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Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact

ScienceFeb 13, 2012

Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday.Chickens exposed to high oral doses of polystyrene particles 50 nanometers (50 billionths of a metre)
Adele top winner with 6 Grammys

EntertainmentFeb 13, 2012

Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.Musician Adele poses with her six trophies at the 54th Grammy Awards in Los A
Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

PodcastFeb 13, 2012

TOKYO (AFP) - Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.Tokyo Electric Power said one of three thermometers on the number-two reactor at the Fukushima Daiic
Space colony imminent? NASA eyes lunar “outpost” plan

ScienceFeb 13, 2012

(NASA)NASA is pushing for a plan to establish “human-tended waypoint” near the far side of the moon -- one that would embrace international partnerships as well as commercial and academic participation, SPACE.com reported Friday.A team is being formed to develop a cohesive plan for exploring a spot
Overeating may double risk of memory loss

HealthFeb 13, 2012

(MCT)New research suggests that consuming between 2,100 and 6,000 calories per day may double the risk of memory loss, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), among people age 70 and older. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in N
Pastor's kids were beaten, starved: police

Social affairsFeb 13, 2012

A pastor and his wife were detained Sunday on suspicions of assaulting and starving their three children to death, police said. The three children -- aged five, eight and 10 -- were found death in their home attached to the church where their father works in Boseong, 398 kilometers south of Seoul.&n
Houston in posthumous movie about drug fallout

FilmFeb 13, 2012

Whitney Houston will star in a posthumous movie she finished working on before her death, poignantly about a singing group dealing with the troubles caused by fame and drugs. Whitney Houston (AFP)“Sparkle,” due out in August, is a remake of a 1976 film loosely based on the story of the Supremes, fol
NASA planning ‘space taxi’ program

ScienceFeb 8, 2012

United States space agency NASA is looking for firms to design and build space taxis to transport astronauts to and from International Space Station, Reuters reported Tuesday. NASAThe program aims to continue previous plans by NASA to develop commercial passenger spaceships.With the U.S. shutting do
Soldiers might be able to control weapons with minds

ScienceFeb 7, 2012

Wars of the next century may look a lot like a scene from a science fiction movies or video games, with soldiers controlling machines with their minds, guns that shoot harmful waves, and neural stimulation to boost performances, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reports. MCTA report by Royal Soci
Scientists decode how the brain hears words

ScienceFeb 6, 2012

U.S. scientists said Wednesday they have found a way to decode how the brain hears words, in what researchers described as a major step toward one day helping people communicate after paralysis or stroke.MCT By placing electrodes on the brains of research subjects and then having them li
NK developing unmanned attack aircraft from U.S. drones: source

PoliticsFeb 5, 2012

North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using U.S. target drones purchased from the Middle East, a military source in Seoul said Sunday, indicating the aircraft will likely target the South."North Korea recently bought several U.S. MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appe
Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study

PoliticsFeb 3, 2012

Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published in the United States on Thursday. Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction
Newly discovered ‘super-earth’ may support life

PoliticsFeb 3, 2012

International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. Planets orbit around GJ 667Cc. AFPThe team analyzed data from the European Southern Observa
Super-volcanoes are predictable: study

NationalFeb 2, 2012

Around 1630 B.C., a super-volcano blew apart the Aegean island of Santorini, an event so violent that some theorists say it nurtured the legend of Atlantis.More than three and a half millennia later, the big blast is yielding forensic clues which help the search to predict future cataclysmic e
Seoul to raise subway, bus fares this month

PoliticsFeb 2, 2012

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will raise public transportation fares by 150 won ($ 0.13) later this month to make up for rising deficits from energy costs and transfer fee discounts, officials said Wednesday. A passenger pays subway fare with a transit card in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap News)