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News: Last winter, two female Komodo dragons at separate zoos in England gave their keepers big surprises.
Not just hitchhikers: human pathogens make homes on plants
Science News | Oct 20, 2007 | vote | comment
Jeri Baraks tomato plants have a weird disease breaking out on them. Not the biggest surprise, perhaps, since shes a bona fide U.S.
Better than pap: blood test detects cervical cancer
Science News | Oct 20, 2007 | vote | comment
For more than 50 years, doctors have used Papanicolaou tests–better known as Pap smears–to screen women for cervical cancer.
Bad acid: oceans pH drop threatens snail defense
Science News | Oct 20, 2007 | topic: Social Issues | vote | comment
A predicted worldwide fall in ocean alkalinity could have subtle effects on a small shoreline snail, shutting down one of its best defenses against crab predators, researchers say.
Match made in heaven: nearby galaxies resemble faraway type
Science News | Oct 06, 2007 | vote | comment
Astronomers cant send a telescope billions of light-years into space to take close-ups of the most remote galaxies, but they appear to have done the next best thing.
No slippery slope: Physician-aided deaths are rare among those presumed vulnerable
Science News | Oct 06, 2007 | topic: Social Issues | vote | comment
News: Over the past quarter-century, opponents of physician-assisted death have argued against the practice on the grounds that vulnerable groups–the very old, the poor, and the mentally ill, to name three–would turn to, or be pushed toward, such deaths in disproportionate numbers.
Fueling a flu debate: do vaccinations save lives among the elderly?
Science News | Oct 06, 2007 | vote | comment
It would seem to be a no-brainer: Vaccinating elderly people against influenza each fall should lead to fewer hospital stays and higher survival rates.
Smoots Ear: The Measure of Humanity
Science News | Sep 29, 2007 | vote | comment
SMOOTS EAR: The Measure of Humanity ROBERT TAVERNOR In 1958, Oliver Smoot was a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, when, in a fraternity-initiation prank, his body was used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge.
Aiding and abetting: a longevity gene also promotes cancer
Science News | Sep 22, 2007 | vote | comment
A gene that helps organisms survive damage to their cells can also shorten their lives by fostering tumors, tests on mice and human-cell lines show.
Muddying the water? Orbiter drains confidence from fluid story of Mars
Science News | Sep 22, 2007 | vote | comment
Evidence for liquid water on some parts of Mars–now or in the past–looks leakier than researchers had supposed, according to an analysis of the sharpest images ever taken of the Red Planet from orbit.
Survivor: extrasolar planet escapes stellar attack
Science News | Sep 15, 2007 | vote | comment
From the sizzling outer atmosphere of a sunlike star to the chilly surroundings of a dark, stellar cinder, extrasolar planets keep turning up in the darndest places.
Spot on: printing flexible electronics one nanodot at a time
Science News | Sep 15, 2007 | topic: Advanced Technologies | vote | comment
Plastic displays, solar cells, and other kinds of gadgets are attractive for their flexibility and potential low cost.
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