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Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane

TechnologyExpert — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:07:54 EDT

A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.

Channel: News Tags: Flight Attendent Fire Airline

Bone drugs seen helping fight cancer spread

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:06:28 EDT

A drug prescribed to prevent fractures in breast cancer patients whose tumors have spread may actually help slow the cancer itself, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: zometa fractures breast cancer

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

expursuit — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:16 EDT

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John McCain President

Indictment Handed Down in Megan Meier "MySpace Suicide" Case

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:59:16 EDT

You probably remember the Megan Meier case, in which a teenage girl committed suicide after a MySpace romance went bad. The romance itself and the boy involved were in fact fictional, perpetrated as a vindictive prank by the mother of a former friend who lived down the street.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Megan Meier Myspace Suicide Indictment

New bin Laden message coming on Israel: monitor

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:46:50 EDT

A pending new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been announced on Islamist message boards and addresses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, an Internet terrorism monitor said on Thursday.

Channel: News Tags: Israel Bin Laden MEssage

Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:27:58 EDT

Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere.

Channel: Science Tags: hydroxl venus hydrogen oxygen

Team gets inside a long-suspected HIV hideout in humans

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:25:01 EDT

Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious.

Channel: Science Tags: HIV byu brigham young follicular dendritic cells fdcs

Molecular 'clock' could predict risk for developing breast cancer

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:22:54 EDT

A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: breast cancer genes ut southwestern medical center

Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

GregD — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:44:01 EDT

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron X-ray diffraction....

Channel: Science Tags: argonne national laboratory lasers molecules

Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper

GregD — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:41:55 EDT

By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: harvard whitesides research group microfluidics paper liquid

Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines

idyll — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:37:51 EDT

For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: chronic medications study

Hundreds Of Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation

Aidenag — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:15:04 EDT

The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country, according to medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Detainees Deportation Drugs Human Rights

Hospitals' care standards 'vary'

GregD — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:51:41 EDT

Most patients staying overnight in hospital are happy with their care, but this masks problems in key areas and variations in standards, a survey says.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: hospitals england standards of care

Old Caesar Bust Found

Fedquip — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:13 EDT

PARIS (AP) -- Divers trained in archeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.

Channel: News Tags: archeology Julius Ceasar Rhone River France

Televangelist John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics

Goppy — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:13:12 EDT

Hagee has often made references to Catholicism as the 'great ,'. That's why it was odd that McCain sought out his endorsement so assiduously. Hagee says now he "better understood" that his use of those descriptions, are 'a rhetorical device long employed in anti-Catholic literature and commentary.'

Channel: Politics Tags: Church Business Hate Merchant Panderer McCain Hagee Austin Religion

U.S. slashes reward for al Qaeda leader

MyWayOnNow — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:22:42 EDT

The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he's lost effectiveness and is no longer worth such a steep price.

Channel: Money Tags: al Qaeda

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows

STONERS — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:27 EDT

ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

Channel: Television Tags: ABC TV Only 2 New Fall Shows

A startup can detect tiny traces of cancer markers in blood samples.

GregD — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:25:58 EDT

One of the loftier dreams of personalized medicine is to detect and eliminate tumors before they become life threatening--before they are even visible on medical images. Now a Cambridge, MA, startup called Quanterix is developing an extremely sensitive protein-detection technology that can count single molecules...

Channel: Science Tags: blood samples cancer detection molecular

Norway island stores wind power for still days

GregD — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:23:19 EDT

How to keep the lights on when all is still and the local windmill won't budge? A small Norwegian island testing a way to store wind-generated energy for calm days may have found the answer.

Channel: Science Tags: wind power still days utsira norway

Calories count, but what about fat, sugar and carbs?

GregD — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:14:24 EDT

Kevin Kopjak doesn't care much about carbs, fat, sodium or high fructose corn syrup. He generally reads only two things on a nutrition label: the portion size and the calories. He says the strategy has helped him lose and keep off 100 pounds.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: counting calories fat sugar carbs

Viagra 'aids muscular dystrophy'

pagey — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:42:29 EDT

The anti-impotence drug Viagra may help save people with muscular dystrophy from an early death, a study suggests.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Viagra Muscular Dystrophy health study

How the brain detects the emotions of others

capn_caveman — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:32:54 EDT

People who are good at interpreting facial expressions have "mirror neuron" systems that are more active, say researchers. The finding adds weight to the idea that these cells are crucial to helping us figure out how others are feeling.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: health science brain emotions

Would you allow your child to participate in medical research?

GregD — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:43:14 EDT

Advances in medicine -- new treatments, cures, vaccines and medicines -- are driven by research involving humans. But when it comes to medical research that requires children to be involved, researchers often struggle to find participants.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: children medical studies research

Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught "red-handed" for the first time

GregD — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:15:18 EDT

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.

Channel: Science Tags: diabetes type 1 washington university school of medicine

Human ageing gene found in flies

GregD — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:13:49 EDT

Working at the University of Oxford and The Open University, Dr Lynne Cox and Dr Robert Saunders have discovered a gene in fruit flies that means flies can now be used to study the effects ageing has on DNA.

Channel: Science Tags: aging ageing fruit flies dna

A New Approach to Treating Alzheimer's

GregD — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:10:32 EDT

Earlier this year, neurosurgeon Andres Lozano published a startling finding. He was testing deep-brain stimulation, in which electrical current is delivered directly to the brain, as a treatment for obesity. The patient's weight showed little change, but his memory improved significantly.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: alzheimers treatment brain stimulation

Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:53 EDT

The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.

Channel: News Tags: china earthquake quake

U.S. flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny"

DiffeeOnline — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:22:48 EDT

The United States was set to fly relief supplies on Monday to Myanmar, a country it has called an "outpost of tyranny", as aid continues to dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.

Channel: News Tags: burma myanmar aid cyclone relief

Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:01:18 EDT

The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 Presidential Race Voter ID Supreme Court

Study: Retirement savers make costly 401(k) mistakes

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:18:48 EDT

Despite extensive efforts to educate workers about saving for retirement, many employees are not doing a good job of managing their company-sponsored 401(k) accounts, a new study indicates.

Channel: Money Tags: 401K Retirement Savers Errros

Already, Obama and McCain Map Fall Strategies

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:55:54 EDT

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups - including independent voters and Latinos - and about a dozen states where they think the contest is likely to be decided this fall, campaign aides said

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 Presidential Race Obama Clinton McCain

Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery

GregD — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:27:32 EDT

According to a new study, many patients are getting a newer, minimally invasive surgery, because they think it is better than conventional surgery, even though there is little data on actual differences in outcomes between the two.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: prostate cancer surgery

A crash course in true political science

GregD — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:32:05 EDT

Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task -- getting elected to public office.

Channel: Politics Tags: science scientists evidence public office

European Space Agency recruiting young blood

GregD — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:30:24 EDT

The ESA is looking to rejuvenate its aging corps by choosing at least four new astronauts to fly on missions to the space station or the Moon

Channel: Science Tags: esa young blood astronauts moon space station

Why Do People Sleepwalk?

GregD — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:09:52 EDT

If you've been recently rescued from sleepwalking, here's a possible reason why you went zombie - lack of sleep.

Channel: Science Tags: sleepwalking sleep walking lack of sleep

New discovery on role of vital protein that fights meningitis

GregD — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:54:54 EDT

A University of Leicester researcher has discovered how a protein in the blood -- linked to defence against meningitis - plays a more vital role than previously understood in the body's immune defence system.

Channel: Science Tags: proteins meningitis blood university of leicester

Mom's job is worth over a hundred grand: survey

daducha — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:20:19 EDT

If mothers were paid for cooking, cleaning and caring for their families they could easily earn a six-figure salary, according to new calculations.

Channel: Careers & Jobs Tags:

Judge Allegedly napped, made Bailiff Rub Her Feet

digitalfever — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:19:05 EDT

Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.

Channel: News Tags: made allegedly napped bailiff

Bacteria anticipate changing environments

capn_caveman — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:14:04 EDT

It doesn't take brains to have some smarts. New research shows that even bacteria can evolve to predict upcoming events based on clues, like a dog salivating at the sound of the dinner bell.

Channel: Science Tags: science biology bacteria microbiology

Propeller Week In Review: May 8, 2008

JamesMarcus — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:05:30 EDT

The Bush family took a major drubbing this week from the Propeller community. But there were also lively conversations about the North Carolina primary, Richard Dawson, and the gold-plated triumph of "Iron Man."

Channel: News Tags: wir week in review propeller