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September 28th, Brennan 205

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Science


  1. Water shortage 'a global problem'
  2. Secrets of ocean birth laid bare
  3. 'More disasters' for warmer world
  4. Frozen mice 'have healthy pups'
  5. Experts meet to decide Pluto fate
  6. Younger siblings 'more amusing'
  7. Rare bats take to new villa roost
  8. Greenland melt 'speeding up'
  9. Overweight 'top world's hungry'
  10. Security 'bad news for sex drive'
  11. Scientists find brain evolution gene
  12. Planets plan boosts tally to 12
  13. Whale fossil sports fierce teeth
  14. Research finds 'unique human DNA'
  15. Hubble glimpses faintest stars
  16. Japan bans 'contaminated' US rice
  17. Map details global water stress
  18. 'Ethical' stem cell lines created
  19. Pluto loses status as a planet
  20. Scientists find sourness detector
  21. Thera eruption was bigger still
  22. Seed: Men (And Sometimes Women) Lure Mates Creatively
  23. Fatherhood alters the structure of your brain--if you are a marmoset
  24. Chimps make great teachers and students 
  25. Brain scan of nuns finds no single 'God spot' in the brain, Université de Montréal study finds
  26. Top scientist's fears for climate
  27. Supernova captured in 'real time'
  28.  Iraq marshes' recovery 'in doubt'
  29. Wanted: Assistant for Stephen Hawking 
  30. Chinese drought affects millions
  31. Alarm sounded for farmland birds
  32. Why doesn't America believe in evolution? - being-human
  33. Special Report on Evolution
  34. Ferocious ants bite like a bullet
  35. Pluto vote 'hijacked' in revolt
  36. Climate changes shift springtime
  37. Galapagos 'face species threat'
  38. Maths genius declines top prize
  39. Team finds 'proof' of dark matter
  40. Taller people are smarter: study - Yahoo! News
  41. NASA - SMART-1 to Crash the Moon
  42. Professor-Turned-Pope Leads a Seminar on Evolution 
  43. Clarification Issued on Stem Cell Work
  44. Mother deer cannot recognize the calls of their own offspring but sheep and reindeer can
  45. Multiple copies of a mystery gene may make us human - From mice to monkeys to chimps to people, a brain-protein gene pumps up.
  46. Focus on climate adaptation urged
  47. Rover nears crater science trove
  48. Earth-like planets may be common
  49. Methane bubbles climate trouble
  50. Men Smarter than Women, Scientist Claims
  51. Why adolescents put themselves first - being-human
  52. The nose knows 
  53. Researchers Offer a New Date for Neanderthals’ Last Stand 
  54. Ants' own chemical may control them
  55. Colourful beginning for humanity
  56. Probe to study mighty explosions
  57. Drastic' shrinkage in Arctic ice
  58. 'Oldest' New World writing found
  59. New El Nino sparks weather fears
  60. Giant Bat-Eating Centipede
  61. Seeds 200 years old breathe again
  62. Science And Salvation - washingtonpost.com
  63. Flying sex pest silences the crickets - life - 21 September 2006 - New Scientist
  64. news @ nature.com - Brain electrodes conjure up ghostly visions - Simple stimulation may underpin complex mental illusions.
  65. Pregnancy and lactation may affect maternal behavior and coping skills
  66. Little 'Lucy' fossil found - Toddler hominin has arms for swinging and legs for walking.
  67. Science/Nature | New ring discovered around Saturn
Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Early Alzheimer's skin test hope
  2. Herceptin 'linked to heart risk'
  3. UK experts say Indian Coke 'safe'
  4. Mornings 'best time for surgery'
  5. Protein 'may stop asthma attacks'
  6. Hormone 'connected to death risk'
  7. Autism 'affects all of the brain'
  8. Stroke risk peaks every 12 hours
  9. US criticised for HIV aid effort
  10. Bluetongue virus hits Dutch farm
  11. HIV 'switches off' immune cells
  12. Snails poison diners in Beijing
  13. 'Simple' way to test for anthrax
  14. 'Friendly bacteria' gum for teeth
  15. Tobacco companies lose civil case
  16. US backs morning-after pill sales
  17. Tea 'healthier' drink than water
  18. Sterilisation 'may not kill CJD'
  19. Joke generator raises a chuckle
  20. Alzheimer mice memories restored
  21. Brain enzyme treatment relieves memory lapse in Alzheimer's mice
  22. Ever-happy mice may hold key to new treatment of depression
  23. Cancer cell 'executioner' found
  24. Chimps make great teachers and students 
  25. Invention: Tongue-o-vision 
  26. Juices 'may cut Alzheimer's risk'
  27. Older dads boost risk of autistic children - health 
  28. UCLA study uncovers new risk factor for schizophrenia
  29. Global alert over deadly new TB strains
  30. Nerves Conquer Pain 
  31. 'X' marks the spot in hunt for autism genes 
  32. Thoughts of woman in 'waking coma' revealed - Brain scans of vegetative patient ignites debate over her awareness.
  33. DEA Revises Rule on Prescribing Painkillers
  34. HIV drug can stop cervical cancer
  35. Semen 'may fuel cervical cancer'
  36. Gene therapy rids men of cancer
  37.  Low vitamin E linked to asthma
  38. Vitamin D call for Asian children
  39. Menopause alternative remedy fear
  40. Fears over homeopathy regulation
  41. Spain extends smoking restriction
  42. Cancer jab 'stops 75% of deaths'
  43. Children of alcoholics 'damaged'
  44. 'Donor eggs for science' debated
  45.  Vegetative patient 'communicates
  46. Premature ejaculation drug hope
  47. Alzheimer's 'self-defence found'
  48. Scientists reveal how H5N1 kills
  49. Rotating-shift work tied to prostate cancer risk
  50. UCLA neuroscience research leads to a possible treatment for Diabetes
  51. Calorie restriction in non-human primates may prevent and reduce Alzheimer's disease neuropathology
  52. Vitamin D cuts pancreatic cancer risk  
  53. ncreased dietary fish oil may prevent many deaths 
  54. Food allergies 'gone in 10 years
  55. Call to ban pro-suicide websites
  56. 'Too few' sports doctors for 2012
  57. Mandarins 'cut liver cancer risk'
  58. Alzheimer's drug also combats brain injuries
  59. || DukeMedNews || Nicotine Lessens Symptoms of Depression in Nonsmokers
  60. Hope for tuberculosis blood test
  61.  Seaweed anti-obesity tablet hope
  62. Green tea cuts fatal illness risk
  63. 13% of young men have chlamydia'
  64. DNA blood test 'could save lives'
  65.  WHO backs DDT for malaria control
  66. Drug 'could slash diabetes cases'
  67. Cancer drug slows muscular dystrophy in mice
  68. Botox therapy 'may be addictive'
  69. Vitamin 'may block MS disability'
  70. Post-traumatic stress drug hope
  71. Biofuels: Green energy or grim reaper?
  72. Mosquitoes' sweet tooth targeted
  73. Have Friends, Will Slumber
  74. Study explores 'manic' thinking
  75. Tone deafness shows up in the brain - Can't sing? It could all be down to a lack of white matter.
  76. Mouse Brain Mapped in Detail
  77.  'Egg on your face is dangerous'
  78. Alzheimer’s may 'seed' itself like mad cow disease
  79. 'Pack-a-day crisp habit' warning
  80. Food chemicals 'may harm humans'
  81. EU approves cervical cancer jab
  82. Is Hysteria Real? Brain Images Say Yes
  83. Mother's Stress May Affect Fetus - washingtonpost.com


  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. 'Toxic ship' docks in Indian port
  2. Dell recalls 4m laptop batteries
  3. Time lists 50 'coolest websites'
  4. Unhappy eBay traders boycott site
  5. File-sharing 'darknet' unveiled
  6. Hackers target latest Windows fix
  7. Speedy silicon sets world record
  8. Shuttle ready for August launch
  9. Artificial muscles light up TVs
  10. Games industry is 'failing women'
  11. Apple recall on laptop batteries
  12. Nasa names new spacecraft 'Orion'
  13. Wearable Computer Gives Eyes to Blind
  14. Google to target software market
  15. Microsoft tackles anti-copy hole
  16. Not as wiki as it used to be
  17. Building a skyscraper after 9/11
  18. Zune challenge beckons for iPod
  19. SanDisk Drops a Flash Bomb
  20. Spammers manipulate stock markets
  21. Microsoft fixes flawed bug patch
  22. PlayStation 3 tackles world ills
  23. Toshiba to make Microsoft's Zune
  24. Innovators seek greener PC future
  25. 'Adware' attack on privacy tool
  26. Google makes novels free to print
  27. Hackers steal AT&T customer data
  28.  A380 starts passenger flight test
  29. 'Chatty George' talks himself up
  30. November launch date for HD-DVD
  31. Fastest supercomputer to be built
  32. Airline bans 'fire fear' laptops
  33. Google opens up 200 years of news
  34. Students given free MP3 players
  35. Shedding light on the world
  36. Security breach hits online world
  37. Nintendo Wii to make debut in US
  38. 3D TV 'could be three years away'
  39. Projector size of sugar cube made
  40. Roll-up screens 'moving closer'
  41. Yahoo 'to buy Facebook for $1bn'
  42. Double disc might end hi-def war
  43. Browser flaw seen on porn sites
  44. Amazing video - self-parking car!


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