Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories

Abrupt climate change is the focus of IMPACTS, a major new program bringing together six US Department of Energy national laboratories to investigate the instability of marine ice sheets, warming of the boreal forests and Arctic, megadroughts in the Southwestern United States, and methane release from frozen hydrates.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Fake Popup Warnings Fool Internet Users Even After Repeated Mistakes

Most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones -- even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Preventing Forest Fires With Tree Power: Sensor System Runs On Electricity Generated By Trees

Researchers are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Sinusitis Patients Have Pain Similar To The Elderly And People With Arthritis

Many patients with sinusitis have aches and pains similar in severity to people in their 80s and those with arthritis or depression. The new study also finds that endoscopic sinus surgery to clear clogged sinuses can bring significant pain relief.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found

Researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to new report.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Key Proteins Identified In The Quest For Male Contraceptive

In an advance toward a long-sought new male contraceptive, researchers in China have identified key proteins in men that suppress production of sperm and could become new targets for a future male birth control pill.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Neighbors From Hell: Infanticide Rife In Guillemot Colony

One of Britain's best-known species of seabird is increasingly attacking and killing unattended chicks from neighboring nests due to food shortages.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Cells That Mediate Steroid-resistant Asthma Identified

Researchers have identified cells that may play a key role in some forms of steroid-resistant asthma, a complication of the condition that makes treatment even more challenging.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Pollution, Everyday Allergens, May Be Sources Of Laryngitis

Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Smoothest Surface Ever Created: May Lead To World's First Atomic Microscope

Physicists have created the "quantum stabilized atom mirror," the smoothest surface ever, according to an article in the journal Advanced Materials. The innovation is already being used in the design of the world's first atomic microscope.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Feds ask to put wolves back on endangered list (AP)

AP - Federal wildlife officials have asked a judge to put gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list — a sharp reversal from the government's prior contention that the animals were thriving.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:39 pm

How to Cheat Death (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When you add up the risks of dying from all sorts of illnesses and accidents - from the 1 in 5 chance of dying of heart disease, to the remote 1 in 3.7 million chance of being eaten by a shark, to the very real risk of bleeding to death from the ears from listening to too much Yanni - your chances of dying come out to be about 110 percent.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:32 pm

How to Cheat Death

A combination of positive lifestyle changes is shown to work. For a while, anyway.
Source: Livescience.com | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:24 pm

Hip hop goes cosmic as student writes rap for Nasa

A 28-year-old man is asked by NASA to write a rap to help make science easier to understand.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:22 pm

"Chemical equator" divides hemispheres: scientists

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a "chemical Equator" that divides the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the largely uncontaminated atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:08 pm

Paper Doesn't Just Grow on Trees

Americans use nearly 750 pounds of paper products per year, per person.
Source: Livescience.com | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:02 pm

Scuttling Shuttle: Big Challenges for NASA's New Spaceship (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - As NASA's 50th anniversary approaches, the agency finds itself at a crossroads between the waning era of the U.S. space shuttle and serious hurdles ahead to build a replacement spaceship while still keeping American astronauts flying.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:01 pm

Neanderthals 'enjoyed broad menu'

The latest research from Gibraltar shows Neanderthal diets were far more varied than previously thought.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:20 am

Clouds Lift on Mysterious Winds of Venus

Cloud movements on Venus reveal wind speeds and patterns.
Source: Livescience.com | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:19 am

Scuttling Shuttle: Big Challenges for NASA's New Spaceship

NASA is facing big challenges to replace the shuttle and keep astronauts aloft.
Source: Livescience.com | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:19 am

More than half of US drug safety studies never see the light of day

Only 43% of the evidence of safety and efficacy that the US Food and Drug Administration uses to approve drugs is made public
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 23 Sep 2008 | 9:46 am

Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Hagupit (AFP)

Graphic showing the path of Typhoon Hagupit heading towards the South China coast(AFP)AFP - Hong Kong braced itself for severe storms on Tuesday as Typhoon Hagupit hurtled towards the southern Chinese city.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 8:46 am

Scottish farmers blame re-introduced sea eagles for lamb deaths

Farmers in the Scottish Highlands claim sea eagles reintroduced to the area have killed more than 200 lambs.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 23 Sep 2008 | 5:08 am

Senate to vote on extending energy tax credits (Reuters)

Solar photovoltaic panels are seen at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada in this picture taken August 1, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Senate will vote on Tuesday on legislation to extend tax breaks for using renewable energy sources and taking steps to save energy.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:52 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 | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:34 am

Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics (Reuters)

Ampoules containing a medium for stem cell storage are displayed at the UK Stem Cell Bank in north London, May 19, 2004. (Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters)Reuters - Stem cell experts said on Monday they hope the next U.S. president will end political curbs on embryonic stem cell research but some worry recent comments by Republican candidate John McCain suggest his past support for such research may be waning.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:54 am

Stonehenge may have been pilgrimage site for sick

LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists probing the secrets of Stonehenge, Britain's most famous prehistoric monument, said on Monday it may have been an ancient pilgrimage site for the sick who believed its stones had healing qualities.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:01 am

New Thinking: Saturn's Rings Might Be Ancient

Saturn's rings may be much older and more massive than previously thought, according to a new study.
Source: Livescience.com | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:01 am

Little Mars rover that could heads to new crater

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The aging but intrepid Mars rover Opportunity is set to embark on a two-year mission it may never complete -- a 7-mile (12-km) journey to a crater far bigger than one it has called home for two years, NASA said on Monday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:59 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 | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:58 am

Therapy extends life in rats with nerve disease

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Treatment with genetically modified stem cells helped rats with a paralyzing disease live significantly longer, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding that could one day help humans.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:52 am

UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing (AP)

In this Monday March 31, 2008 file photo, archaeology students Steve Bush, right, and Sam Ferguson, left, sieve through earth amongst the stones at Stonehenge, England. Two British archeologists say the first excavation at the site of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has shed new light on the purpose of the landmark. Professors Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill told journalists Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, that Stonehenge was a kind of primeval Lourdes. They say the stone circle was a center of healing which attracted the sick and infirm from all over prehistoric Europe. They also say they have dated the first stone monuments at the site to about 2,300 B.C. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)AP - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:49 am

'Dramatic results' in eye gene op

Gene therapy produces significant improvements to the vision of patients with a severe inherited sight disorder.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:07 am

Obituary letter: Tony Bradshaw

Ruth Bowen writes: The generosity and enthusiasm of the biologist Tony Bradshaw (obituary, September 11) affected virtually everybody he came across
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:42 pm

Mars rover facing two-year trek

Nasa is sending its Opportunity Mars rover on an 11km, two-year trek to try to reach a huge crater.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:37 pm

Education: Sats put primary pupils off science, says study

Children's interest and understanding are being crushed by compulsory tests, professors argue
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:18 pm

George Monbiot: The patron saint of charlatans is again spreading dangerous misinformation

George Monbiot: The Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has published 38 articles about asbestos - and every one is wrong
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:17 pm

Environment: Met Office says climate change deniers deluded

Sceptics have their 'heads in the sand' and the evidence for global warming is clear, new report says
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:17 pm

The magic of Stonehenge: new dig finds clues to power of bluestones

A handful of scraps of charred wood and a little pile of stone chips are real treasure for archaeologists
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:16 pm

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat (AP)

An employee pays for her lunch at the cafeteria of the University in Wageningen, Netherlands, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The 3 million euro (US$4.5 million) Restaurant of the Future is run by scientists of Wageningen University and Research Center to investigate the influences on eating behavior and to carry out studies for the food industry. Discreet ceiling cameras can zoom in on a face or a plate, or pull back to view a table or broad section of the lunchroom. They record not only what food you selected, but what you almost selected and how long you paused before deciding. Facial recognition software analyzes your level of enjoyment. In the control room, technicians watch the action on individual screens and on a large overhead screen. (AP Photo/ Arthur Max)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 | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:30 pm

China's third manned mission to include spacewalk (AP)

In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, the Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship, the Long-March II-F rocket and the escape tower are vertically transferred to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Saturday September 20, 2008. The transfer made the final stage of the launching preparation, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)AP - China this week launches its most ambitious space mission yet, a sign of rising confidence as Beijing cements its status as a space power and potential future competitor to the United States.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:29 pm

Extinct tortoise 'can live again'

Careful cross-breeding could bring an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise back into existence, scientists suggest.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:22 pm

NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscape (AP)

A U.S. flag flies from a crane over the World Trade Center site September 11, 2008. Today marks the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/Pool (UNITED STATES)AP - Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:19 pm

Neanderthals had a taste for seafood

Our doomed cousins clung to life in seaside caves in Gibraltar by eating mussels, baby seals and dolphins
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:15 pm

Extinct Giant Tortoise Could Be Revived

Newly discovered Galapagos descendants of an extinct giant tortoise could help resurrect the species.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:02 pm

Neanderthals Ate Seals and Dolphins

Archaeologists have discovered the first evidence that Neanderthals ate sea mammals.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:02 pm

Stonehenge Drew Ailing Pilgrims for Healing

A new excavation suggests Stonehenge was thought to have healing properties.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:00 pm

McCain vs. Obama: The Web Sites

Presidential campaigns have turned digital, with Obama leading McCain in online savvy.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:23 pm

650-Million-Year-Old Reef May Offer Evolution Clues

An Australian mountain range was an ocean reef some 650 million years ago.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:43 pm

The Secret Life of a (Very) Social Wasp

The paper wasp social scene is more like ours than you might think.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:00 pm

Chimps Prefer Cooked Food

Chimpanzees clearly preferred cooked carrots, sweet potatoes, and beef over the raw alternatives.
Source: Livescience.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:09 pm

Mysterious Neolithic People Made Optical Art

The Cucuteni people expressed themselves in unusual art forms.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 22 Sep 2008 | 1:39 pm

Supercollider's Small Glitches Spell Big Trouble

Electrical errors in the world's largest particle accelerator could delay research for months.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 22 Sep 2008 | 1:22 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

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