Scientists: Walking fish may be crucial link in evolution of life | The State Column

Scientists at the University of Chicago observed lungfish – freshwater fish closely related to the original four-limbed tetrapods – and noticed that the fish use their stringy back limbs to propel themselves along stream beds.

Bone drug aids breast cancer survival - USATODAY.com

 Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment.

World's first programmable quantum photonic chip | ExtremeTech

A team of engineering geniuses from the University of Bristol, England has developed the world’s first re-programmable, multi-purpose quantum photonic computer chip that relies on quantum entanglement to perform calculations.

God Particle Announcement To Be Made This Week

(RTTNews) - Scientists at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, will make an announcement regarding the status of their searches for Higgs boson this week.

Gene Therapy Used to Treat Hemophilia B

Researchers made a major advance in the decades-old effort to use gene therapy to treat the bleeding disorder hemophilia B, reporting that six patients in a study started to make more of a crucial blood-clotting factor that prevents severe bleeding episodes. After a single gen …

Higgs boson hunters scent their elusive quarry at the LHC

Physicists are bracing themselves for news that the most sought-after fundamental particle of modern times has been glimpsed at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva. The heads of the teams spearheading the search for the Higgs boson atCern, the European ph …

Cosmic Log - Clone a mammoth? Not so fast

Reports from Japan suggest that long-extinct woolly mammoths could be cloned back into existence within five years, but don't hold your breath. "C'mon, it'll never happen.

TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes

A cast iron cannonball rocketed through two homes and landed inside a minivan Tuesday when a “Mythbusters” TV experiment went wrong.

Stem Cells Show Promise For Repairing Damaged Hearts - Forbes

The promise of stem cell research just got a lot brighter. There was some very good news from the world of medicine just a couple of weeks ago.

A Navajo Code Talker in his own words

Chester Nez was barely out of his teens when he joined the Marines in a role that would help the United States and its allies win World War II, a role that stayed secret for decades. Nez was one of 29 members of the Navajo tribe that developed a military communications code ba …

Iran shoots down US drone | World news | guardian.co.uk

An unidentified military official quoted by the official Irna news agency on Sunday warned of a crushing response to any violations of Iranian airspace by US drone aircraft.

Flerovium and Livermorium proposed as names for new elements in periodic table | The State Column

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry revealed the new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the most recent heavy elements to be added to the periodic table, Thursday, according to a press release from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Read more:&nb …

7-Year-Old Accused Of Possible Sexual Harassment For Kicking Boy In Groin « CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) – A 7-year-old boy is being investigated by his South Boston elementary school for possible sexual harassment after kicking another boy in the crotch.

BBC News - Scientists question if wi-fi laptops can damage sperm

Scientists are questioning if using wi-fi on a laptop to roam the internet could harm a man's fertility, after lab work suggested ejaculated sperm were significantly damaged after only four hours of exposure.

Using Skin-Cell Research to Probe Cellular Basis of Autism

<blockquote>Emerging research has advanced knowledge of autism by studying brainlike spheres grown in an elaborate process from skin cells.</blockquote>

Gadhafi loses control of swathes of east Libya

TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's regime has lost vast swathes of Libya's east to an insurrection, it emerged Wednesday, as the West prepared for a mass exodus from a "bloodbath" in the north African country.

Libya: civil war breaks out as Gaddafi mounts rearguard fight

Residents of parts of the capital were trapped in their homes as "thousands" of soldiers patrolled the streets accompanied by African mercenaries. Tanks took up positions around public buildings including government offices, while sandbag defences were also being built.

Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Libya's Oil and Sow Chaos?

There's been virtually no reliable information coming out of Tripoli, but a source close to the Gaddafi regime I did manage to get hold of told me the already terrible situation in Libya will get much worse.

Libya protests: 'Now we've seen the blood our fears have gone'

As determined demonstrators against Gaddafi headed to the vast, palm-tree fringed Green Square in central Tripoli on Monday, protesters talked of the gathering as the "new Tahrir Square".

Village of Dwarfs May Hold Clues to Cure Cancer

A group of scientists are trying to determine whether a group of dwarfs in Ecuador – all of them living in a remote village on the slopes of the Andes Mountains – could hold the clues to cure cancer.

Stem-cell research lacks basic ethics

After the Nuremberg war-crimes trials highlighted horrific Nazi experiments on prisoners, the Nuremberg ethics code laid down "never again" guidelines regarding research on human subjects.

U.S. Concerned About Attitude of China's Military

BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M.

Glenn Beck Reveals He'll Undergo Medical Tests for Combination of Conditions

This morning on his radio program, Glenn Beck discussed in more detail some of the physical challenges he's been facing. Glenn told his audience that he will be taking several days off next week to under tests at a hospital "out west."

DPRK Succeeds in Nuclear Fusion---News From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK

The successful nuclear fusion marks a great event that demonstrated the rapidly developing cutting-edge science and technology of the DPRK.

Activision Blizzard signs deal with Bungie Studios, developer of Halo video games

Video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. may have lost key talent at its prized Infinity Ward studio, but it scored major points Thursday by signing a deal to publish the next game series from Bungie Studios, developer of the blockbuster Halo video games.

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