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Phoenix Mars Lander's next bake-and-sniff could be its last

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last.

USA

Astronomy

Washington's boyhood home found, but no hatchet

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.

USA

Astronomy

NASA's Voyager probes show solar system dented, not round

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal.

USA

Astronomy

Earth emits ear-splitting sounds in a fine 'hello' to aliens

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

Earth emits an ear-piercing series of chirps and whistles that could be heard by any aliens who might be listening, astronomers have discovered.

USA

Astronomy

Study: Long-term benefit in 'magic mushroom' drug

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project. She felt like she was taking off. She saw colors. Then it felt like her heart was ripping open. But she called the experience joyful as well as painful, and says that it has helped her to this day.

USA

Astronomy

'What it means to be faithful' blurred in modern world

07.07.2008 10:26 Source

usatoday.com

We used to know what infidelity was: sex with someone other than your mate. But the 21st century seems to have blurred those clear-cut lines. Is flirtation online a breach of marital trust? If there's no sex, is it really cheating?

USA

Astronomy

Old World Wisconsin Recalls World War I

07.07.2008 10:16 Source

wisconsinhistory.org

It is summer 1917, and a company of soldiers from Fond du Lac is just being mobilized for training to take part in the deadly trench warfare that characterized the western front during World War I. They are the soldiers...

Wisconsin

History

Canada Takes More Action To Protect Human Health And The Environment Under World Leading Chemicals Management Plan

07.07.2008 08:15 Source

medicalnewstoday.com

The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, announced as part of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan that eight new chemicals are now deemed to be toxic to human health, and one chemical is deemed toxic to the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999.

World

Biology

Famished gene is found and could help tackle obesity

07.07.2008 07:11 Source

telegraph.co.uk

A genetic change that makes white people feel famished has been found in research that could help predict the children at risk of obesity and develop new treatments, writes Roger Highfield

Great Britain Category

Science & Education

Foster Child - Independence Day CD Review

07.07.2008 05:18 Source

thecelebritycafe.com

World

Books & CD

Finding Suggests Novel Ways To Boost Vaccination Or Natural Defences

07.07.2008 05:12 Source

medicalnewstoday.com

Our bodies rely on the production of potent, or 'high affinity', antibodies to fight infection. The process is very complex, yet Sydney scientists have discovered that it hinges on a single molecule, a growth factor, without which it cannot function. There is much we do not yet understand about our immune system. In simple terms, our bodies produce B cells, which make antibodies, and T cells, which help them.

World

Biology