Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors - Yahoo! News

Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors - Yahoo! News: "People who believe they have lived past lives as, say, Indian princesses or battlefield commanders are more likely to make certain types of memory errors, according to a new study."

NPR : Evangelists and Environmentalists Join Forces

NPR : Evangelists and Environmentalists Join Forces: "All Things Considered, January 21, 2007 � A group of leading scientists and evangelicals have chosen to put aside their differences on how the world came to be and join forces to protect its future. They've formed a coalition and are lobbying Capitol Hill on environmental issues.

Richard Cizik is the vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals. He believes God made the world in matter of days. Eric Chivian is a biochemist from Harvard University who maintains that man evolved from matter over billions of years.

Chivian says that, before meeting each other, Cizik may have thought of him and other scientists as 'latte-sipping, Prius-driving, endive-munching, New York Times-reading snobs. And we might have seen them as Hummer-driving, bible-thumping, fire-breathing…'

'…snake-handling fundamentalists,' Cizik finishes.

Unlikely allies? Perhaps. But that's exactly what they've become in their mutual quest to fight global warming."

Opium for the people: Extraordinary move to legalise poppy crops - Independent Online Edition > Asia

Opium for the people: Extraordinary move to legalise poppy crops - Independent Online Edition > Asia: "The 'IoS' can reveal Tony Blair is considering calls to legalise poppy production in the Taliban's backyard. The plan could cut medical shortages of opiates worldwide, curb smuggling - and hit the insurgents"

BBC NEWS | Health | Blood groups 'can be converted'

BBC NEWS | Health | Blood groups 'can be converted': "Scientists have developed a way of converting one blood group into another.

The technique potentially enables blood from groups A, B and AB to be converted into group O, which can be safely transplanted into any patient.

The method, which makes use of newly discovered enzymes, may help relieve shortages of blood for transfusions."

NASA - New Phenomena on the Sun

NASA - New Phenomena on the Sun: "March 21, 2007: It's enough to make you leap out of your seat: A magnetic vortex almost as big as Earth races across your computer screen, twisting, turning, finally erupting in a powerful solar flare. Japan's Hinode spacecraft recorded just such a blast on Jan. 12, 2007."