Teens Making Poor Choices When It Comes To Riding In Vehicles

Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of US teens. While states are passing laws to help teen drivers, little thought is being given to their habits as passengers. A new study uncovers a public health crisis and offers a solution to the problem.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Olive Leaf Extract Can Help Tackle High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol

Taking 1000 mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA 943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure). These findings came from a "Twins" trial, in which different treatments were given to identical twins. By doing this, researchers could increase the power of their data by eliminating some of the uncertainties caused by genetic variations between individual people.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-fat Anti-seizure Diet, Study Show

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results reported in the Journal of Child Neurology.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Subliminal Learning Demonstrated In Human Brain

Although the idea that instrumental learning can occur subconsciously has been around for nearly a century, it had not been unequivocally demonstrated. Now, new research uses sophisticated perceptual masking, computational modeling, and neuroimaging to show that instrumental learning can occur in the human brain without conscious processing of contextual cues.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Army Personnel Show Increased Risk For Migraine; Condition Underdiagnosed, Mistreated

Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among US military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Headache Society, examine the incidence among soldiers within 10 days of returning from a 1-year combat tour in Iraq , as well as US Army officer trainees.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Facades: A Source Of Water Pollution

For many years, fingers have been pointed at agriculture whenever pesticides are detected in rivers and streams. Studies now show that built-up areas also account for a considerable proportion of such inputs. For example, substances can be leached out of facade renders and paints by rainwater and enter the environment, where they may have toxic effects on organisms.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

First Gene Associated With Dry Macular Degeneration Found

In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease,scientists have made two important discoveries related to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 60.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

New Concepts In Contraception

Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Jamaican Lizards' Shows Of Strength Mark Territory At Dawn, Dusk

What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis lizards engage in impressive displays of reptilian strength -- push-ups, head bobs, and threatening extension of a colorful neck flap called a dewlap -- to defend their territory at dawn and dusk.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Wind-powered 'Ventomobile' Places First in Race

The solely wind-driven Ventomobile constructed by a team of students in aerospace engineering came in first at the Aeolus Race in the Dutch town of Den Helder last Friday. Racing the extremely stylish and lightweight three-wheeler, the vehicles of five European universities and research centres had difficulties to catch up.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Strengthening Gustav heads for Jamaica (Reuters)

A vehicle moves through a flooded street in Havana August 26, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav strengthened Thursday morning as it headed towards Jamaica, and the system was expected to regain hurricane status later today, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm

Strengthening Gustav heads for Jamaica

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav strengthened Thursday morning as it headed towards Jamaica, and the system was expected to regain hurricane status later today, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm

Drilling Down to Alien Oceans

A new method of exploring thick icy sheets and below them has been devised.
Source: Livescience.com | 28 Aug 2008 | 10:42 am

Putting the Jelly in the Space Donut

Different kinds of observations combine to put the "jelly in the donut."
Source: Livescience.com | 28 Aug 2008 | 10:39 am

Arctic ice 'is at tipping point'

The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic is now the second smallest on record, scientists reveal.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 10:36 am

Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP)

Graphic explains how scientists were able to change a pancreas cell into an insulin-producing cell;AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 10:20 am

Kuwait earns half budget in three months (AFP)

Kuwaiti women shop for fruit and vegetables in a supermarket in Kuwait City. OPEC member Kuwait has earned 6.7 billion dinars (25 billion dollars) in the first three months of the current fiscal year, more than half the projected annual income, according finance ministry figures.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - OPEC member Kuwait has earned 6.7 billion dinars (25 billion dollars) in the first three months of the current fiscal year, more than half the projected annual income, according finance ministry figures released on Thursday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:53 am

New tropical depression forms over Atlantic

MIAMI (Reuters) - A new tropical depression formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened to become the eighth storm of the already busy 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 9:16 am

Keith Stuart, Gamesblog: Physics is a changing tide for games development

Keith Stuart: Games are beginning to incorporate the complex interplay of organic and elemental forces that shape our own environment
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Aug 2008 | 8:58 am

New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 8:20 am

The Key to Fundraising: Guilt Trips (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - This will come as no surprise to anyone who has donated to public radio or television: Pledge drives do best when laden with guilt-trips, a new study finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:31 am

Family are forced out of their Essex home by spider

A soldier's family are frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought from Afghanistan.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 6:28 am

North Pole ice cap melting faster than ever (AFP)

File NASA satellite image of the Arctic region. The Arctic ice cap keeps melting under the effects of global warming and in August saw its second largest summer shrinkage since satellite observations began 30 years ago, US scientists said.(AFP/Nasa/Amsre-e/File)AFP - The Arctic ice cap keeps melting under the effects of global warming and in August saw its second largest summer shrinkage since satellite observations began 30 years ago, US scientists said.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Aug 2008 | 4:02 am

Britain's happiest places mapped

The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:06 am

Brazil delays Indian land ruling

Brazil's Supreme Court puts off ruling on the status of an indigenous reserve disputed by Indians and farmers.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:06 am

Computer virus infects orbiting space station

Virus may have been inadvertently carried into space on an astronaut's USB drive
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:53 pm

Nervous New Orleans Braces for Tropical Storm Gustav

Days before Katrina's third anniversary, Gustav is threatening the Gulf Coast.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:53 pm

BLOG: Why Gustav Could Spell Trouble

When tropical cyclones cross the Gulf of Mexico, it's cause for serious concern.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:53 pm

Colliding galaxies shed light on dark matter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have captured images of a powerful collision of galaxy clusters and say it may shed light on the behavior of dark matter.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:25 pm

Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record (AP)

Aviation Maintenance Tech 2 John Ferrari looks out of the back of a Coast Guard C-130 as he surveys the ice off of the coast of Barrow, Alaska, during a surveillance flight to the Arctic on Thursday Aug. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:23 pm

Gene therapy 'may repair hearing'

Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:20 pm

Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct (AP)

AP - Purdue University on Wednesday reprimanded a scientist who has been accused of falsifying claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:11 pm

Obituary: Paul Tessier

Obituary: Pioneering surgeon who corrected facial disfigurement
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:09 pm

From papyrus to the web: photographs of Dead Sea Scrolls to go online

Hi-tech project could take five years and cost millions of dollars
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:09 pm

Peta Bee reports on the hazards of buying herbal remedies on the internet

Peta Bee: What has changed so dramatically is the ease with which consumers can now obtain these dangerously toxic concoctions
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:08 pm

Fay leaves behind lots of water for Fla. lake (AP)

AP - Tropical Storm Fay brought some good news to the state's parched Everglades and its liquid heart, Lake Okeechobee — lots and lots of water.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:14 pm

Golden Oldie: Mr. Fish Is 27

Goldfish can live long, if you care for them.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 9:42 pm

Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:31 pm

Growing new ear hairs that can boost hearing: study (AFP)

A woman, seen in 1999, puts in a hearing aid. Scientists have used gene therapy on mouse embryos to grow hair cells with the potential to reduce hearing loss in adult animals, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Scientists have used gene therapy on mouse embryos to grow hair cells with the potential to reduce hearing loss in adult animals, according to a study released Wednesday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:26 pm

Lizard Push-Ups

Male Jamaican lizards do push-ups and other territorial displays at dawn and dusk. Credit: Terry J. Ord, Harvard University
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:22 pm

First light for space telescope

A powerful Nasa space telescope has unveiled an image of the sky viewed through "gamma-ray glasses".
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:58 pm

Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:56 pm

"Grease to Greece" racers cross Europe on cooking oil

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap and environmentally-friendly bio-fuels.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:54 pm

Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A turtle that toddled alongside the dinosaurs died just days before laying a clutch of eggs. Now, about 75 million years later, paleontologists are announcing their find of the fossilized mother-to-be and the eggs tucked inside her body.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:33 pm

Reprogrammed Cells Make Insulin From Scratch

Cells transformed inside a diabetic mouse become successful insulin-producers.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:10 pm

Spanish Town Blushes with Annual Tomato Fight

Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:03 pm

Mystery of Greenland's Ice Lingers as Sheet Shrinks

Why does Greenland have so much ice? New clues emerge.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:03 pm

Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered

Turtle fossil sheds light on evolution of reproductive traits in modern turtles.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Desalination Closer to Reality in California

A plan to desalinate ocean water gets approval, but opposition continues.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 5:53 pm

Mars Rover Hi-Tails It Out of Crater

A year after climbing into Victoria Crater, Opportunity will drive itself out on all six wheels. Hopefully.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 5:10 pm

The world is becoming a happier place

Economic growth in developing countries has translated into big increases in happiness, but people in richer countries have seen much more modest improvements
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm

Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 4:25 pm

Study Links Spanking to Physical Abuse

Those who paddled were 3 times likelier to use harsher punishments
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 4:18 pm

South America's Top Predatory Dino Had Horns

A stubby-faced dinosaur was once top predator in South America, fossils show.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:10 pm

Arctic Sea Ice Drops to 2nd Lowest Level on Record

Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Irrigation boost for Malawi farms

President Mutharika announces plans for a massive irrigation project to boost Malawi's food production.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:53 pm

Vast Amount of Arctic Carbon Could Be Released

North American Arctic contains more carbon subject to permafrost thaw that previously thought.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:20 pm

Mars rover driving out of crater

Nasa's robotic rover Opportunity is driving out of a giant crater on Mars nearly a year after its dangerous descent.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:14 pm

New steam technology to turn car engine's waste heat into power

Steam power may have an old-fashioned image, but British engineers think it can improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 1:25 pm

Both Conventions Touted as 'Green' Events

Buses at the Dem's convention run on beer waste, while Republicans plan to use old furniture.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 1:10 pm

Arctic Sea Ice Drops to Record Levels

Later this summer, Arctic sea ice may diminish below the record low set last year.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 27 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm

Model targets foot-and-mouth risk

Scientists use a numerical model to predict the risk of infection through airborne transmission of foot-and-mouth virus.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:46 pm

UK population 'will be top in EU'

The UK population is set to become the largest in the European Union, according to a report.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:20 pm

Noel Sharkey: Children should not have taken part in MoD's Grand Challenge

In its Grand Challenge competition, the Ministry of Defence encouraged children to get involved in the development of what was effectively one component of a weapons system. Can this ever be justified, wonders robotics professor Noel Sharkey
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:53 am

University of Central Lancashire homeopathy degree suspended after criticism

The undergraduate degree in homeopathic medicine at the University of Central Lancashire has been put on hold after "relentless attacks from the anti-homeopathy league"
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:44 am