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[Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Ancient Blood Found On Sculptures From Kingdom Of Mali
Scientists are reporting for the first time that sculptors from the fantastically wealthy ancient Empire of Mali -- once the source of almost half the world's gold -- used blood to form the beautiful patina, or coating, on their works of art. They describe development of a new, noninvasive test that accurately identifies traces of blood apparently left on ancient African artifacts used in ceremonies involving animal sacrifices. Chip Chops Time off Drug Discovery
A next-generation optical screening platform that is set to accelerate the drug discovery process and uses far less quantities of reagents has been developed by Cambridge company Genapta in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) after just eighteen months of development time. Max Planck Researchers Discover A Protein Which Is Deadly For Anthrax
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlindiscovered why lung, but not skin, anthrax infections are lethal. As reportedin the newest issue of PLoS Pathogen (November 2005), neutrophils - a formof white blood cells - play a key role in anthrax infections. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... NOAA Reports Record Number Of Tornadoes In 2004
The total number of tornadoes reported in the United States reached a record high during the year 2004, surpassing the previous record by almost 300, according to officials at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. Space Station Assembly: Elements: Zarya Control Module, Baikonur Cosmo
Background information about the Russian "launch complex where Sputnik 1, Earth's first artificial satellite, was launched. The rocket that lifted Yuri Gagarin, the first human in orbit, was also launched from Baikonur."Includes a photo and map of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in June 2005. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Clean Energy: Carbon Nanohorns For The Storage Of Hydrogen
Hydrogen would be the ideal candidate to replace fossil fuels if only it wasn't so difficult to store it safely. Researchers have now discovered a storage solution which is both efficient and cheap: carbon nanohorns. With such structures, the hydrogen-carbon bond is far more stable than with nanotubes. This study removes the obstacles which prevented any possibility of carbon-based nanomaterials finding industrial applications. Protein Fingerprinting Made Easy
Combining some traditional experimental methods of molecular biology with computational methods of artificial intelligence, scientists have demonstrated a novel approach for producing 'protein fingerprints'of diverse tissues. This result could lead to the development of new convenient methods in medical diagnostics. Being directly responsible for a great majority of processes in living cells, proteins are the most important class of biological molecules. Proteins Take On New Roles In Malaria Parasite
While searching for new targets for malaria drugs and vaccines, a team including a HHMI medical student research fellow compared the protein networks of P. falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria, to protein networks in four other organisms. They found that organisms may share similar proteins, yet those proteins may interact in entirely different ways. Their analysis was based on data from HHMI investigator Stanley Fields, published in the same issue of Nature.
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