Uranium Is So Last Century — Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke | Magazine

Uranium Is So Last Century — Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke | Magazine

BBC News - Turning wood into bones

BBC News - Turning wood into bones: "A novel - and natural - way of creating new bones for humans could be just a few years away."

Cambridge University offers place to 14-year-old | Education | The Guardian

Cambridge University offers place to 14-year-old | Education | The Guardian: "A 14-year-old maths prodigy is on the verge of breaking a 237-year-old record by becoming the youngest Cambridge University undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger."

NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling of Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling of Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: "New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining phase of the current solar cycle."

Freeze Challenges Power Supply

Freeze Challenges Power Supply: "Most parts of China were seized by a sustained cold snap Wednesday, when the minimum temperature hit a 40-year low in Beijing and a rare snowstorm in the central Hubei Province kept all school children at home."

Heavy snow continues as temperatures set to plunge minus 20C - Herald Scotland | News | Politics

Heavy snow continues as temperatures set to plunge minus 20C - Herald Scotland | News | Politics: "The prolonged Arctic blast is now the worst cold spell seen in Scotland for almost 50 years, according to the First Minister."

The real Frankenstein experiment: One man's mission to create a living mind inside a machine | Mail Online

The real Frankenstein experiment: One man's mission to create a living mind inside a machine | Mail Online: "In fact, he believes that he will have a computer sufficiently powerful to deal with all the data and simulate a human brain before the end of this decade."

Study Claims Antidepressants, Placebos Near Equally Effective - ABC News

Study Claims Antidepressants, Placebos Near Equally Effective - ABC News: "A new analysis found that commonly prescribed antidepressants had little effect on people with cases of mild to severe depression compared to those treated with placebos."

Going smoke-free may raise diabetes risk - baltimoresun.com

Going smoke-free may raise diabetes risk - baltimoresun.com: "People who quit smoking tend to gain weight, and those extra pounds can put a person at increased diabetes risk. In fact, the diabetes risk was higher for people who gave up cigarettes than for those who continued to smoke - but only within the first couple of years of quitting, according to the research appearing in today's Annals of Internal Medicine.

After that, the diabetes risk decreased and almost disappeared after 10 years, researchers found."

NZ's cyber spies win new powers - national | Stuff.co.nz

NZ's cyber spies win new powers - national | Stuff.co.nz: "The measures are the largest expansion of police and SIS surveillance capabilities for decades, and mean that all mobile calls and texts, email, internet surfing and online shopping, chatting and social networking can be monitored anywhere in New Zealand."

Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony - Telegraph

Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony - Telegraph: "“The US dollar has failed. We need to delink,” said Nahed Taher, chief executive of Bahrain’s Gulf One Investment Bank."

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway - Yahoo! News

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway - Yahoo! News: "Norway's public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics."

Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict - Telegraph

Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict - Telegraph: "Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict"

Grow-your-own to replace false teeth | UK news | The Guardian

Grow-your-own to replace false teeth | UK news | The Guardian: "The British institution of dentures sitting in a glass of water beside the bed could be rendered obsolete by scientists who are confident that people will soon be able to replace lost teeth by growing new ones."

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Climate change is natural: 100 reasons why

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Climate change is natural: 100 reasons why: "HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made:"

High Expectations? States Weigh Pot Reform - ABC News

High Expectations? States Weigh Pot Reform - ABC News: "Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb."

Individuals can no longer register domain names in China.

Individuals can no longer register domain names in China.: "In a drastic move to tighten regulations of the Internet, individuals can no longer register domain names in China, and those who already have personal websites could lose them."

Russia | Crime

Russia | Crime: "MOSCOW, Russia — Bank robbers have threatened tellers with knives, shot their way into banks and tunnelled up into vaults. But one woman in southern Russia chose a more peaceful method: Police say Galina Korzhova hypnotised a bank teller into handing over tens of thousands of dollars in what is believed to be just one in a series of daring, if non-violent, bank robberies."

Fingernail-sized implant successfully eliminates tumors in mammals

Fingernail-sized implant successfully eliminates tumors in mammals: "“Inserted anywhere under the skin - much like the implantable contraceptives that can be placed in a woman’s arm - the implants activate an immune response that destroys tumor cells,” said David J. Mooney the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering who led the research."

No smoking hot spot | The Australian

No smoking hot spot | The Australian: "... but since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case that carbon emissions are the main cause of global warming, and by 2007 the evidence was pretty conclusive that carbon played only a minor role and was not the main cause of the recent global warming. As Lord Keynes famously said, 'When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?'"