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NASA's Stardust And Deep Impact Will Observe More Comets And Extrasola
Two NASA spacecraft now have new assignments after successfully completing their missions. The duo will make new observations of comets and characterize extrasolar planets. Stardust and Deep Impact will use their flight-proven hardware to perform new, previously unplanned, investigations. 'Cologne'Attracts Beneficial Lacewing Predators
A new lure being developed by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and their collaborators could bring relief to growers trying to guard crops and gardens against aphids and mites. The lure is a natural product that attracts lacewings, a beneficial predator that enjoys devouring destructive aphids and mites. Despite Risks, Sex Can Be Fun
Safer sex doesn't have to mean unpleasant sex. Global AIDS conference offers some good news. In Sex Drive Daily. Research Upsetting Some Notions About Honey Bees
Genetic research, based on information from the recently released honey bee genome, has toppled some long-held beliefs about the honey bee that colonized Europe and the U.S. According to research published recently in Science, the four most common subspecies of honey bee originated in Africa and entered Europe in two separate migrations. Health of the Amish People
Transcript of a June 2005 interview with Dr. Alan Shuldiner (professor and Head of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine) about "how the lifestyle of the Amish people in the U.S. influences their health."Discusses genetic diseases that are rare in the general population but occur more often in the Amish community, as well as diabetes, exercise, and diet. From the Health Report, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Q&A: Peace in Sudan
Questions and answers about the accords signed in January 2005 by the Sudan government and rebels from the south, "making up a peace deal to end 21 years of fighting."Discusses the conflict, which "has pitted the Muslim north against Christians and animists in the south,"and the possibility that this agreement will help end the separate conflict in the western region of Darfur. Also mentions U.S. involvement. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Resurgence And Spread Of Syphilis In China Is A Rapidly Increasing Epi
The resurgence and spread in China of syphilis, an infection eliminated there from 1960 to 1980, represents a rapidly increasing epidemic calling for urgent intervention, according to authors of a new report documenting rising infection rates. Playstation as High-End CD Player
MSNBC's Gary Krakow claims the PS1 is high-end audio, so long as you "break it in" for 3 days. A sonic symphony or pseudoscience? In Gear Factor. The Beauty of IPod Shuffle Hacks
The simplicity of Apple's random music player appeals to a wave of modders. But beware: The cooler you make it look, the more people will want it. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test. Einstein's 'Biggest Blunder'? New Supernovae Study Offers Tantalyzing
The genius of Albert Einstein, who added a "cosmological constant"to his equation for the expansion of the universe but later retracted it, may be vindicated by new research. The enigmatic dark energy that drives the accelerating expansion of the universe behaves just like Einstein's famed cosmological constant, according to the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). The observations reveal that the dark energy behaves like Einstein's cosmological constant to a precision of 10 per cent.
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