Oxford Prof Listens to Sleeping Sickness Bacteria w/ Micro-Ear

A team lead by Dr. Richard Berry at the University of Oxford intends to listen to flagella- the tiny motor that many bacteria such as E. Coli use to move themselves around. The African trypanosome, Trypansoma...

New Study: Sexual Minority Youth Bullied More Than Straight Youth

A new study conducted by doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital located in central Ohio finds, sexual minority youth, or youth who identify as gay, lesbian or bi-sexual, are bullied two to three more times...

Vocus' State of the Media in 2010: 293 Newspapers, 1126 Mags Fold

Vocus has released its comprehensive whitepaper State of the Media in 2010 in which it revealed approximately 293 newspapers folded, with nearly 100 of those shuttering in the year’s first quarter alone....

'Officer of the Order of Canada' go to Indian origin scientist

New Delhi: Indian origin scientist Shrawan Kumar has been awarded the 'Officer of the Order of Canada', country's top civilian honour for his pioneering research on workplace and spinal injuries. He is among 57...

Millions of Bush administration e-mails recovered

Just deleting emails is not the answer if you have many things to hide as they are also saved on the systems many servers. I expect George Bush is now sweating as his friend in UK Tony Blair is under fire for his...

Social anxiety in gay & bisexual men may be linked to risky sex

Social anxiety in gay and bi-sexual men may be linked to risky sex according to a Ryerson University HIV researcher who claims to have found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities." Dr. Trevor...

Hacker exposes false global warming claims

Well I still believe that we should clean up our acts " The CRU, which plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-termchanges in temperature, has repeatedly refused to provide detailed...

What private data have you unknowingly shared?

What photos and videos would you like to take-back?  Introducing IBM Identity Mixer, an anonymous credential system developed at IBM Research that enables strong authentication and privacy at the same...

Babies 'cry in mother's tongue'

Strange it seems, but it is a truth, if research on baby cry is right.The research says that baby copy mothers crying pattern from the womb. "German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.The researchers studied...

No men Or women needed - making babies

" Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood. It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to...

The Death Penalty: Feasibility Lost

The death Penalty Information Center has released a study that found that American states are wasting huge amounts of money because the death row system functions inefficiently.  With death row waits being as long as 3 decades due to a lack or organization of resources...

India tests nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile

Just see the paradox of developing Nation, southern India is submerged in flood water, million people are home less, media is flooded with the stories of shortages of food and medicine but on the other hand India...

Video Games Used To Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers are seeing positive results after experimenting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder with video game therapy. A realistic video game, Virtual Iraq, is being tested in the United States to see if it can help veterans feel more comfortable with...

Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in

Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...

Columbia University paper sheds light on gays, attitudes , policy

With  much talk the past several years regarding "activist judges"  who let a "gay elite"  steer public policy,  while over-riding "the will of the people",  a recent research paper is stunning in its information and illumination.  The paper ,...

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