NewsDaily: Science Headlines

Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers (Reuters)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:25 EST

ROME, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) -- An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday. ... > read full story

CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet (Reuters)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:39:31 EST

GENEVA, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) -- Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday. ... > read full story

Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers (Reuters)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:17:43 EST

Astronaut in space while wife giving birth (Reuters)

Irene Klotz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:36 EST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) -- Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. ... > read full story

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:56 EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) -- New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported Thursday. ... > read full story

Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:28 EST

CHICAGO, Nov. 18, 2009 (Reuters) -- Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ... > read full story

Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease (Reuters)

Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:47 EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2009 (Reuters) -- Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday. ... > read full story

Infrared telescope to detect dim, dusty objects (Reuters)

Steve Gorman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:36:07 EST

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) -- NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said on Tuesday. ... > read full story

In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures (Reuters)

Stuart Grudgings — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:11:47 EST

SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) -- The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. ... > read full story

Tests rule out BSE in Slovenia cow (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:41:12 EST

LJUBLJANA, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) -- Laboratory tests ruled out mad cow disease in a 3-year-old Slovenian cow that died in September, the Slovenian Veterinary Administration said on Tuesday. ... > read full story

Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection (Reuters)

Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:19 EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) -- People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. ... > read full story

Shuttle mission to extend life of space station (Reuters)

Irene Klotz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:47:45 EST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) -- The space shuttle Atlantis was poised for launch on Monday on one of the final missions to outfit the International Space Station so it can remain flying long after the shuttles are retired. ... > read full story

Fishing body agrees to cut in Atlantic tuna quota (Reuters)

Douglas Engle — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:41:08 EST

RECIFE, Brazil, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) -- Fishing nations agreed on Sunday to cut by about a third the quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a giant fish prized by sushi lovers, numbers of which have been decimated by commercial catches. ... > read full story

Man-made ponds linked to arsenic in Bangladesh water (Reuters)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:22:00 EST

HONG KONG, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) -- Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found. ... > read full story

Mutant genes linked to Parkinson's in some: study (Reuters)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:20:33 EST

HONG KONG, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) -- People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found. ... > read full story

Chavez asking Cubans to 'bomb clouds' amid drought (Reuters)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:28:41 EST

CARACAS, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing. ... > read full story

Moon crash works - there is water there (Reuters)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:32:12 EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 (Reuters) -- Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped. ... > read full story

Welcome to the Clone Farm (Reuters)

Karl Plume — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07:06 EST

ENID, Oklahoma, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) -- To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here don't just resemble each other. They are literally identical -- clear down to their genes. ... > read full story

Canada doctor uses glue to aid open-heart recovery (Reuters)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:56 EST

TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) -- A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for patients, a University of Calgary scientist said on Thursday. ... > read full story

Record-high U.S. temps outpace record lows: study (Reuters)

Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:07:15 EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) -- In another sign of a warming planet, there were twice as many record-high temperatures in the United States as record lows over the last decade, climate scientists reported on Thursday. ... > read full story