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Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie Wonder and the View From Mescaline Mo
Famed neurologist riffs about music and how the brain experiences it. It's all here in a longer version of the interview from the October issue of Wiredmagazine. Researchers Closer To Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient's own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. Control of mosquito vectors of malaria may be enhanced by a new method
Biopesticides containing a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes may be an effective means of reducing malaria transmission, particularly if used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets, according to a modeling study. Results of the study show that incorporating this novel vector control technique into existing vector management programs may substantially reduce malaria transmission rates and help manage insecticide resistance. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Connecting Wind Farms Can Make A More Reliable And Cheaper Power Sourc
Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists. The key is connecting wind farms throughout a given geographic area with transmission lines, thus combining the electric outputs of the farms into one powerful energy source. Electronic patient records are not a panacea
Large-scale electronic patient record programs promise much but sometimes deliver little, according to a new study. Modern Brains Have An Ancient Core
Researchers now reveal that the hypothalamus and its hormones are not purely vertebrate inventions, but have their evolutionary roots in marine, worm-like ancestors. In this week's issue of the journal Cell they report that hormone-secreting brain centres are much older than expected and likely evolved from multifunctional cells of the last common ancestor of vertebrates, flies and worms. Breast Cancer Gene Mutation More Common In Hispanic, Young Black Women
A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date. Lakes Boiling With Methane Discovered In Alaska
A lake in Alaska was found violently boiling with escaping methane. Scientists are studying methane emissions from arctic lakes, especially the connection between thawing permafrost and climate change. As permafrost around a lake's edges thaws, the organic material in it -- dead plants and animals -- can enter the lake bottom, where bacteria convert it to methane, which bubbles into the atmosphere, sometimes in a spectacular fashion. Methane hotspots can come from various sources, not just thawing permafrost. New Antibiotic Target Could Mean The End Of Pneumonia
Scientists have found a "molecular Achilles heel"in the organism that causes pneumonia, providing a target for the development of a new class of antibiotics that could eventually eradicate the disease.
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