For Insulin Sensitive Overweight Patients, One Session Of Exercise Improves Metabolic Health, New Research Suggests

Exercise decreases everyone's insulin resistance and therefore reduces the chances of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes. This study shows that even a single bout of exercise helps obese individuals increase their body's fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found Show Animals Walking 30 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters in diameter -- date back some 570 million years, to the Ediacaran period.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Television Viewing And Aggression: Some Alternative Perspectives

Psychologists investigated the effect that exposure to violent TV programs has on negative behavior in children from different ethnic backgrounds. The results showed a positive relationship between the amount of violent TV watched and negative personality attributes among white males and females and African-American females.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Genetic Damage In Minibacteria In Aphids And Ants Repaired By Faulty Copying

Aphids (plant lice) and ants carry minibacteria that produce essential amino acids and vitamins. These minibacteria have very limited genetic material and many broken genes. Now, researchers have found that repeated errors in the conversion of DNA to protein save the function of the damaged genes.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

New Graphene-based Material Clarifies Graphite Oxide Chemistry

A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars has been created by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Disinfectants Can Make Bacteria Resistant To Treatment

Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:19 pm

Mammals facing extinction threat

About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a global assessment.
Source: BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:03 pm

The world's most endangered species 2008

One in four mammals is at risk of disappearing forever, according to the latest assessment by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Annual IUCN 'red list' finds nearly a quarter of the world's land mammal species are at risk of extinction

Around 20% of the world's land mammal species are at risk of extinction, and many others may vanish before they are even known to science, according to a major annual survey of global wildlife
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Galloping And Breathing At High Speed

A team of researchers has been working to unlock the secrets of equines. Their findings may lead to better muscular horse health and a new approach to breathing devices for people.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Sun Is Not A Perfect Sphere, NASA Spacecraft Finds

Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity the sun develops a thin "cantaloupe skin" that significantly increases its apparent oblateness: the sun's equatorial radius becomes slightly larger than its polar radius.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Reading Novel Can Help Obese Kids Lose Weight, Study Shows

It's no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers discovered that reading the right type of novel may make a difference.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

CT Scans Change Treatment Plans In More Than A Quarter Of ER Patients With Suspected Appendicitis

CT scans change the initial treatment plans of emergency physicians in over a quarter of patients with suspected appendicitis, according to a study performed at the University of Washington Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Science minister backs astronauts for UK

Racing science minister, Paul Drayson, tells James Randerson that sending Britons into space would inspire the young
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:36 am

Shh! Let's Not Talk About Race (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The tendency of some white people to go silent or act "colorblind" on the topic of race could do more harm than good, new research shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:04 am

Galaxy Diversity Reveals Clues to Cosmic Evolution

A star survey shows that galaxies may only seem similar on the surface.
Source: Livescience.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am

Spacecraft Zooms by Mercury for Second Time

A NASA spacecraft zoomed past Mercury for the second time early Monday.
Source: Livescience.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am

European Defence Agency Has Growing Interest in Military Space

The European Defence Agency moves toward the military-space sector.
Source: Livescience.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am

Spacecraft Zooms by Mercury for Second Time (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A NASA probe made its second Mercury flyby early Monday as closes in on the closest planet to the sun.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am

Elephant shooting

Carcass of 25th victim discovered in gorilla park
Source: BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:00 am

Shh! Let's Not Talk About Race

Going silent on the topic of race can do more harm than good.
Source: Livescience.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 10:58 am

Nobel prize for viral discoveries

The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Source: BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition | 6 Oct 2008 | 9:57 am

Nobel prize for medicine split between cervical cancer and HIV research

Three scientists share Nobel prize for physiology and medicine for work on the human papilloma and the discovery of the HIV virus
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 9:52 am

TS Norbert could strengthen, Marie is stationary (AP)

Cheryl Bohl, a chaplain with Victim Relief Ministries, helps with relief efforts in Galveston, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Victim Relief Ministries has deployed more than 150 chaplains and counselors to aid in a 'ministry of compassion' before, during and after Hurricane Ike. The ministry's workers, known as the 'yellow shirts,' have been busy aiding in three hurricanes and one tropical storm this year. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre)AP - Tropical Storm Norbert continues to move westward in the Pacific while farther out in the ocean, Tropical Storm Marie has become stationary.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 9:06 am

Mark Vernon: Religion can't be explained by evolutionary scientists

Mark Vernon: Contemporary research that focuses on what people may say about God puts the cart before the horse
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 8:47 am

AP Investigation: Ike environmental toll apparent (AP)

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Unified Command responders discuss conditions at a diesel spill site on Goat Island, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Teams have been working throughout the Houston-Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, areas to identify, assess and remediate pollution sites since the passing of Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class L.F. Chambers)AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 7:35 am

Some Antarctic scientists train in British mud

YELD FARM (Reuters) - There hasn't been a glacier in England since the Ice Age so Antarctic scientists flock to a muddy field here to learn how to survive on the world's coldest continent.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 7:24 am

Shanghai highrises could worsen threat of rising seas

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai, China's most populous city and an aspiring global financial center, is also among the world's most vulnerable urban areas to a rise in sea levels as global warming melts polar ice.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 6 Oct 2008 | 1:26 am

Companies 'need green directors'

Businesses must change their attitude to green issues, the World Conservation Congress is told as it opens.
Source: BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:29 am

Science Weekly podcast: Invisibility cloaks and time travel

Invisibility cloaks, time travel and the psychology behind taste. Hosted by Alok Jha
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 6 Oct 2008 | 12:02 am

Recordings aim to capture calls of the wild West (AP)

University of Utah researcher Jeff Rice records the rattling sound of a Great Basin rattlesnake Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, in Salt Lake City to add to his collection. The landscape recordings could also provide important audio snapshots that could be used for comparison later when trying to understand how animals respond to encroaching subdivisions, oil and gas development, a warming climate or other changes. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with, but if you're trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance isn't a luxury you can afford.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Oct 2008 | 11:51 pm

How 18th-century nuns held clue to possible breast cancer cure

Valerie Beral's Million Women study follows research that began 300 years ago
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 5 Oct 2008 | 11:03 pm

Vaccine for breast cancer within reach, says expert

New study confirms disease is caused by the absence of hormonal changes connected with childbirth
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 5 Oct 2008 | 11:03 pm

Single jab cancer therapy backed

A major study has proved a single dose of chemotherapy is the best way to cure testicular cancer in many patients.
Source: BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2008 | 11:00 pm

US scientists find oldest fossil tracks of legged animal (AFP)

AFP - US scientists have found the oldest fossilized tracks of a tiny legged animal, from 570 million years ago, that push back the advent of more complex creatures on Earth by some 30 million years, a report said Sunday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Oct 2008 | 10:09 pm

Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat (AP)

Venus flytraps, one with a trapped insect, grows beside a road in Boiling Spring Lakes, N.C. on Thursday, June 12, 2008. Poaching, as well as booming growth and development along the coast also threaten to overrun the few sensitive and thin populations of venus flytraps that still exist in the wild. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:53 pm

Scientists develop solar cells with a twist

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 5 Oct 2008 | 6:18 pm

Venus Flytraps Caught in Shrinking Habitat

Venus flytraps see only natural environment in Carolinas disappearing.
Source: Livescience.com | 5 Oct 2008 | 5:46 pm

Oldest 'Footprints' on Earth Found

The oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered.
Source: Livescience.com | 5 Oct 2008 | 2:20 pm