Consumers could be paying higher grocery bills until 2010 - Apr. 30, 2008

Consumers could be paying higher grocery bills until 2010 - Apr. 30, 2008: "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- You may have to get used to paying more for your groceries for another two years or more.

Experts say an increase in global food consumption combined with increasing use of crops such as corn and soybeans for alternative fuel production are partly to blame."

Exclusive: Half man, half chimp - should we beware the apeman's coming? - The Scotsman

Exclusive: Half man, half chimp - should we beware the apeman's coming? - The Scotsman: "A LEADING scientist has warned a new species of 'humanzee ' created from breeding apes with humans could become a reality unless the government acts to stop scientists experimenting. In an interview with The Scotsman Dr Calum MacKellar director of research at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics warned the controversial draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill did not prevent human sperm being inseminated into animals. He said if a female chimpanzee was inseminated with human sperm the two species would be closely enough related that a hybrid could be born."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Electronics' 'missing link' found

BBC NEWS | Technology | Electronics' 'missing link' found: "Details of an entirely new kind of electronic device, which could make chips smaller and far more efficient, have been outlined by scientists.
The new components, described by scientists at Hewlett-Packard, are known as 'memristors'.
The devices were proposed 40 years ago but have only recently been fabricated, the team wrote in the journal Nature."

U.N. Official Calls for Study Of Neocons' Role in 9/11 | The New York Sun

U.N. Official Calls for Study Of Neocons' Role in 9/11 | The New York Sun: "On March 26, Richard Falk, Milbank professor of international law emeritus at Princeton University, was named by unanimous vote to a newly created position to report on human rights in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. While Mr. Falk's specialty is human rights and international law, since the attacks in 2001, he has devoted some of his time to challenging what he calls the '9-11 official version.'"

Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict - Telegraph

Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict - Telegraph: "Global warming will stop until at least 2015 because of natural variations in the climate, scientists have said."

Microsoft | Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime | Seattle Times Newspaper

Microsoft | Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Afghan 'health link' to uranium

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Afghan 'health link' to uranium: "Doctors in Afghanistan say rates of some health problems affecting children have doubled in the last two years."

"Hostile" Iran Sparks U.S. Attack Plan Pentagon Wary Of Tehran s Expanding Nuclear Program And Support Of Iraqi Insurgents - CBS News

"Hostile" Iran Sparks U.S. Attack Plan Pentagon Wary Of Tehran s Expanding Nuclear Program And Support Of Iraqi Insurgents - CBS News: "CBS A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the planning is being driven by what one officer called the 'increasingly hostile role' Iran is playing in Iraq - smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. 'What the Iranians are doing is killing American servicemen and -women inside Iraq ' said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates."

Drink a beer and lose the fear | NEWS.com.au

Drink a beer and lose the fear | NEWS.com.au: "DRINKING alcohol dulls the brain's ability to detect threats, US researchers said today in a study that helps explain why drunk people get into bar fights and drive their cars."

Gene therapy success 'reverses' blindness - health - 28 April 2008 - New Scientist

Gene therapy success 'reverses' blindness - health - 28 April 2008 - New Scientist: "Experimental gene therapy trials have improved the vision of four people who suffer from hereditary blindness.

The preliminary results of two independent studies suggest that 'repair' genes delivered to the eye might one day cure Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a rare disease that strikes about 1 in 80,000 people in the UK, and 2,000 Americans in total.

Equally important, say researchers, the treatments proved safe in the six patients who received the genes – delivered by a disabled virus – via eye surgery."

BBC Anchor Who Reported on WTC7 Collapse Early Agrees There May Be a 'Conspiracy'

BBC Anchor Who Reported on WTC7 Collapse Early Agrees There May Be a 'Conspiracy': "We Are Change UK Question former BBC Report Phil Hayton-- who is 'amazed' that such a 'significant' event has no official explanation"

CFP: Soviet Politbureau Members, Gorbachev included, signed an “informal death Sentence on John Paul II

CFP: Soviet Politbureau Members, Gorbachev included, signed an “informal death Sentence on John Paul II: "Who signed the “informal” death sentence against John Paul II? The party document obtained by the author of the book listed nine prominent Soviet CP members: the chief of the Soviet propaganda - Mikhail Suslov, members of the Presidium of the CC CPSU - Andrei Kirilenko, Konstantin Chernenko, secretaries of the CC - Konstantin Rusakov (responsible for the contacts with the Polish Communist Party), Vladimir Ponomarev, Ivan Kapitonov, Mikhail Zimyanin, Vladimir Dolgikh and Mikhail Gorbachev."

Drinking the 9/11 Kool-Aid

Drinking the 9/11 Kool-Aid: "State Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, recently demonstrated her membership in this club.

The state Senate, at long last, appeared poised to finally - finally! - end the debate over what sort of remembrance phrases Arizona's 9/11 Memorial should include. The legislation would have extracted some locutions that appear to be critical of the U.S.

A vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee had the measure passing narrowly - until it came to Johnson, whose vote against changing the memorial's phrases created a tie, killing the legislation for now.

'There are many of us that believe there's been a cover-up,' she told Capitol reporters about the terrorist attacks."