Sun goes longer than normal without producing sunspots

Sun goes longer than normal without producing sunspots: "The scientists said periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, but this period has gone on longer than usual."

Nuclear missiles could blow up 'like popcorn' - Telegraph

Nuclear missiles could blow up 'like popcorn' - Telegraph: "A design flaw in Britain's nuclear arsenal means that warheads could set off a chain reaction 'like popcorn' if they were accidentally dropped, according to Ministry of Defence documents."

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatment: Progress and Promise -- Sarfaraz et al. 68 (2): 339 -- Cancer Research

Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatment: Progress and Promise -- Sarfaraz et al. 68 (2): 339 -- Cancer Research

New Allegations Revive an Italian Mystery of the 1980s - NYTimes.com

New Allegations Revive an Italian Mystery of the 1980s - NYTimes.com: "the news media here reported a witness claiming, among other things, that Emanuela had been kidnapped on the orders of an American archbishop, Paul Marcinkus, a former president of the Vatican bank. Linked to a major Italian banking scandal in the 1980s, Archbishop Marcinkus died in 2006."

Mandatory body-fluid samples loom for drivers suspected of being high

Mandatory body-fluid samples loom for drivers suspected of being high: "OTTAWA -- Drivers who get behind the wheel while high on drugs will face roadside testing and they could be ordered to surrender urine, blood or saliva samples at the police station under a controversial new law that takes effect July 2nd."

THE MIDDLE EAST - washingtonpost.com

THE MIDDLE EAST - washingtonpost.com: "French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the Israeli parliament Monday that there could be no Middle East peace unless Israel drops its refusal to cede sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians, challenging one of Israel's most emotionally held positions."

Floods wipe out US crops - Americas, World - The Independent

Floods wipe out US crops - Americas, World - The Independent: "Up to five million acres of newly planted crops have been lost at the heart of the world's top grain and food exporter. Prices for corn, cattle and pigs all set records this week owing to the floods, as a world economy already hit by inflation from rising energy prices absorbed the blow."

The Best Farmland in the U.S. Is Flooded; Most Americans Are Too Stupid to Panic >> Four Winds 10 - fourwinds10.com

The Best Farmland in the U.S. Is Flooded; Most Americans Are Too Stupid to Panic - Four Winds 10 - fourwinds10.com

"Now this 11-year low in Sunspot activity has raised fears among a small but growing number of scientists that rather than getting warmer, the Earth could possibly be about to return to another cooling period. The idea is especially intriguing considering that most of the world is in preparation for global warming."

Cloned immune cells cleared patient's cancer | Science | The Guardian

Cloned immune cells cleared patient's cancer | Science | The Guardian: "A patient whose skin cancer had spread throughout his body has been given the all-clear after being injected with billions of his own immune cells."

Sixth foot washes up in Canada

Sixth foot washes up in Canada: "The fourth foot was found May 22 on Kirkland Island in the Fraser River, only about 2km away from the site in Ladner, along the same river, where the fifth foot was found on Monday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the remains of the latest foot were found inside a size 10 black Adidas running shoe.

Tresoor said major crime investigators from the Campbell River detachment, along with staff from the coroner's office, went to the scene to investigate."

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer - washingtonpost.com

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer - washingtonpost.com: "MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) - Good news for coffee lovers: Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily won't shorten your life span, a new study shows.

In fact, coffee might even help the heart, especially for women, the researchers found."

Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes? - WSJ.com

Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes? - WSJ.com: "Here's a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world's largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand? And what country is being given nuclear power, not solar, by President George W. Bush, even when the mere assumption of nuclear possession in its region has been known to provoke pre-emptive air strikes, even wars?

If you answered Saudi Arabia to all of these questions, you're right."

Blueberries may reverse memory decline, Reading University finds - Telegraph

Blueberries may reverse memory decline, Reading University finds - Telegraph: "Scientists have found that chemicals in the fruit can reverse age-releated decline in memory."

The Raw Story | Canada's parliament votes to grant asylum to US war resisters

The Raw Story | Canada's parliament votes to grant asylum to US war resisters: "Parliament on Tuesday voted to allow US resisters of the Iraq war who fled to Canada to stay in this country, thus avoiding military court-martial in the United States."

Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots : NPR

Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots : NPR: "And the hair yielded something extremely rare — the DNA of some of the earliest humans to live in the Arctic. By studying that DNA, researchers say they've been able to answer a longstanding question: Are modern Eskimos descended from ancient Native Americans, or did they come from somewhere else?

The answer, according to a new study published in the current issue of the journal Science, is somewhere else — probably eastern Asia."

Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis - washingtonpost.com

Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis - washingtonpost.com: "In a collision of 21st-century science and decades-old conspiracy theories, a research team that includes a former top FBI scientist is challenging the bullet analysis used by the government to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald alone shot the two bullets that struck and killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

The 'evidence used to rule out a second assassin is fundamentally flawed,' concludes a new article in the Annals of Applied Statistics written by former FBI lab metallurgist William A. Tobin and Texas A&M University researchers Cliff Spiegelman and William D. James."

Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq - washingtonpost.com

Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq - washingtonpost.com: "Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated 'political propaganda campaign' led by President Bush and aimed at 'manipulating sources of public opinion' and 'downplaying the major reason for going to war.'"

Tape of Air Traffic Controllers Made on 9/11 Was Destroyed - New York Times

Tape of Air Traffic Controllers Made on 9/11 Was Destroyed - New York Times: "At least six air traffic controllers who dealt with two of the hijacked airliners on Sept. 11, 2001, made a tape recording a few hours later describing the events, but the tape was destroyed by a supervisor without anyone making a transcript or even listening to it, the Transportation Department said Thursday."

Working classes are less intelligent, says evolution expert - Scotsman.com News

Working classes are less intelligent, says evolution expert - Scotsman.com News: "WORKING-CLASS students have lower IQs than those from wealthier backgrounds and should not be expected to win places at top universities, an academic has claimed."

Diet Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear | Mail Online

Diet Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear | Mail Online: "Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.
Sodium benzoate, also known as E211, is used to stop fizzy drinks going mouldy.
Coca-Cola said it had begun withdrawing the additive from Diet Coke in January in response to consumer demand for more natural products.
By the end of the year no can or bottle will contain E211."

Cold Fusion: Scientist Creates Cold Fusion For the First Time In Decades

Cold Fusion: Scientist Creates Cold Fusion For the First Time In Decades: "Cold fusion, the act of producing a nuclear reaction at room temperature, has long been relegated to science fiction after researchers were unable to recreate the experiment that first 'discovered' the phenomenon. But a Japanese scientist was supposedly able to start a cold fusion reaction earlier this week, which—if the results are real—could revolutionize the way we gather energy.

Yoshiaki Arata, a highly respected physicist in Japan, demonstrated a low-energy nuclear reaction at Osaka University on Thursday. In front of a live audience, including reporters from six major newspapers and two tv studios, Arata and a co-professor Yue-Chang Zhang, produced excess heat and helium atoms from deuterium gas."

The Raw Story | Extinct Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life: scientists

The Raw Story | Extinct Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life: scientists: "Scientists said Tuesday they had achieved a world first by bringing back to life a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger after implanting it in a mouse.

Researchers from universities in Australia and the United States extracted the gene from a 100-year-old preserved specimen of the doglike marsupial -- correctly known as a thylacine -- and revived it in a mouse embryo.

'This is the first time that DNA from an extinct species has been used to induce a functional response in another living organism,' said research leader Andrew Pask of the University of Melbourne."

I Spy Your PC: Researchers Find New Ways to Steal Data - Yahoo! News

I Spy Your PC: Researchers Find New Ways to Steal Data - Yahoo! News: "In two separate pieces of research, teams at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany, describe attacks that seem ripped from the pages of spy novels. In Saarbrucken, the researchers have read computer screens from their tiny reflections on everyday objects such as glasses, teapots, and even the human eye. The UC team has worked out a way to analyze a video of hands typing on a keyboard in order to guess what was being written."

‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails - Times Online

‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails - Times Online: "A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.

The information would be held for at least 12 months and the police and security services would be able to access it if given permission from the courts."

Orthodox Jewish youths burn New Testaments in Or Yehuda - Haaretz - Israel News

Orthodox Jewish youths burn New Testaments in Or Yehuda - Haaretz - Israel News: "Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy Land."

China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone

China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone: "Now, as China prepares to showcase its economic advances during the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, Shenzhen is once again serving as a laboratory, a testing ground for the next phase of this vast social experiment. Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as lampposts. The closed-circuit TV cameras will soon be connected to a single, nationwide network, an all-seeing system that will be capable of tracking and identifying anyone who comes within its range — a project driven in part by U.S. technology and investment. Over the next three years, Chinese security executives predict they will install as many as 2 million CCTVs in Shenzhen, which would make it the most watched city in the world. (Security-crazy London boasts only half a million surveillance cameras.)"

BBC NEWS | UK | Phone calls database considered

BBC NEWS | UK | Phone calls database considered: "Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK, it has emerged."

10-year-old takes college by storm - Education- msnbc.com

10-year-old takes college by storm - Education- msnbc.com: "DOWNEY, Calif. - With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.

But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor."

UFO files from The National Archives

UFO files from The National Archives: "Newly released UFO files

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1978–2002. So if you want to find out more about lights in the sky over Waterloo Bridge, near misses by pilots, crop circles - and what the UK government thought of it all - this is the place to start. The files are in PDF format."

Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens: "VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God."

Low-energy LEDs could soon be lighting homes | Technology | The Guardian

Low-energy LEDs could soon be lighting homes | Technology | The Guardian: "Dr Faiz Rahman is putting millions of holes into light emitting diodes to make them brighter. He's not, as you might imagine, trying to increase their surface area. Instead, he's overcoming the physical properties that keep most light trapped inside. And when he's managed to scale up his hole-making process, it'll mean bright low-energy LED lightbulbs for the home."

Vending machine can spot a youthful face - tech - 12 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech

Vending machine can spot a youthful face - tech - 12 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech: "Cigarette vending machines in Japan will soon be able to judge their user's age from their appearance. The technology has been developed as an effort to have the machines comply with new laws that, from July, require them to check the age of buyers."

China preparing for nuclear war

China preparing for nuclear war: "LONDON – Defense analysts for the British intelligence service MI6 believe China is preparing for the 'eventuality of a nuclear war.' The conclusion follows evidence that Beijing has built secretly a major naval base deep inside caverns which even sophisticated satellites cannot penetrate, says a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin."

The Brisbane porn king who blew $60 million - Queensland - BrisbaneTimes

The Brisbane porn king who blew $60 million - Queensland - BrisbaneTimes: "So what really goes through the mind of a man who lost $60million and now lives at home with his parents? 'Look, it took losing everything for me to sit down and realise there are far more important things in life,' he says."

3-Year-Old Has Never Fallen Asleep - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

3-Year-Old Has Never Fallen Asleep - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando: "ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A 3-year-old Florida boy with a rare condition has not slept in three years."

Mind Control by Cell Phone: Scientific American

Mind Control by Cell Phone: Scientific American: "Could the electrical signals coming from a phone affect certain brainwaves operating in resonance with cell phone transmission frequencies? After all, the caller's cerebral cortex is just centimeters away from radiation broadcast from the phone's antenna. Two studies provide some revealing news."

BBC NEWS | UK | 'Respect atheists', says cardinal

BBC NEWS | UK | 'Respect atheists', says cardinal: "The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with 'deep esteem'."

Abuse may trigger gene changes found in suicide victims - health - 07 May 2008 - New Scientist

Abuse may trigger gene changes found in suicide victims - health - 07 May 2008 - New Scientist: "Early child abuse may forever change the way genes are expressed in the brain, suggests a postmortem study of people who died by suicide.

It is now well established that it isn't just what genes we inherit, but how they are turned on and off that influences our development. Most of these control switches are thrown before we are born, but some are set in early life, and to a lesser degree, throughout our lives.

Genes are switched off when methyl groups are added to our DNA. Studies have shown that diet, stress and even maternal care can influence these 'epigenetic' changes."

Gorbachev laments New World Order behind schedule, blames US for new Cold War � Aftermath News

Gorbachev laments New World Order behind schedule, blames US for new Cold War � Aftermath News: "From Nato’s expansion plans in the former Soviet Union to Washington’s proposals for a bigger defence budget and a missile shield in central Europe, the US was deliberately quashing hopes for permanent peace with Russia, Mr Gorbachev said.

“We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them,” he said.

“The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently.

“Every US president has to have a war.”"

Singer Seeks Surgery For Non-Stop Hiccups | peculiarosities.com

Singer Seeks Surgery For Non-Stop Hiccups | peculiarosities.com: "A singer who estimates that he has hiccupped almost 10 million times in the last 15 months is to undergo an operation to cure him from the condition."

BBC NEWS | Health | Breastfeeding 'helps to boost IQ'

BBC NEWS | Health | Breastfeeding 'helps to boost IQ': "More evidence is being put forward that breastfed babies eventually become more intelligent than those who are fed with formula milk."

CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police | UK news | The Guardian

CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police | UK news | The Guardian: "Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe."

DailyTech - Bionic Eyes Implants Give Partial Vision to Blind Patients

DailyTech - Bionic Eyes Implants Give Partial Vision to Blind Patients: "Exciting breakthroughs promise partial vision to blind, though much research work remains"

Eye-tracking interface means gamers' looks can kill - tech - 05 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech

Eye-tracking interface means gamers' looks can kill - tech - 05 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech: "Technology is being developed to allow people with severe motor disabilities to play 3D computer games like World of Warcraft using only their eyes."

We deserve the full truth about 9/11

We deserve the full truth about 9/11: "A number of private-sector engineers, architects, and demolition experts have not had that problem. They think Building 7 came down by controlled demolition. The building collapsed suddenly, straight down, at nearly free-fall speed. People heard the explosions, and saw the squibs and the characteristic billowing clouds of pulverized concrete so unique to demolitions. There is no reason to think that Building 7 came down for any other reason than explosive demolition."

Fred Gardner: The Greatest Story Never Told

Fred Gardner: The Greatest Story Never Told: "Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and lung cancer the leading killer among cancers. You'd think it would have been very big news when UCLA medical school professor Donald Tashkin revealed that components of marijuana smoke -although they damage cells in respiratory tissue- somehow prevent them from becoming malignant. In other words, something in marijuana exerts an anti-cancer effect."

Deseret News | 9/11 theorist not curtailing his research

Deseret News | 9/11 theorist not curtailing his research: "Jones was energized in November when he and others received a response from the national lab charged by Congress to determine why and how the towers collapsed. The letter contained the following phrase 'We are unable to provide a full explanation of the total collapse.' 'That ' Jones said 'really was progress. It made me believe we could talk with them.' It is striking. After producing a 10 000-page report the National Institute of Standards and Technology can t explain the collapse."

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."

It's official: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel - Los Angeles Times

It's official: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel - Los Angeles Times: "Peter Jackson and the production team behind the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy have tapped Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and its sequel 'The Hobbit 2.'"

Rationing of rice hits Britain’s Chinese and curry restaurants - Times Online

Rationing of rice hits Britain’s Chinese and curry restaurants - Times Online: "Rice is being rationed in Britain as shopkeepers limit supplies to their customers to prevent hoarding. Restrictions on sales in Asian neighbourhoods are reported as emergency measures are taken by governments worldwide to combat the soaring cost of rice and prevent outbreaks of food rioting."

Researchers Detail Chemotherapy's Damage to the Brain - URMC Press Room

Researchers Detail Chemotherapy's Damage to the Brain - URMC Press Room: "A commonly used chemotherapy drug causes healthy brain cells to die off long after treatment has ended and may be one of the underlying biological causes of the cognitive side effects – or “chemo brain” – that many cancer patients experience. That is the conclusion of a study published today in the Journal of Biology."

Blair caught on train without ticket | NEWS.com.au

Blair caught on train without ticket | NEWS.com.au: "FORMER British prime minister Tony Blair has been caught travelling on a train without a ticket or any cash to pay the fare."

Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh | The Australian

Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh | The Australian: "Disconcerting as it may be to true believers in global warming, the average temperature on Earth has remained steady or slowly declined during the past decade, despite the continued increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, and now the global temperature is falling precipitously.

All four agencies that track Earth's temperature (the Hadley Climate Research Unit in Britain, the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, the Christy group at the University of Alabama, and Remote Sensing Systems Inc in California) report that it cooled by about 0.7C in 2007. This is the fastest temperature change in the instrumental record and it puts us back where we were in 1930. If the temperature does not soon recover, we will have to conclude that global warming is over.

There is also plenty of anecdotal evidence that 2007 was exceptionally cold. It snowed in Baghdad for the first time in centuries, the winter in China was simply terrible and the extent of Antarctic sea ice in the austral winter was the greatest on record since James Cook discovered the place in 1770."

Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’ - New York Times

Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’ - New York Times: "The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners."

Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations | theage.com.au

Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations | theage.com.au: "A 130% rise in the global cost of wheat in the past year, caused partly by surging demand from China and India and a huge injection of speculative funds into wheat futures, has forced the Government to hit flour millers with three rounds of stiff mark-ups. The latest — a 30% increase this month — has given rise to speculation that Japan, which relies on imports for 90% of its annual wheat consumption, is no longer on the brink of a food crisis, but has fallen off the cliff."

What are the aircraft career battle groups for? - The China Post

What are the aircraft career battle groups for? - The China Post: "Three U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups are patrolling waters off southeast Taiwan. The task forces with the Kitty Hawk, Nimitz and Lincoln in the lead are believed to continue the patrol until May 20. Of course, it's rather unusual. But what for?"

ABC News: Clinton Ad Features Osama Bin Laden in Last Minute Vote Drive

ABC News: Clinton Ad Features Osama Bin Laden in Last Minute Vote Drive: "Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on 'Good Morning America' Tuesday. ABC News' Chris Cuomo asked Clinton what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons.

'I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran,' Clinton said. 'In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.'"

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World | The New York Sun

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World | The New York Sun: "MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing."

PETA offers $1m for test tube chicken | The Register

PETA offers $1m for test tube chicken | The Register: "PETA, the US Animal rights organization, is challenging scientists to create test-tube meat for a cash reward, in a similar vein as X Prize Foundation.

PETA announced today it will offer $1m to an organization that can successfully create and market 'in vitro meat,' i.e. muscle tissue grown without the pesky animal attached."

Dissident Voice : Who Killed Martin Luther King?

Dissident Voice : Who Killed Martin Luther King?: "In 1977 the family of Martin Luther King engaged an attorney and friend, Dr. William Pepper, to investigate a suspicion they had. They no longer believed that James Earl Ray was the killer. For their peace of mind, for an accurate record of history, and out of a sense of justice they conducted a two decade long investigation. The evidence they uncovered was put before a jury in Memphis, TN, in November 1999. 70 witnesses testified under oath, 4,000 pages of transcripts described the evidence, much of it new. It took the jury 59 minutes to come back with their decision that Loyd Jowers, owner of Jim’s Grill, had participated in a conspiracy to kill King, a conspiracy that included J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, Richard Helms and the CIA, the military, the Memphis Police Department (MPD), and organized crime. That verdict exonerated James Earl Ray who had already died in prison."

Exposed: the great GM crops myth - Green Living, Environment - The Independent

Exposed: the great GM crops myth - Green Living, Environment - The Independent: "Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis."

New security camera can 'see' through clothes - CNN.com

New security camera can 'see' through clothes - CNN.com: "LONDON England CNN -- New technology that can 'see' through clothing and detect what s underneath can now be used to scan crowds making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places."

World's oldest tree discovered in Sweden - Telegraph

World's oldest tree discovered in Sweden - Telegraph: "The world's oldest tree has been found in Sweden, a tenacious spruce that first took root just after the end of the last ice age, more than 9,500 years ago.

The tree has rewritten the history of the climate in the region, revealing that it was much warmer at that time and the ice had disappeared earlier than thought."

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?, Inventor Tells 60 Minutes He Hopes To Live Long Enough To See Machine Cure Humans - CBS News

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?, Inventor Tells 60 Minutes He Hopes To Live Long Enough To See Machine Cure Humans - CBS News: "(CBS) What if we told you that a guy with no background in science or medicine-not even a college degree-has come up with what may be one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research in years?"

Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel - Haaretz - Israel News

Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel - Haaretz - Israel News: "The Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Wednesday reported that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience at Bar Ilan university that the September 11, 2001 terror attacks had been beneficial for Israel.

'We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq,' Ma'ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events 'swung American public opinion in our favor.'"

The Raw Story | Ahmadinejad casts doubt on 'suspect' Sept 11

The Raw Story | Ahmadinejad casts doubt on 'suspect' Sept 11: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday reaffirmed his doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, describing the strikes as a 'suspect event'.

'Four or five years ago a suspect event took place in New York,' Ahmadinejad said in a speech to a public rally in the holy city of Qom broadcast live on state television.

'A building collapsed and they said that 3,000 people had been killed, whose names were never published.'

'Under this pretext they (the United States) attacked Afghanistan and Iraq and since then a million people have been killed,' he said.

This was the third time in just over a week that Ahmadinejad has publicly raised doubts about the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington carried out by Al-Qaeda militants which killed nearly 3,000 people."

The Canadian Press: Ottawa to pay struggling pork producers $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall

The Canadian Press: Ottawa to pay struggling pork producers $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall: "EDMONTON — In what is being called an unprecedented move, the federal government will pay Canadian pork producers $50 million to kill off 150,000 of their pigs by the fall as the industry teeters on the brink of economic collapse.

The animals are being destroyed at slaughter plants and on pig farms in a bid to cull the swine breeding herd by 10 per cent."

Scientists predict 500,000GB mp3 player - Telegraph

Scientists predict 500,000GB mp3 player - Telegraph: "In short, he says, 'What we have done is find a way to potentially increase the data storage capabilities in a radical way.'

Microchips rely on transistors, which are glorified switches and the Glasgow team has designed a cluster of molybdenum oxide based molecules measuring a billionth of a metre across that forms a novel kind of switching device."

Remember The Undersea Cables That Were Being Cut ? - Iraqi Ship Held, 2 Arrested : Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News

Remember The Undersea Cables That Were Being Cut ? - Iraqi Ship Held, 2 Arrested : Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News: "DUBAI: The UAE authorities have released one of the two ships allegedly responsible for causing damage to an undersea cable network of Flag Telecom that had resulted in disruption of Internet services across India for two weeks."

Price shock in global food | csmonitor.com

Price shock in global food | csmonitor.com: "The UN International Fund for Agriculture predicts food riots will become common on the world scene for at least a year. The World Bank says 33 countries face unrest from higher prices in both food and energy."

Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "One of the most influential scientists behind the theory that global warming has intensified recent hurricane activity says he will reconsider his stand.

The hurricane expert, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, unveiled a novel technique for predicting future hurricane activity this week. The new work suggests that, even in a dramatically warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity may not substantially rise during the next two centuries."

US banks Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reveal fresh $15bn loss - Times Online

US banks Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reveal fresh $15bn loss - Times Online: "CITIGROUP and Merrill Lynch will heap further pain on Wall Street this week as they reveal additional sub-prime write-downs totalling $15 billion (�7.6 billion) or more."

BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope 'refused audience for Rice'

BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope 'refused audience for Rice': "Pope Benedict XVI refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources say.
The Pope refused a request for an audience during the August holidays.
Senior Vatican sources told the BBC the Pope does not normally receive politicians on his annual holiday at the Castelgandolfo residence near Rome.
But one leading Italian newspaper said it was an evident snub by the Vatican towards the Bush administration."

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN expert stands by Nazi comments

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN expert stands by Nazi comments: "The next UN investigator into Israeli conduct in the occupied territories has stood by comments comparing Israeli actions in Gaza to those of the Nazis."

U.N. Official Calls for Study Of Neocons' Role in 9/11 - April 10, 2008 - The New York Sun

U.N. Official Calls for Study Of Neocons' Role in 9/11 - April 10, 2008 - The New York Sun: "WASHINGTON — A new U.N. Human Rights Council official assigned to monitor Israel is calling for an official commission to study the role neoconservatives may have played in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks."

Cosmetic chemicals found in breast tumours - 12 January 2004 - New Scientist

Cosmetic chemicals found in breast tumours - 12 January 2004 - New Scientist: "Preservative chemicals found in samples of breast tumours probably came from underarm deodorants, UK scientists have claimed.

Their analysis of 20 breast tumours found high concentrations of para-hydroxybenzoic acids (parabens) in 18 samples. Parabens can mimic the hormone estrogen, which is known to play a role in the development of breast cancers. The preservatives are used in many cosmetics and some foods to increase their shelf-life."

Artificial sperm takes men out of equation | NEWS.com.au

Artificial sperm takes men out of equation | NEWS.com.au: "ARTIFICIAL human sperm could come to the aid of infertile men, according to a team of scientists who have used lab-grown sperm to inseminate female mice.

Artificial sperm could also make males totally redundant, permitting women to give birth without a biological male mate."

D.C. police set to monitor 5,000 cameras�-�-�Breaking News, Political News & National Security News - The Washington Times

D.C. police set to monitor 5,000 cameras�-�-�Breaking News, Political News & National Security News - The Washington Times: "D.C. officials are giving police access to more than 5,000 closed-circuit TV cameras citywide that monitor traffic, schools and public housing — a move that will give the District one of the largest surveillance networks in the country.

'The primary benefit of what we're doing is for public health and safety,'"

Lord Lawson claims climate change hysteria heralds a 'new age of unreason' - Telegraph

Lord Lawson claims climate change hysteria heralds a 'new age of unreason' - Telegraph: "On the other hand, global temperatures, after flattening out, have in recent months shown a sharp fall, wholly unpredicted by those computer models on which the proponents of warming orthodoxy rely. This raises rather large question marks over whether the theory has actually got it right."

Cup of coffee a day can keep Alzheimer's away, say scientists | the Daily Mail

Cup of coffee a day can keep Alzheimer's away, say scientists | the Daily Mail: "A cup of coffee a day could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay, research suggests.

Scientists have shown a daily dose of caffeine helps protect the brain from the harmful effects of cholesterol, which is linked to the disease."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Solar System's 'look-alike' found

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Solar System's 'look-alike' found: "Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own.

They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our Sun.

Martin Dominik, from St Andrews University in the UK, said the finding suggested systems like our own could be much more common than we thought.

And he told a major meeting that astronomers were on the brink of finding many more of them."

Cow-human cross embryo lives three days | NEWS.com.au

Cow-human cross embryo lives three days | NEWS.com.au: "HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England hailed by the scientific community but labelled 'monstrous' by opponents. A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows ovaries which had most of their genetic material removed. The embryos survived for three days and are intended to provide a limitless supply of stem cells to develop therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer s Parkinson s and spinal cord injuries overcoming a worldwide shortfall in human embryos."

CNN.com - Bush asks Daschle to limit Sept. 11 probes - January 29, 2002

CNN.com - Bush asks Daschle to limit Sept. 11 probes - January 29, 2002: "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN."

Food additives 'could be as damaging as lead in petrol' - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - The Independent

Food additives 'could be as damaging as lead in petrol' - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - The Independent: "Artificial food colours are set to be removed from hundreds of products after a team of university researchers warned they were doing as much damage to children's brains as lead in petrol."

Sonny Bono 'assassinated' by hitmen | The Australian

Sonny Bono 'assassinated' by hitmen | The Australian: "SONNY Bono, former husband and singing partner of superstar Cher, was clubbed to death by hitmen on the orders of drug and weapons dealers who feared he was going to expose them, a former FBI agent claims."

Fears grow over Botox safety - health - 02 April 2008 - New Scientist

Fears grow over Botox safety - health - 02 April 2008 - New Scientist