Audio Relaxation Program May Help Lower Blood Pressure In Elderly

Study highlights an audio-guided relaxation CD with background sounds of ocean waves and a calming voice may lower blood pressure in elderly people. Listening to Mozart also significantly lowered blood pressure in the study, but to a lesser degree. The technique has been used for chronic pain, but had never been tested in the hypertensive elderly.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Cancer-causing Gut Bacteria Exposed

Normal gut bacteria are thought to be involved in colon cancer but the exact mechanisms have remained unknown. Now, scientists have discovered that a molecule produced by a common gut bacterium activates signalling pathways that are associated with cancer cells. The research, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, sheds light on the way gut bacteria can cause colon cancer.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Why Heart Attack Victims Do Better With Social Support

Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack showed five to eight times more damage to neurons in one part of the brain than did similar animals that lived with others.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Self-steering Vehicle Designed To Mimic Movements Of Ants

A team of engineers in the Canary Islands has designed the “Verdino”, a self-steering vehicle that can sense the road surface using a technique called Ant Colony Optimisation. This method is based on the behaviour used by ants to find the shortest way between their ant hill and sources of food.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Conservation Program In Rwanda Helps Turn Gorilla Poachers Into Ecotourism Guides

Conservationists at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, are celebrating a double achievement – the success of a conservation program in Rwanda that has helped turn gorilla poachers into ecotourism guides, and a major international award for the program’s founder, alumnus Edwin Sabuhoro.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Genetic Link Between Immune And Nerve Systems Found

Researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and the findings could illuminate new approaches to human therapies.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

False economy

Why financial woes must not ruin the Millennium Goals
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:44 pm

Men With Traditional Views on Sex Roles Earn More Money (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Men who believe in traditional roles for women earn more money than their more forward-thinking counterparts, finds a new study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:40 pm

Men With Traditional Views on Sex Roles Earn More Money

Men who think women should stay at home with the kids make more than their counterparts.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm

Nematode Genome Provides Insight Into Evolution Of Parasitism

Molecular biologists have decoded the genome of the Pristionchus pacificus nematode, thereby gaining insight into the evolution of parasitism. They have shown that the genome of the nematode consists of a surprisingly large number of genes, some of which have unexpected functions.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Baby Eyes Are Taking In The World, Applying Self-experience To Other People

Twelve- and 18-month-old babies not only are observing what is going on around them but also are using their own visual self-experience to judge what other people can and cannot see.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Colorful Spy Tactics Track Live Cells Supporting Cancerous Tumors

A new advance in cellular imaging is allowing scientists to better understand the movement of cells in the area around tumors, also known as the tumor microenvironment. Optimized methods of laser microscopy track the movement of live cells in a mouse model of breast cancer.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Cancer-causing Role Of Gene Proteins Discovered

Scientists in Toronto, Canada have discovered the role of two "cousins" in the genetic family tree of cancer development.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

The Nation's Weather (AP)

The first day of Fall will see a front move through the Plains and instigate precipitation from the Dakotas to Minnesota. A stronger front will move through the area later in the day. Cool air will filter into the Northwest, while some showers are possible in Florida.AP - The first day of fall brought rainy weather to the Southeast and northern Plains, while high pressure is to keep the Great Lakes and Northeast mainly clear and dry.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:31 am

Lesotho mine yields one of world's largest diamonds

LONDON (Reuters) - Miners in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have found one of the world's largest diamonds, a near-flawless white gem weighing nearly 500 carats, mining group Gem Diamonds said on Sunday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:12 am

Sun May Be Galactic Hitchhiker (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have long believed that most stars are homebodies which stick close to their birthplaces. But a new simulation supports the suggestion that our sun might have once hitchhiked through the galaxy.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am

New Test Shows If You Are a Shopaholic

A new test could tell you if you're a shopaholic.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:52 am

Sun May Be Galactic Hitchhiker

Simulation shows that sun's circular orbit does not necessarily mean it stayed put.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:51 am

Satellite Insurance Rates Driven by Capacity, Not Track Record

Satellite insurance underwriters and brokers said the market is healthy.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:51 am

Marcus Pearce: Art and illusion at BA 2008

The last day of the British Association Festival of Science in Liverpool was dedicated to art and optical illusions
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:29 am

Total recall

Forgetful? Can you relax now gadgets can take the strain?
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:36 am

China goes for gold with third manned space launch

BEIJING (Reuters) - Astronauts readying for China's next leap into space have arrived at the launch site of the Shenzhou VII craft, official media reported, as enthusiasm grows over the Olympic host nation's next attention-grabbing feat.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:23 am

India's Reliance vows to boost national energy security (AFP)

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani holds a glass container filled with crude oil during a press conference on September 21, 2008. Indian fuel giant Reliance said it would boost domestic oil and gas output by 40 percent over the next 18 months, calling the move a AFP - Indian fuel giant Reliance said it would boost domestic oil and gas output by 40 percent over the next 18 months, calling the move a "quantum leap" toward national energy self-sufficiency.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:59 am

Why being sexist may pay off for some men

Sexist men in the workplace are likely to out-earn their more modern thinking counterparts, a study suggests.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:14 am

Firms warned about climate change

Companies failing to tackle climate change could lower the value of their business, claims a report by the Carbon Trust.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:17 am

World's common birds 'declining'

The populations of the world's common birds are declining as a result of continued habitat loss, a global assessment warns.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am

Mark Lawson: Scientists are trying to engage with believers but it won't resolve the big questions

Mark Lawson: Scientists may be trying to engage with believers, but experiments won't resolve the big questions
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 21 Sep 2008 | 11:06 pm

Science minister attempts to reopen the debate on GM crops

Ian Pearson predicts public will accept GM crops if they can be convinced technology will benefit consumers
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 21 Sep 2008 | 11:05 pm

Dig pinpoints Stonehenge origins

The first accurate carbon dating of Stonehenge reveals the monument was built in 2300 BC, some 300 years later than previously thought.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Sep 2008 | 11:01 pm

How gut bugs could trigger cancer

Scientists believe a type of bacterium living in our intestines could be linked to the development of colon cancer.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Sep 2008 | 10:49 pm

Massive 478-carat diamond unearthed at mine in Lesotho

A huge gem stone, which could become the largest ever polished round diamond, is unearthed in Lesotho, a mining company says.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Sep 2008 | 9:14 pm

Small accidents mean big trouble for supercollider (AP)

In this file photo dated May 31, 2007, part of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is seen in its tunnel at the CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research) near Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest atom smasher, which was launched with great fanfare earlier this month, has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)AP - Scientists expect startup glitches in the massive, complex machines they use to smash atoms.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 21 Sep 2008 | 5:55 pm

Fish Fingers: Your Digits Used to Be Fins (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An ancient fish sported something like fingers that were the precursors to our own digits, according to an analysis of a new fossil skeleton. "It's really the last piece of evidence to say fingers are not new. They were really present in fish," said lead researcher Catherine Boisvert, an evolutionary biologist at Uppsala University in Sweden. The fossilized skeleton belonged to Panderichthys, a predatory fish that spanned up to 4 feet (130 cm) and likely dwelled in shallow waters where it inched along the muddy bottom about 385 million years ago. ...
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 21 Sep 2008 | 5:16 pm

Fish Fingers: Your Digits Used to Be Fins

An ancient fish had finger-like projections.
Source: Livescience.com | 21 Sep 2008 | 5:04 pm

Glitch shuts "Big Bang" collider for two months

GENEVA (Reuters) - A technical glitch has forced scientists to shut down the huge particle-smashing machine built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" for at least two months, they said on Saturday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 21 Sep 2008 | 4:03 pm

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat (AP)

AP - At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled "animal friendly," while men likely will go for a new product.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 21 Sep 2008 | 3:55 pm

Scholar Claims to Find Medieval Jewish Capital

A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars.
Source: Livescience.com | 21 Sep 2008 | 2:20 pm