Top grades not always needed to become a doctor 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Top A-level results are not always necessary for students to succeed in medicine, according to the authors of a paper in this week’s BMJ. Students with average grades, who come from economically and educationally deprived ... | |
Inject rational argument into embryo debate, says expert 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the week that the UK parliament debates controversial amendments to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, Professor John Burn asks at what point a cell becomes a human. | |
Separation from mom, dad linked with learning trouble in kids 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsack for kindergarten. ... | |
More cancer patients having whole breast removed 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting. | |
Infineon CEO to quit: report 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The chief executive of troubled German chipmaker Infineon, Wolfgang Ziebart, is to quit after losing the confidence of the board, a newspaper report said Friday. | |
 Giant pythons invade southeastern Florida: study 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. | |
New SKorean law tightens rules on cloning 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a law to regulate research into cloning, following a scandal in which a now-disgraced expert claimed to have made the first human clone stem cells. | |
Gemstar-TV Guide ex-CEO now wanted for obstruction 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Federal authorities said Thursday that former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. chairman Henry Yuen is a fugitive after he was indicted on a felony obstruction charge that carries a possible five-year prison term. | |
NY Times, USA Today multiple online EPpy winners 13 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The New York Times won three accolades for its Web sites and USA Today won two as the "EPpy Awards" were announced Thursday. | |
Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B 'morning-after' pill 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Canada's national pharmacy regulation body is recommending that "morning-after" contraceptive pills be sold over the counter. | |
Video game, accessory sales jump 47 pct in April 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared. | |
 '$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers ... | |
Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes. | |
 Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. | |
Tips on getting vitamin D for cancer prevention 14 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Evidence is growing that vitamin D, which the skin makes from sunshine, is linked to lower risk of breast cancer and other cancers. But that doesn't mean it's ... | |
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