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Cassini Imaging: Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy

Saturn's mysterious hexagon crown lit up as 30-year winter ends

NASA has delayed the launch of its new infrared sky mapper by at least a day, with liftoff now scheduled for no earlier than Saturday.

New T. Rex Cousin Suggests Dinosaurs Arose in S. America

Sickle-cell disease can be cured with stem-cell transplant procedure

Firstborns are more selfish than other youngsters... but are more likely to achieve greatness

I was the first born in my family...

Firstborns have been shown to have higher IQs. This may be because they benefit from having their parents' undivided attention at the start of their lives.

Scientists expected to unveil the discovery of dark matter

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International Space Updates, September 2009

Prostate Cancer’s Worst Form Linked to Gene-Influencing Virus

We're all mutants, say scientists: Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.

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NASA: Use of robots 'very successful' in Endeavour's mission

The spacewalking shuttle crew going that extra 125,000 miles to build a £1.45 billion research lab that's out of this world

Evolutionary rethink as scientists claim our most distant ancestors came from lakes and not the sea

Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years, scientists claim

Members of the government panel reviewing NASA’s human spaceflight program said Tuesday that the life of the International Space Station should be extended past its planned demise in 2016.

Camp faithless: Britain's first atheist summer camp

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The Case of the Shrinking Sheep

While storekeepers were frantically pulling E. coli-tainted cookie dough and beef from their shelves last month, scientists rolled out the country's first cattle vaccine to snuff out the potentially deadly bacteria.

Photos: Mars rover Spirit down but not out

ScienceDaily (July 2, 2009) — A molecule called telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The unexpected finding may lead to new anticancer therapies and a greater understanding of how adult and embryonic stem cells divide and specialize.

Regenerative medicine group launches in D.C.

LOS ANGELES—Doctors at a Los Angeles-based hospital have injected a heart patient with specialized stem cells grown from his own heart tissue in an attempt to reverse scarring after a heart attack.

Self-confidence is built into our genes, say scientists

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson broke ground on Friday on construction of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for space-bound commercial customers and fee-paying passengers.

... all for a cost under 200 million dollars! Too bad it had yet to be built...

BERKELEY, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- A report detailing the impact of climate change on the United States calls for decreased rainfall in southwestern states, with more 100-degree Fahrenheit days.

Los Angeles marijuana store robbed of pot, cash

... never thought about how easy it would be to rob a medical dispensary and get away with it... I doubt law enforcement would put it on the top of their list. Now, if it were only that easy to rob a bank...

Fallopian tubes removed during hysterectomies could provide a rich new source of stem cells, it was claimed today.

Scientists in Brazil found large numbers of 'mesenchymal' stem cells in fallopian tubes taken from women of reproductive age.

Birds do it, bees do it... in fact virtually all animals have 'gay' relationships, scientists say

Same-Sex Behavior Found in Nearly All Animals

happiness equals O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He. Why June 19th is the happiest day of the year!

-> and it's also my little brother's bday! I love u Chris!

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MOSCOW, June 6 (UPI) -- Two astronauts on the International Space Station tested new Russian-made suits during five hours of work on the docking system, station officials said.

Revealed: The fossil treasure chest that was home to 'missing link' Ida

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(05-22) 13:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court will rule Tuesday on a challenge to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that reinstated California's ban on same-sex marriage.

Tempe, AZ (AHN) - A bacteria that lives in hairspray and a coffee bean without caffeine are among the top 10 new species revealed Friday by researchers at Arizona State University.

Obama Says 'Stars May Be Aligned' This Time for Health Care Reform

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Shuttle Crew Prepares for Return Trip

NASA Scientists Find More Evidence of Water on Mars

900 babies a day are born with AIDS virus in the developing world: report

AP poll: Most students stressed, some depressed

Down Syndrome Yields Key Cancer Clue
Genes Overproduced in Down Syndrome Can Slow Tumor Growth

Massive asteroid bombardment may have helped life to THRIVE on Earth

Homo Sex in Colonial America

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If you think global warming is scary now, wait until the year 2059, according to a new study in the journal Nature.

Catching Flu From Money

It's not just from pigs: Swine flu is a mongrel of many strains, say scientists

Meet the ancestors: DNA study pinpoints Namibia as home to the world's most ancient race

->The origin of a species is taken to be the place where people show the most genetic diversity because of the time it takes for genes to evolve. The DNA tests therefore suggest the San are the oldest continuous population of humans on the Earth...the languages they spokes were closely correlated with the variation of their genes.

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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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Evidence That Mice Produce Egg Cells After Birth

The End of Private Health Insurance

Why didn't this happen in the 50s? Isn't health care that is availavle to all people the goal? Why does the government want healthcare for everyone now? Health Care for all people will make costs of everything go down, because the public will be healthy. I'm so fucking over insurance scams, why do they run this country?

Microchip that tells the GP if you’ve taken your pills

World's most powerful laser prepares to mimic nuclear reactions at centre of the Sun

Big Foot Britain: The average man's feet have grown a whole size in just five years