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NASA Develops A 'Nugget' To Search For Life In Space
Conceived by scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the Neutron/Gamma ray Geologic Tomography (NUGGET) would be able to generate three-dimensional images of fossils embedded in an outcrop of rock or beneath the soil of Mars or another planet. Tomography uses radiation or sound waves to look inside objects. NUGGET could help determine if primitive forms of life took root on Mars when the planet was awash in water eons ago. New Evidence Puts Man In North America 50,000 Years Ago
Radiocarbon tests of carbonized plant remains where artifacts were unearthed last May along the Savannah River in Allendale County by University of South Carolina archaeologist Dr. Albert Goodyear indicate that the sediments containing these artifacts are at least 50,000 years old, meaning that humans inhabited North American long before the last ice age. Drug-craving Brain Region In Rats Discovered
A region of the brain -- the insular cortex -- plays a role in drug craving in amphetamine-addicted rats, according to an article in Science. This finding ultimately may help support the development of new therapies to treat drug addiction as well as certain behavioral side effects of medications. Promising Antiobesity Drug Fails To Produce Clinically Meaningful Weig
A drug designed to target a powerful hunger-stimulating factor that has long been considered a prime target for antiobesity therapy failed to produce clinically meaningful weight loss in obese people in a long-term clinical trial. People taking the drug known as MK-0557 for a year consistently lost about three pounds more than those taking a placebo, researchers reported in the October issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. Kenyan Sci-Fi Short'Pumzi' Hits Sundance With Dystopia
A future world ravaged by water wars serves as the backdrop for director Wanuri Kahiu's visually striking new film. Coming fast on the heels of South African sci-fi smash District 9, the ecologically themed short promises to further raise the profile of African filmmakers.
 Human Hormone Blocker Found To Help Prevent Obesity And Diabetes
A new study finds that a chemical found in the body is capable of promoting weight loss, improving insulin resistance and reversing diabetes in an animal model. The hormone is gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor blockade. What's eating the breadwinners?
Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to researchers. They explored the experiences of American female breadwinners to get an insight into how these women experience the phenomenon of being the provider. Taking the P out of Urine Testing
A new approach to testing urine samples without having to purify them first has led to the discovery of a new hormone that controls sodium excretion and so could be involved in controlling high blood pressure. Too much sodium equates to raised bp. The discovery solves a riddle that confronted medical scientists for more than [...] Verizon's $100 Android Phone Is a Hot Mess
Finally, a $100 Android phone! I'll take one. What's that you say? There's a catch?
 [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...
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