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Model Predicts Halt to Africa's AIDS Epidemic

A new insight into the reason for aging has been gained by scientists trying to understand how resveratrol, a minor ingredient of red wine, improves the health and lifespan of laboratory mice. They believe that the integrity of chromosomes is compromised as people age, and that resveratrol works by activating a protein known as sirtuin that restores the chromosomes to health.

-> interesting, but I'm not convienced yet. I'm much more inspiried by telomerase. This news is still captivating, perhaps I'm thinking of immortality in too limited of terms, and I'm going to have to look at more than just telomerase...


China's ancestral turtle sheds light on evolution

-> "In an article published in Nature, they said the Odontochelys lived about 220 million years ago and their discovery sheds light on one of the biggest mysteries in reptile evolution -- how the shell and body of the turtle developed."

UPDATE 1-Europe to spend $13 bln on Mars rover, space plans

International Space Updates, November 2008

Venus, Jupiter, Moon Govern The Thanksgiving Sky