les nouvelles

Cocaine found in shuttle work area, NASA says

One good night of sleep may do less than once thought

I always speak to my friends about sleep debt and why they have to sleep enough every single night...

Study warns of drug-resistant HIV strains

Sequencing Wasp Genome Sheds New Light on Sexual Parasite: ScienceDaily (Jan. 14, 2010) — About 100 million years ago, the bacterium Wolbachia came up with a trick that has made it one of the most successful parasites in the animal kingdom: It evolved the ability to manipulate the sex lives of its hosts.

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NASA Unlikely to Send Astronaut to Moon by 2020

Imitation promotes social bonding in primates

Mutation Tied to Need for Less Sleep Is Discovered

How your morning lie-in could double risk of Alzheimer's

Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice

Backwards galaxy: First planet found that orbits in opposite direction to its star

Junk food dummies: How binging on burgers and chips can drain your brainpower

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2009 space oddity: 'Blob' 12.9billion light years away baffles astronomers

Inventor gives Rodin's 'The Thinker' a shocking new twist... by shooting 500,000 volts of electricity down his body

I wonder exactly what this does to a human's brain... condering that our brains are already electronic, like a computer.

How night owls are cleverer and richer than people who rise early

I've cloned a human: Extraordinary claims of a doctor who 'has implanted embryos into four women'

Scientists Unravel Genome of the Cow

April 24, 1990: Hubble Becomes Big Eye Above Sky

Missing link: Arctic fossil reveals how seals went from land to sea

As a child, the first job I ever wanted to have was a marine biologist, mostly because seals were my favorite animals. Since I've always been interested in pinnepedia I find this evolutionary discovery fun.

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With the help of a common virus, scientists have built a battery that rivals the state-of-the-art rechargeable models now powering personal electronics and hybrid vehicles.

Sleep does more than help us recover from stress and tiredness - it rewires the brain so we can learn more, research suggests

early morning news

SAN FRANCISCO — The State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday endorsed an effort to build an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and an “intelligent” battery recharging network.

Britney Spears Tops Yahoo Searches In 2008

I never really read the news irl, and if I do, it's usually in passing. Like looking over someone's shoulder in a public area, or noticing the headlines in a newspaper stand or vending machine. I guess I just post news so that in retrospect, I can look back and "try" to "use what was really going on" to help me piece together my memories more coherently...

Medical Residents Must Sleep After 16 Hours, Experts Urge

-> I always make sure to sleep at least 9 hours. no sleep = wrinkles. It's one of my "lifestyle choices" that I more fiercely defend than any other idiosyncrasy...

China's rural migrants are new front in AIDS fight Reuters

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At the core of snowflakes, bacteria



President Bush on Thursday called on Congress to pass a bill (HR 5501)
that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
AFP/Google.com reports (AFP/Google.com, 2/28)




NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Parents who teach "tough love" by
disciplining their children with spankings could be making them more
likely to have sexual problems as teenagers and adults, a leading
researcher said.




Sleep? Sorry, Too Tired To Worry About It. By MedHeadlines • Feb 29th,
2008 • Category: Lifestyle, Neurology, Prevention, Sleep