Science to the rescue! Australian researchers have developed a vaccine for the Swine Flu two weeks after receiving a sample of the virus, and are manufacturing it with a new technique that will produce even an even greater immune response than traditional methods. The vaccine must go through clinical trials before it can save the world.
Does language affect thought? Consider how English phrases things in tense, but Indonesian doesn’t, while Russian phrases things by gender, while Turkish requires including where you got the information–I bet our politicians would love this last one.
Sylvilagus palustris hefneri is a rabbit named after Hugh Hefner, and, with less than 300 left, USC experts are racing to save them from extinction.
The Climate Bill heading to the American Senate is an important first step, but it is a bundle of harsh compromises, which will be made even weaker after passing through the Senate.
A final salute to the Ulysses Solar Probe, which has been broadcasting data about our Sun since 1990, far longer than anyone imagined it would operate, will be turned off July 1 marking 19 years and 5.8 billion miles of operation.
A study of the brains of seniors finds those who exercise have younger brains with fewer twists in their blood vessels.
