animals and plants. The new regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Vaughan, File)AP - Just months before President Bush leaves office, his administration is antagonizing environmentalists by proposing changes that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether subdivisions, dams, highways and other projects have the potential to harm endangered animals and plants.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 10:24 am

Nasa Moonship flight target slips

Nasa has pushed back by a year its internal target date for flying the successor to the shuttle.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:37 am

Prehistoric giant animals killed by man, not climate: study (AFP)

This 2002 handout photo shows the skeleton of a giant marsupial 'lion' found in a cave in Australia containing the skeletons of giant lions, kangaroos and wombats. A new study has revealed that the chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction.(AFP/WA Museum/File/Clay Bryce)AFP - The chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction, a new study reveals.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:23 am

Radio hogs

Tagging an iconic British mammal to learn its secrets
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:06 am

Sky-high system to aid soldiers

Cities and battlefields could soon be monitored using an imaging system that does away with lenses and mirrors.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:04 am

Elephant seals join fight against climate change

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 8:22 am

Guardian Daily podcast: Victims of rape are told alcohol consumption could reduce payouts; plus our Olympic update from Beijing

In our daily audio show, Mike Duran and guests discuss financial compensation for rape victims; the conflict in Georgia; plus the latest from the Beijing Olympics
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 12 Aug 2008 | 6:27 am

Haaf empty

Fishermen fear for future of method used by Vikings
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 2:45 am

Mixed fortunes for world's whales

Some large whales, such as humpbacks, have seen numbers increase while others continue to decline, a survey shows.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:36 am

Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak (AP)

Jie Yao, right, co-author of a science paper about new materials that can bend light backwards, gives a brief demonstration as co-authors Guy Bartal, left, Jason Valentine, center, look on during a news conference in a laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. The new work moves scientists a step closer to hiding people and objects from visible light, which could have broad applications, including military ones. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:03 am

Extinction 'by man not climate'

The extinction of many ancient species may be due to humans rather than climate change, experts say.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:38 pm

How techniques developed for astronomy could improve medical scanning

Experts in Edinburgh use astronomy techniques to improve the reliability of MRI scans.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:33 pm

Alaska Airlines cancels 44 flights over volcanic ash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Ash from a remote volcano that started erupting last week has scrambled flight schedules for Alaska and may do so for at least a few more days, government and airline officials said on Monday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:17 pm

Conservation: Humpback whales make a comeback

Population grows after a 40 year ban on commercial hunting was brought in to save them from extinction
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:14 pm

Cuba to send animals to depleted Venezuelan zoos

HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuela sends oil to Cuba and now Cuba will ship zoo animals to Venezuela, giving a new dimension to ties between the socialist allies.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:10 pm

Michael White's political briefing: Cancer sufferers are at the mercy of NICE

Michael White on the postcode lottery for life-saving drugs
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:08 pm

Medical trials explore benefits of hallucinogenic drugs to patients with terminal illnesses

Scientists explore use of drugs such as LSD to treat range of ailments from depression to OCD
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:07 pm

NASA abandons plan to fly new spaceships by 2013

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring U.S. space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues, officials said on Monday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:04 pm

NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design (AP)

Technician Bill Welch, left, stands inside a 300-pound space suit as another technician talks with him June 10, 2008, in Moses Lake, Wash. NASA scientists and contractors spent two weeks in Moses Lake field testing some of the vehicles and robots that will be used when humans return to the moon later this century. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 10:22 pm

Bush to Relax Protected Species Rules

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 9:31 pm

Girls' Most Dangerous Sport: Cheerleading

For high school girls and college women, cheerleading is far more dangerous than any other sport.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 9:14 pm

Study: The Pose of a Champion is Innate

Physical gestures of pride and shame may be innate human responses to success and failure.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 9:02 pm

Self-Defense: Why Chili Peppers Pack Heat

Spicy chemical produced by chilies to keep insects, seed-killing fungi away.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 9:00 pm

Some Like It Hot, But Not Fungi

Chili peppers evolved that spicy kick to protect themselves from a deadly fungus, say scientists.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 8:30 pm

Lenseless glasses the new Games trend?

BEIJING (Reuters) - If film stars in sunglasses in dark clubs at night seem ridiculous, it looked even more baffling when beach volleyball players at the Olympics took to the court wearing frames with no lenses.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 6:55 pm

Ancient Roman Ruins Discovered in Jewish Capital

Roman temple ruins show a significant pagan population in an ancient Jewish capital.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 6:47 pm

Referees Prefer Athletes in Red

Referees may be biased in favor of athletes wearing red, awarding them more points.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 6:39 pm

Elephants' Legendary Memories Help Herds Survive

Study suggests elephant memories can help herds through hard times.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 4:44 pm

Meet the Buzz-Kill Pill

Could a pill that blocks the euphoric effects of alcohol stop alcoholics from relapsing?
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 4:40 pm

BLOG: Michael Phelps vs. Superfish

How does Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps stack up against these speedy fish?
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Aging Process Halted in Mouse Liver

Scientists block aging in the liver of mice by stopping the build-up of proteins.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 2:40 pm

Power From Your Tailpipe? It's Possible

Converting wasted exhaust heat into energy could someday help power cars.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 2:20 pm

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday Morning

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks in the pre-dawn hours.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:57 pm

Invisibility Cloaks Possible at Nano Level

Scientists create a nano-sized material that can bend visible light in three dimensions.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:40 pm

Uniforms can color judgment when referees see red

BEIJING (Reuters) - Red might be more than just a lucky color for Chinese athletes competing at the Olympics.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Aug 2008 | 1:39 pm

Science Weekly podcast: Bill McGuire on climatic catastrophes, and cloned pit bulls

James Randerson and the team ask Prof Bill McGuire if it's already too late to save the planet. Plus, a switch-on date for the LHC. And the woman who cloned her pet pit bull
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 11 Aug 2008 | 11:22 am