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Find how fit you are for your age

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400

A researcher at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine has demonstrated a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. Dr. Gil Atzmon hopes that the dissemination of this technique that measures telomere length will lead to the development of a "genetic thermometer" to assess a patient's health in relation to other individuals of the same ...

Russian rocket wreckage threatens Ecuador satellite

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:10:01 -0400

The Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency issued an alert Wednesday about a possible collision of its Pegaso satellite, launched last month, with the wreckage of a Russian rocket. "ALERT: Possible collision of NEE-01 PEGASO and remains of Russian rocket," appeared Wednesday on the Twitter account of the space agency known as EXA. EXA's director, astronaut Ronnie Nader, published a notice from the Joint ...

Over 10 new oil fields found in Siberia

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:01 -0400

Space imaging studies have revealed over 10 new oil deposits in Krasnoyarsk territory in Siberia, a scientist said. "The method of space imaging quantum-optical filtration allows us to identify the boundaries of deposits," said Valery Rostovtsev, associate professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University's geology and prospecting department. "We can see four deposits near Bely Yar in the Tomsk Region, ...

UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:08 -0400

22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...

Ants Benefit Pitcher Plant Hosts By Hunting Nutrient Stealing Parasites

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:12 -0400

Image Caption: The carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata (A) and the ant Camponotus schmitzi (B) team up to fight fly larvae (C) that steal the plant's prey. Credit: Scharmann M, Thornham DG, Grafe TU, Federle W (2013) A Novel Type of Nutritional Ant-Plant Interaction: Ant Partners of Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Prevent Nutrient Export by Dipteran Pitcher Infauna. PLoS ONE 8(5): ...

Dog Owner Homes Are Bacteria-Ridden – And That’s Not Necessarily A Bad Thing

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:12 -0400

. Or maybe not. According to a recently published study from researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder, people who live with a pet dog harbor more types of bacteria in their homes than those who do not - and that includes species of bacteria that are rarely found in dog-free households. ';We wanted to know what variables influence the microbial ...

It’s World Turtle Day

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:11 -0400

turtle crossing a busy road - pick it up and send it in the direction it was originally going on the other side of the road, advises the advocacy group American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), which is celebrating their 13thannualWorld Turtle Day2013 today.Picking up the tortoise and turning it around will only cause the slow moving animal to try crossing the road again, according to ...

Seeing the larger picture Inspiring images of space

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:17 -0400

They are images which have the capacity to make us feel insignificant and empowered in equal measure: from startling close-ups which reveal the malevolent fury of the Sun, to the serene majesty of the Earth viewed from the International Space Station. Since the advent of photography in the mid-19th century, the medium has forged a unique alliance with astronomy, not only enabling us to peer into ...

Space Telescopes Capture Rare Birth of Mega-Galaxy

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:38 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - US researchers have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study published this week says."Capturing the creation of this type of large, short-lived star body is extremely rare - the equivalent of discovering a missing link ...

Man poses naked on Craigslist with keyboard

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:20 -0400

(Craigslist) How to make a Craigslist advert standout? One San Antonio musician decided to let his suave Rock 'n Roll credibility rub off on his Nord Lead keyboard, by posing nude with the instrument for ...

Girl 5 killed by suicide jumper in South Korea

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:20 -0400

Busan, South Korea. (Google Maps) A five-year-old South Korean girl died Wednesday night after a suicidal man jumped from the 11th floor of an apartment building and crushed ...

Ex Lt.-Gov. of Quebec will face trial for fraud

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:16 -0400

Lise Thibault. (STEVENS LEBLANC/QMI Agency) OTTAWA - It appears that former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault isn't above the law after all. The Supreme Court refused Thursday to hear Thibault's petition to avoid trial for allegedly defrauding taxpayers of $700,000 through double-billing and lavish spending. Thibault, 73, said because she was the Queen's representative, ...

Egg Nebulas Rainbow Reverie | Space Wallpaper

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:10 -0400

An onionskin-like structure of concentric dust shells surround a central, aging star as seen in this cool space wallpaper. Twin beams of light radiate from the star and illuminate the usually invisible dust. Artificial colors show how light reflects off the particles and heads toward ...

Play your way to work with interactive games

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:33 -0400

Chad Toprak of the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues have developed a game called Cart-Load-o-Fun that can be installed on buses, trains or trams. "Back in the 70s we had games arcades," he says. "People would gather and a community would build up." But today people play games either at home or in a private bubble on their phones. ...

Cummiskey economic development incentives more art than science.

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:38 -0400

When it comes to luring corporate relocations and expansions, economic incentives are more the icing than the cake. The Peach State, armed with a roughly $100 million "deal closing" fund, hands out discretionary incentives to just 7.25 percent of all prospects, Chris Cummiskey, Georgia's economic development commissioner said at a meeting Thursday. Which companies get the money, is ...

Amazing Ash Cloud Spied from Space Station

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:27 -0400

Clear skies and a passing space station combined for an extraordinary view of Alaska's erupting Pavlof volcano on May 18. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a photo of ash streaming from the fiery peak in the Aleutian Islands, about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage. Before Mount Pavlof started erupting on May 13, ...

Chinas space program continues to grow and improve

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:37 -0400

A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launches on the Shenzhou 9 mission, China's first manned space docking flight and first flight of a female astronaut, on June 16, 2012 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ...

Mes Aynak highlights Afghanistans dilemma over protecting heritage

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:30 -0400

Artefacts such as a Buddhist sculpture have been extracted from the Mes Aynak archaeology site where miners want to extract rich deposits of copper. Photograph: Jay Price/Getty ...

Ecuador satellite collides with Russian space junk

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:55 -0400

A small Ecuadoran satellite collided in orbit with the remains of a Russian rocket, but it is too soon to know how much damage it might have sustained, Quito's space agency said ...

Private Spaceships for Space Tourists to Launch Big Test Flights

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:00 -0400

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Private suborbital space planes built by two space tourism companies will likely launch some major test flights before this year is out, their builders say. The commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic plans to launch ...

Researchers Map Genome Of Two Important Spruce Tree Species

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:16 -0400

The genomes of two of the most economically important forest trees in the world were released by Canadian and Swedish scientists. In Canada, the conifers supply raw materials for the forest industry, accounting for $23.7 billion of the nation's economy in 2011, while the gross output of the Swedish forest industry was $29.7 billion in 2009. Between them, the ...

Across America 2013 Solar Impulse Sets World Record For Longest Zero-Fuel Flight

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:16 -0400

Image Caption: Across America 2013 - 2nd leg from Phoenix Sky Harbor to Dallas Forth Worth. B. Piccard and A. Borschberg after the landing. Credit: Solar Impulse |Revillard| ...

Small Plant-Eating Dino Sheds Light On Ancient Ecosystem

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:16 -0400

Image Caption: This is a life reconstruction of the new small-bodied, plant-eating dinosaur Albertadromeus syntarsus. Credit: Art by Julius T. ...

NASA Hosts Google+ Hangout Today With Space Station Astronauts

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:46 -0400

with the three recently returned International Space Station astronauts from 3-4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23. This event will connect the ...

Rules for writing block that metaphor

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:57 -0400

New Yorker , usually culled from the pages of lesser publications, under the heading: "Block That Metaphor!" It's sound advice, on the whole. There's nothing necessarily wrong with mixed metaphors, if they are well mixed: by flooding his china shop, Foulkes almost comes up with an evocative image, though he rather spoils it with the flat-hooved bull. But they are usually the ...

Russia Set to Evacuate Drifting Polar Research Station SP-40

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:41 -0400

MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi ordered preparation of an evacuation plan on Thursday for the country’s North Pole 40 (SP-40) drifting polar research station, due to the break-up of the ice floe it is located on. The break-up of the ice floe poses a threat not only to the station itself and the 16 scientists working there, but could also ...

Second accused charged with murder in Tim Bosma case

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:10 -0400

Police investigate incinerator's role in Tim Bosma slaying HAMILTON, ...

Ex Revenue Canada officials arrested in bribery scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:09 -0400

The headquarters of the Canada Revenue Agency is photographed in Ottawa, November 4, 2011. (Chris Roussakis/QMI Agency) ...

Leblanc pleads guilty in chained teen case

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:09 -0400

David James Leblanc, 47. (Police handout) BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A man accused of kidnapping and raping a teen boy in a remote Nova Scotia cabin for more than a week has pleaded guilty to five of seven charges. David James Leblanc pleaded guilty Thursday morning to kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault, uttering threats and breaching probation. Two other charges were dropped after a plea ...

QA Last Survivor of a Dramatic World War II Rescue

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:50 -0400

For the most part, we got along pretty well, but there were a few people who rubbed each other the wrong way. When you're hungry, cold, and tired, you forget about almost everything else and are only thinking about surviving. Watson, one of the nurses, said, "Anything a medic can do, I can do," and that's exactly what she did. That's how most of the nurses were. They ...

Space History Photo Gemini 12 Splashdown

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:38 -0400

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, as a helicopter hovers above, the Gemini-12 spacecraft with parachute open descends to the Atlantic on Nov. 15, 1966, with astronauts Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin ...

The Dance of the Planets Is an Actual Thing and Its Happening Now

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:41 -0400

Prom night! In 2009, in the night sky over the Very Large Telescope observatory at Paranal, Chile, the moon "danced" with Venus and Jupiter. (ESO/Wikimedia Commons) It's prom season -- for the planets. Every couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really -- from Earth's ...

London attackers known to British security services

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:26 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said ...

Eric Weinstein might just have found the answer to physics problems | Marcus du Sautoy

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:24 -0400

A physicist claims to have formulated a mathematical theory that explains why the universe works the way it does - and it feels like 'the ...

Roll over Einstein meet Weinstein

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:22 -0400

Albert Einstein 's general theory of relativity, not agree with each other?Solving these problems, the last one in particular, has been the goal of many generations of scientists. A final theory of nature would have to explain all of the outstanding questions and, though many (including Albert Einstein himself) have tried, no one has come close to an answer.At 4pm on Thursday at the ...

Russia to Launch South Korean Satellite in August

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:42 -0400

TOKYO, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian rocket will launch South Korea’s latest multipurpose Arirang-5 satellite on August 22, Seoul's science ministry said on Thursday. The rocket will blast off from the Yasny launch center in the Orenburg Region in the south Urals. A backup launch date has been set for August 23, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said, without ...

James Holmes lawyers to challenge insanity defence law

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:19 -0400

Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes makes his first court appearance in Aurora, Colo., in this July 23, 2012, file photo. (REUTERS/RJ Sangosti/Pool/Files) DENVER - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state’s insanity defence law in a bid to try to avoid the death ...

Pussy Riot member refused parole by Russian court

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:22 -0400

Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is pictured on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, ...

Israel and Britain signed Today MOU on Science Cooperation

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:05 -0400

Israel and Britain signed Today Memorandum of Understanding on Science Cooperation Ministry for Science, Technology and Space May 23, 2013 Foreign Secretary William Hague and ...

Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey who helped rescue women held captive gets free burgers for life

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:48:17 -0400

CLEVELAND - The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.Charles Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area ...

London attack suspect British of Nigerian origin says source

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:11 -0400

A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013. British Prime Minister David Cameron has called a meeting of his government's emergency Cobra security committee after the killing of a man in south London, his office said on Wednesday REUTERS/Stefan ...

What we can learn from Ingrid Loyau-Kennets grace under pressure | Anouchka Grose

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:08 -0400

Ingrid Loyau-Kennet, right, who talked to attackers in Woolwich before police arrived on the scene, during a television interview. Photograph: Ken McKay / Rex ...

Mindscapes First interview with a dead man

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:16:17 -0400

2 Mindscapes is our new column on brain science with a difference: we meet people who live with the world's most mysterious neurological ...

Why Dont We Have Space Elevators Yet

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40:57 -0400

With his 1979 novel "The Fountains of Paradise," science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke introduced the idea of space elevators to the mainstream scientific community and the general public. The fundamental principle hasn't changed much in more than 40 years: A space elevator would consist of a powerful cable, or tether, anchored on one end to the Earth and on the other to a ...

Climate Changes Effects In Species Interaction

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:50 -0400

study , titled "Temperature dependence of trophic interactions are driven by asymmetry of species responses and foraging strategy" and published in ...

Russians find oil evidence with space imaging

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:55 -0400

Russian scientists using special space imaging techniques said they found evidence of 10 new oil deposits in eastern Siberia. Researchers from the Tomsk Polytechnic University told state news agency RIA Novosti they used a special optics system to reveal boundaries for 10 oil deposits in parts of Krasnoyarsk Territory. Geology Associate Professor Valery Rostovtsev told the news agency there is ...

One child dead another missing following Minnesota landslide

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:15 -0400

Lilydale Park. (Screenshot from stpaul.gov) MINNEAPOLIS - One child was killed and another is missing after students on an elementary school fossil-hunting field trip were swept into a water-filled pit when part of a hillside gave way at a park in St. Paul, Minn., authorities said. Two other children were injured as were two firefighters responding to the incident on Wednesday involving fourth ...

Putin finds it very important to pool efforts to ensure equal security in Euro-Atlantic space

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:16:17 -0400

MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin finds it very important to pool efforts of all countries and the expert community to ensure equal security and a joint strategy of the struggle against the threats and challenges emerging in the Euro-Atlantic ...

Buzzing by Anneliese Emmans Dean | Book Review | GrrlScientist

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:14:40 -0400

A delightful partnership of science, poetry, photography and insects, this informative and witty book is an excellent introduction to common British minibeasts, intended especially for young ...

British Prime Minister seeks answers after soldier hacked to death

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:53:58 -0400

Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after Wednesday's killing showed a man with hands covered in blood shouting Islamic slogans and promising revenge on Britain for its participation in wars ...

Space tourism wont hurt environment Branson

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:16 -0400

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and pilot Mark Stucky celebrating the successful flight of SpaceShip2 under rocket power. (AFP PHOTO / Handout / Mark Greenberg) British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change. More than 500 people have already reserved seats -- and paid ...

Govt to announce €7m science research investment

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:36 -0400

Almost €7 million in funding for 62 early stage scientific research projects is to be announced by the Government. The funding is being targeted at projects which may have a commercial benefit with further development. The investment is being made as part of Science Foundation Ireland's Technology Innovation Development Award programme. It is also being carried out in collaboration ...

The Apprentice a psychological assessment | Dean Burnett

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:27 -0400

The Apprentice is a very popular TV show despite everyone seeming to hate it. There are interesting psychological reasons for why this is the ...

China growth to increase demand for office space in 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:03 -0400

/enpproperty--> The Knight Frank Asia-Pacific Prime Office Index rose for the twelfth successive quarter, boosted by the Chinese economy and the knock-on effects from Japan's stimulus measures, the real estate service provider said in a report. The index increased 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2013 and 5.6 percent over the last 12 months, as the still robust economy in China is ...

Former Science and Technology minister warns of low added value trap

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:50:21 -0400

Xu Guanhua, former minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology and academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, warned of the low added value trap in the development of China's emerging industries during the "2013 China's Strategic Emerging Industries Development Forum" held in Beijing on May ...

Man charged with mailing ricin letter to judge in Washington state

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:37:42 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man charged with mailing a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to a U.S. district judge in Spokane, Washington, the FBI ...

More students less space in Webster Groves schools

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:53:24 -0400

John Rowe's kindergarten classroom this year at Edgar Road Elementary was not traditional.Surrounded by two walls built in the corner of the school library, the makeshift classroom could at times be a challenge."When there is a library class, the louder they get, the louder we get," said Rowe, the school's longtime half-day kindergarten teacher. "We've learned to ...

Dix to stay on as party leader defends positive politics

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:10:56 -0400

British Columbia NDP Leader Adrian Dix reacts after losing the election to Liberal party Leader Christy Clark on Tuesday. Columnist Anthony Furey says Dix's loss is not only bad for the B.C. NDP party, but for all NDP parties. (Ben Nelms, Reuters) BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix says he’ll be staying at the helm of the party ship after it crashed into a hidden reef made of rogue polling ...

Meet the woman who says shes too pretty to work

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:33:27 -0400

Laura Fernee, who lives in Notting Hill, says her good looks are so powerful they are ruining her life and have forced her to quit her job because of sleazy men and jealous ...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sacked as football coach

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:26:33 -0400

Rob Ford coaches the Don Bosco football team. (CRAIG ROBERTSON/Toronto Sun files) Players on the Don Bosco Eagles football team are backing now ex-coach Mayor Rob Ford, who was dumped Wednesday by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. A statement from the TCDSB Wednesday says Ford was notified of the boardâs decision to âpursue a different directionâ with a ...

U.S. industry touts drone promise as public debate flares

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:21 -0400

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, ...

Europa Report packs realistic chills into trailer for science-fiction thriller

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:49 -0400

By Tariq Malik, Space.com The first trailer for the science-fiction film "Europa Report" has been launched onto the Internet, and it just might be the most realistic - and harrowing - depiction of space travel on the big screen in years.In ...

U.S. Army sergeant accused of videotaping showering female cadets

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:06:13 -0400

WASHINGTON - An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers a West Point, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed forces. Sergeant First Class Michael McClendon was charged last week with four violations of U.S. military law in connection with the incident and has ...

Jose Canseco Denies Accusation of Sexual Assault in Las Vegas

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:07:51 -0400

Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco has been accused of sexual assault, Las Vegas police said Wednesday. Police said they contacted Canseco during the morning and he had agreed to be interviewed, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The questioning had yet to take place. Canseco, 48, who lives in Las Vegas, clubbed 462 home runs, was a six-time all-star and won two World Series ...

Warp Drive and Star Trek Physics of Future Space Travel

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:29 -0400

. Another "Star Trek" film just hit the screen - featuring the venerable Starship Enterprise. To enable such fantastical star flight, we need faster-than-light (FTL) flight, control over inertial and gravitational forces, extreme energy prowess, and the societal discipline to harness that much power safely. Between the sensationalistic hype and pedantic disdain, how much progress is ...

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:31:34 -0400

Hundreds of meteoroid impacts on the moon, detected by NASA's lunar monitoring program, are pictured in this undated NASA handout photo. The brightest, detected on March 17, 2013, in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. The explosion on March 17 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ago. So far, more than 300 strikes have been ...

Gigya grows after space grab

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:17 -0400

Gigya just grabbed more space for growth. The company is adding 6,000 square feet to its existing home at 2513 East Charleston Road in Mountain View, pumping the company's space up to 18,500 square feet. Just nine months ago, the company was sitting in 5,500 square feet at 1973 Landings Drive in Mountain View. Gigya is a social infrastructure provider -- essentially, it helps businesses ...

UPDATE 1-U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:06 -0400

Wed May 22, 2013 7:53pm EDT By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration. The Republican-controlled House voted 241-175 ...

Victim of savage face-eating attack still recovering

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:04 -0400

Miami cannibal may have been high on 'bath salts' The Miami man who nearly had his face chewed off in a gruesome attack last May has a message for the public: "Just generally thanks for contributing and helping out. People in my predicament need to be helped out," Ronald Poppo says in a video posted by Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center. Poppo, 65, has been in hospital ...

RCMP has toxic work environment Ex Mountie

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:02 -0400

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson made an announcement concerning the RCMP at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, June 20, 2012. (Chris Roussakis/QMI ...

Thief stole purse from dead woman Cops

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:01 -0400

Toronto Police released this image of a suspect wanted in connection with the theft of a purse from a dead woman at a subway station. TORONTO -- Toronto Police believe they know the identity of a female who stole a dead woman's purse at a subway station during Wednesday morning's rush-hour. Police investigating the theft at College Station have a suspect "identified but not ...

NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:37 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos ...

Carnivorous Plant Keeps House With Ants

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:28 -0400

Mutualistic relationships between insects and plants are nothing new: Some insects guard their plant hosts against herbivores, while others bring in nutrients that would otherwise be unavailable to the plant. The insects get a ready source of nectar and a place to live. ...

McCandless sixth-grader earns science accolades a family tradition

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:32 -0400

Lyta Nicoll, 11, a sixth-grader at Montessori Centre Academy, in Shaler Township, received second place in the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair for her project that studied the electromagnetic field waves of cell ...

Mulcair would appear at Charbonneau inquiry if asked

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:23:14 -0400

Mulcair aided Quebec corruption probe OTTAWA - NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair would be willing to appear before the Charbonneau Commission about his meeting with former Laval, Que., mayor Gilles Vaillancourt if he gets an invite. "I was very proud to be able to help police in that matter and I continue to help in any way I possibly can," he said Wednesday. Mulcair is under fire for taking ...

Tory MP concerned over weakened CBC transparency bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:23:14 -0400

CBC headquarters in downtown Toronto. (File photo) OTTAWA - A Tory backbencher is pushing back against what he claims are his own party's attempts to fiddle with his private member's bill on public service and CBC disclosure. On Wednesday, MP Brent Rathgeber told a House of Commons ethics committee studying his proposed legislation the government was trying to gut Bill C-461. "I ...

New blood-donation rules put damage control ahead of sound science

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:01 -0400

Video: Negative stigma still haunts HIV/AIDS patients Sublimely ridiculous would be more accurate.This decision is not going to increase blood donations and it's not going to make the blood system any safer (or less safe). So what's the point?It's not so much a step in the right direction as it is shuffling forward reluctantly for damage-control purposes. Nor is it a decision ...

After science bomb student wants back

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:55 -0400

LAKELAND, Fla. - Standing hand-in-hand with her twin sister, Kiera Wilmot took to the podium. "I made the mistake of performing my experiment outside of the classroom, however, that is the only mistake I believe I made," she said. Wilmot, 16, generated global attention after she was arrested on two felony charges for what her family calls "a science project gone wrong." ...

Dallas reportedly will shop pick save cap space

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:15 -0400

Could Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Paul be the next duo in the West? The Mavs will trade their 13th pick to make it happen. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images) The NBA Draft is still more than a month away and free agency doesn’t begin until July, but the Dallas Mavericks are wasting no time in the offseason to return to title contention next year with an aging leader in Dirk Nowitzki, who turns ...

NASA Unveils Space Apps Contest Champions

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:06 -0400

An interplanetary weather app, a spot-the-space-station tool, and a Mars greenhouse concept are among the winners of the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge. The contest solicited mobile apps and technologies that aid space exploration and enrich life here on Earth. Today (May 22), a panel of judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and partners announced the winners of the ...

Massive Galactic Merger Scoped By Several Space Observatories | Time-Lapsed Simulation

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:05 -0400

The Herschel Space Observatory captured imagery of colliding galaxies, called HXMM01 (~ 11 billion light-years from Earth and when our universe was about 3 billion years old.) A merger of galaxies is ...

Mile End green space gets protected status

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:09 -0400

Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough is turning an abandoned rail yard into a new protected green space that will be managed by a citizens' group that for years had lobbied for the land to be kept green.The land -- about the size of two soccer fields -- is in the Mile End neighbourhood, south of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks between Henri-Julien and de Gasp Aves.Dubbed the Champ ...

Atomic weights revision changes periodic table

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:22:09 -0400

A magnificent period piece from mid-19th-century Russia has just received a bit of a renovation. Five elements at the heart of the periodic table will never look the same again, following an update to their atomic ...

Stephen Harper says sorry for Senate scandal

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:14:57 -0400

NDP wants RCMP to probe Senate expense scandal LIMA, Peru - Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Wednesday and said he was in the dark when his chief of staff gave $90,000 to Sen. Mike Duffy - a gift opposition MPs want investigated by the RCMP and probed by Parliament. "I'm very sorry that this has occurred," Harper said from Lima where he was on a trade mission. ...

Pizza printout NASA funds effort to make space meals on 3-D printer

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400

NASA won't be printing out pizzas on Mars anytime soon, but the space agency is paying out $125,000 to study the use of 3-D printing technology for food preparation in space."We will be building the components for a prototype" over the grant's six-month period, David Irwin, principal investigator for the project at ...

Jodi Arias death penalty jury in deadlock

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:20 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Rob Schumacher/Arizona ...

Cottage where killer ex-colonel Russell Williams murdered woman is sold

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:16 -0400

Canadian network nixes Russell Williams movie BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- A Tweed, Ont., couple who live next door to the house convicted sex killer Russell Williams once called home -- and where he murdered one of his victims -- have bought the small bungalow. The land deal, selling the property for $165,000 to Ron and Monique Murdoch, was finalized Tuesday. The deal was made through lawyers with ...

All the Buzz About the 2013 Geographic Bee

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:40 -0400

After many grueling rounds that tested geographic knowledge of lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia, and port cities in England, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik from Norfolk, Massachusetts, was named the winner of the 25th ...

Tornadoes and Global Warming Is There a Connection

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:40 -0400

Linking any particular weather event to climate change is always tricky, because weather is inherently random. But weather patterns can speak to a warming planet. Scientists can detect that extreme rain events, for instance, are already happening more often than they used to, and that a warmer atmosphere with more water vapor in it is making such events more ...

European center to coordinate hunt for asteroids near Earth

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:04 -0400

The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ...

Injured snapping turtle airlifted to turtle hospital

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:53 -0400

Kate Siena handles Porter, an injured male snapping turtle, at the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre Tuesday. Porter and another injured female turtle were flown to the Peterborough trauma centre this past weekend. FILE PHOTO / THE OBSERVER Who says turtles can’t fly? Not a group of volunteers who went the distance to help a 13 lb. snapping turtle this weekend. When a driver found Porter the ...

Science and Technology Should Contribute More to Reducing Disaster Risk Say Experts

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:16 -0400

GENEVA, 22 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) ‑ Experts in disaster risk reduction today urged that science and technology be applied more effectively to disaster management policy and ...

Ancient Lunar Patterns | Space Wallpaper

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:31 -0400

This space wallpaper shows the ray pattern of dust that was ejected from the crater over a billion years ago, when an asteroid larger than a mile (1.6 km) across slammed into the ...

The Mad Science of the National Debt

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:30 -0400

W elcome back to the dumb season. It's debt-ceiling time again. We've been at this two years now. It was back in 2011 when the Republican Party, seized by anti-government furor, first locked on the lifting of the federal debt ceiling – an utterly routine governmental mechanism that allows the Treasury to borrow to pay for spending already approved by the entire Congress, ...

Humans Leave Significant Carbon Footprint With Running Shoes

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:21 -0400

While it is nearly impossible for a running shoe not to leave a footprint, new research suggests that a typical pair of running shoes could leave behind a ...

Cal State Could Offer Online Science Labs

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:30 -0400

California State University is moving aggressively to offer web-based science labs, a systemwide virtual campus and online advising as remedies for "bottlenecks" that impede student progress and graduation rates, officials said Tuesday. Some of these efforts will be ready to roll out this fall. The detailed strategies were presented in a meeting of the Cal State Board of Trustees ...

Letters Engineering can be as inspiring as space

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:57 -0400

To boldly go , G2, 21 May) has the potential to inspire young people and boost our economy. Space travel captures the imagination of budding young inventors and engineers - it is the stuff of childhood dreams. But there are other British industries at the forefront of technology that can inspire and propel young people towards careers in engineering and science. Without changing the way we teach, ...

Anthony Scott Science funding can help us reach for the stars

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400

"By the end of this decade, we will land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth. " President John F Kennedy's challenge to his country in 1961 still thrills with its ambition and imagination. New Zealand's National Science Challenges do not have the same Kennedy-esque ring, but are as ambitious for New Zealand. Those who see the 10 as "business as usual" overlook the commitment and ...

Oklahoma tornado victims astounded at how they survived

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:14:21 -0400

1 of 21. An American flag flutters in the wind amid the debris of a neighbourhood destroyed by a tornado, near the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 22, ...

Man hacked to death in London street in suspected militant attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:17 -0400

1 of 2. Police officers guard a cordon set up around a crime scene where one man was killed was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, ...

Suicidal behaviour is a disease psychiatrists argue

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:54 -0400

climb steeply in the US a growing number of psychiatrists are arguing that suicidal behaviour should be considered as a disease in its own right, rather than as a behaviour resulting from a mood ...

Kiwis booked on worlds first commercial space flight

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:30 -0400

A number of Kiwis have already stumped up a total of more than $1.8 million to book a place on the world's first commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic hopes to be taking commercial flights outside of the earth's atmosphere by 2014. Eight New Zealanders have signed up with House of Travel already. Expert agent Stephen Parsons has visited the operating port of the ...

Braggs Pie Factory Transforms Its Gallery Space and Brings Back the Pie

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:40 -0400

At long last, there's pie again at Bragg's Pie Factory. A new vegan cafe has opened in the very spot out of which the Bragg family originally sold cakes and pies in the '40s and ...

Topless protest at church after historians suicide

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:22 -0400

Topless protest at church A Femen activist protested in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral on Wednesday, one day after far-right historian Dominique Venner committed suicide inside. Venner shot himself at the altar in front of around 1,500 visitors. Venner condemned both same-sex marriage and Islamist influence in France in writings before his death. The now infamous topless protesters released ...

Harper denies prior knowledge of chief of staffs cheque for Sen. Mike Duffy

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:19 -0400

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Peru's President Ollanta Humala upon his arrival to the government palace in Lima May 22, 2013. Prime Minister Harper is on a one day official visit to Peru. REUTERS/Mariana ...

Vancouver guitar maker ramps up after space station video

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:18 -0400

For Larrive Guitars, the publicity was quite literally out of this world, and the dollar value from it continues to add up.Images of Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield playing its Vancouver-made Parlor guitar sparked enough interest for the company to put the model back into production for a limited edition. The company has $100,000 in orders already for the commemorative model, which ...

Lessons From Joplin’s Tornado Recovery Effort

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:55 -0400

The Monday tornado that leveled a 20-mile stretch south of Oklahoma City, with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour, brings back harrowing memories of the deadly tornado that ripped apart Joplin, Missouri, exactly two years ago ...

Some 100 Species of Fungus Live on Our Feet

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:54 -0400

There's a fungus among us --a hundred different species in fact--and nearly all take up residence on our feet, according to a study that appears in the ...

Wired Space Photo of the Day Fiery Ribbons in Orion

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:02:50 -0400

In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...

Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:02 -0400

Existing forecasting models are good at predicting roughly when an area might experience the right mix of conditions to create a flash flood, but they can't say precisely when or where a flood will strike. Christian Claudel at ...

Merger of ancient galaxies could explain the origin of today’s giants

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:03 -0400

The elliptical galaxy NGC 4150. Observation of a merger between two galaxies early in the life of the Universe could explain the origin of large elliptical ...

Russia’s New Reusable Spacecraft Good for up to 5 Flights

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:39 -0400

TOMSK, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s new reusable spacecraft that is being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be able to make up to five space flights, the rocket maker said on Wednesday. The spacecraft’s technical design has been finalized but is yet to be officially approved, Energia deputy general designer Alexander Chernyavsky said on the sidelines ...

Earths tides are shoving the moon away faster

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:50 -0400

EARTH is shoving the moon away faster now than it has done for most of the past 50 million years, says a new model for the way tides influence the lunar orbit. The result helps solve a mystery concerning the moon's age that has long vexed ...

String theory may limit space brain threat

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

LEGIONS of disembodied brains floating in deep space threaten to undermine our understanding of the universe. New mathematical modelling suggests string theory and its multiple universes may just provide our salvation - and that could win the controversial theory a few more ...

Thousands take to streets for Quebec daycare strike

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:45 -0400

Owners and teachers of the Association of Private daycares in Quebec (AGPQ), on strike Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Montreal, Que. (MAXIME DELAND / QMI AGENCY) MONTREAL - Thousands of private daycare owners and workers flouted possible sanctions Wednesday and held a massive rally to protest provincial budget cuts. About 10,000 demonstrators gathered at a downtown park and marched through the ...

Study Allosaurus Ate Less Like A Crocodile More Like A Falcon