World / Science & Education
Cystic fibrosis drug targets cause not symptoms
12.06.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
Hundreds of sufferers of cystic fibrosis, the most common serious inherited disease in Caucasians, are given hope of an effective treatment today by encouraging preliminary trials of two experimental drugs. By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
'Molecular archaeology' offers new way to stop allergies
12.06.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
A new way to design new pills to stop allergy attacks in their tracks, from hay fever to the deadly allergic response triggered in some children by peanuts, has been revealed by "molecular archaeology." By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
The Dulwich Mum
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
This week, the Dulwich Mum has a tense encounter with her GP.
Great Britain
Science & Education
China's bloody history
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
David Rennie reviews The Penguin History of Modern China: the Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850-2008 by Jonathan Fenby
Great Britain
Books & CD
Dot Earth: Satellites and Human Rights
12.06.2008 18:13
nytimes.com
Satellite images of villages in Ethiopia show clear evidence of the destruction of villages, with gray smudges all that is left in many cases.
World
Sciences
Scientists observe first flash from dying star
12.06.2008 16:02
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time witnessed the flash of light produced inside a dying star just before it explodes, according to a study on Thursday that provides a unique glimpse into how a supernova forms.
World
Science & Education
Pluto gets new classification as 'Plutoid'
12.06.2008 14:12
telegraph.co.uk
Pluto has been stripped of its status as a planet and will now be classified as a "plutoid" - a new category of celestial body
Great Britain
Science & Education
Valeriya - The Party's Over
12.06.2008 13:24
roomthirteen.com
She may be a Russian superstar but will Valeriya's power pop cut it over here?
World
Books & CD
John & Jehn - John & Jehn
12.06.2008 13:24
roomthirteen.com
Music based around the conversations of our protagonists as a couple. Not as bad as it sounds actually...
World
Books & CD
Secondsmile - Tell Me A Story
12.06.2008 13:24
roomthirteen.com
A bit of a disappointment for Secondsmiles latest single bland unoriginal and very very indie..
World
Books & CD
Nasa rocket with Glast telescope blasts-off
12.06.2008 12:13
telegraph.co.uk
A new probe to study the most extreme events in the cosmos has successfully blasted off. By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
Dot Earth: Rare Turtle Returns to Texas
12.06.2008 12:12
nytimes.com
For the first time since the 1930’s, federal biologists confirmed that a leatherback sea turtle has nested on a Texas beach, at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi.
World
Sciences
Water squabbles irrigate tensions in Central Asia
12.06.2008 12:02
reuters.com
VAKHDAT, Tajikistan (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun, an exhausted Tajik woman looks at a drying trickle of irrigation water running across her cotton field.
World
Science & Education
Astronauts get time off as flight winds down
12.06.2008 10:31
usatoday.com
NASA gave shuttle Discovery's astronauts some well-deserved time off Thursday as their flight wound down and the international space station was left farther and farther behind.
USA
Astronomy
Way to 'Get Smart': Movie's spy doodads riff on real gadgets
12.06.2008 10:31
usatoday.com
Because technology has caught up with writers' imaginations, there's a big difference between the old TV and new movie versions of Get Smart: many of the movie's doodads actually exist.
USA
Astronomy
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