Posts Tagged ‘science’
czwartek, wrzesień 9th, 2010
AP - John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor’s trademark style, British scientists say in a new study
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Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
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środa, wrzesień 8th, 2010
AP - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to lift his order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, saying that a “parade of horribles” predicted by federal officials would not happen.
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Judge won’t let stem cell money keep flowing
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wtorek, wrzesień 7th, 2010
AP - Japan has confirmed the nation’s first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
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Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
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czwartek, wrzesień 2nd, 2010
AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels “fantastic” and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.
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Double hand transplant patient shows new hands
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środa, sierpień 11th, 2010
AP - People traveling to India for medical procedures have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.
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UK doctors: New superbug gene could spread widely
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piątek, lipiec 30th, 2010
Featuring Jonathan Weiner, the author of “Long for This World,” on the science of immortality; and Sam Sifton on Paul Greenberg’s “Four Fish” and the future of the oceans.
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Book Review Podcast: Jonathan Weiner
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sobota, lipiec 10th, 2010
AP - Shrimp, grouper, tuna and other seafood snatched from the fringes of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico are safe to eat, according to a federal agency inspecting the catch.
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NOAA: Gulf seafood tested so far is safe to eat
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piątek, lipiec 2nd, 2010
AP - Patches of green and turquoise slime floated like thick paint in the channel behind Kyle Biesel’s home. His pontoon boat sat covered up, unused for weeks, on a wooden lift stained by the algae.
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Ohio lake’s algae dangerous to swimmers, economy
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czwartek, lipiec 1st, 2010
AP - The oldest among us seem to have chosen their parents well. Researchers closing in on the impact of family versus lifestyle find most people who live to 100 or older share some helpful genes.
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Closing in on genes that help people live to 100
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sobota, czerwiec 26th, 2010
AP - Democracy activists are not the only ones unhappy with a slow pace of electoral reform in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong air pollution blamed on political system
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