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STANFORD GENOME PIONEER WINS LEMELSON MIT PRIZE

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61 Quake Rocks Philippines

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, US seismologists said, but there were no reports of casualties and no tsunami alert was

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Afghan Earthquake Triggers Landslide Scores Trapped

More than 70 people were trapped in rubble after houses made of mud collapsed from two strong earthquakes on Monday that triggered a landslide in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, officials

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Six Injured As Quake Hits Southwest Turkey

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook southwest Turkey on Sunday and at least six people were injured after jumping from their balconies or windows in panic, observatory data showed and local media

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Gene Studies Support 'Queen Of Sheba' Legend

THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Cited in both the Bible and the Quran, the legendary African ruler the Queen of Sheba was said to have had a child with King Solomon of Israel.Now scientists

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The Bonobo Genome And Rewinding The Tape Of Life

When I wrote for The Scientist, I covered the debuts of several genome sequences fruit fly, rat, pufferfish, and the plague bacterium, to name a few. An illustration in my human genetics textbook

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UGS Universal Genome Sequencing In The Mid21st Century

#StorySaturday is a Guest Blog weekend experiment in which we invite people to write about science in a different, unusual format fiction, science fiction, lablit, personal story, fable, fairy

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Beyond Higgs On Supersymmetry Or Lack Thereof

Image from CERN, from Wikimedia CommonsWith the search for the Higgs boson, the last missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics, apparently reaching its

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30 Under 30 Investigating Exotic Nuclei With Inspiration FromMacGyver

The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting brings a wealth of scientific minds to the shores of Germany’s Lake Constance. Every summer at Lindau, dozens of Nobel Prize winners exchange ideas with

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30 Under 30 Exploring String Theory To Figure Out How Things Work

The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting brings a wealth of scientific minds to the shores of Germany’s Lake Constance. Every summer at Lindau, dozens of Nobel Prize winners exchange ideas with

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Greece On Review For Move To Emerging Markets

Greece has been placed on review for relegation to emerging market status by index provider MSCI, which would make it the first country to be thrown back out of developed equity indices.Analysts,

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Analysis Healthcare Sees Emerging Future In Frugal Innovation

When Argentinian car mechanic Jorge Odon was joking around with friends about how to get a cork out of an empty wine bottle using only a plastic bag, his thoughts were a long way from problem of

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'Proof' Links Flame Stuxnet Super Cyber Weapons Researchers

Researchers say they have uncovered "proof" linking the authors of the Flame cyber espionage program to Stuxnet, the most powerful offensive cyber weapon ever developed -- both of which are believed

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Migration From EarthHuman Evolution And Space Colonization

Book Review: Going Interstellar, edited by Jack McDevitt and Les Johnson. ISBN-13: 9781451637786 Publisher: Baen Books Publication date: 5/29/2012The Man in the MooneWhen space shuttle Atlantis

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Queen Of Sheba's Gift Genetic Find Ties Ethiopia To Other Lands

The Queen of Sheba's genetic legacy may live on in Ethiopia, according to new research that finds evidence of long-ago genetic mixing between Ethiopian populations and Syrian and Israeli people.The

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4 Reasons Nobody Wants To Read About Mitt Romney

Political websites may be sharply divided along partisan lines, but they all agree on one thing: Mitt Romney is "traffic poison""In the war of partisan trash talk that frequently consumes

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Volkswagen Eyes US Truckmaker Navistar Stake Paper

Volkswagen is in the early stages of examining whether to take a stake in troubled U.S. truckmaker Navistar International in order to close the gap to rival Daimler , the Financial Times

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Samsung Denies Interest In Nokia

Samsung Electronics denied it was interested in acquiring Nokia , sending shares in the Finnish mobile phone company down 2 percent.Nokia shares rose 6 percent last Friday on speculation of a

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GM To Recall Cruze Cars Over Risk Of Engine Fire

A risk of engine fires is forcing General Motors to recall its popular Chevrolet Cruze compact car.The recall covers the 2011 and 2012 model years and affects more than 475,000 cars, which have

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SEC Quizzed Facebook On Mobile Trends Before IPO

The Securities & Exchange Commission quizzed Facebook Inc on the impact of growth in mobile users in the months leading up to the social network's initial public offering, letters released on Friday

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Apache Finds Massive Canadian Shalegas Field

Apache Corp has made what it believes may be one of the world's largest shale-gas discoveries in a remote corner of northeastern British Columbia, a massive field containing as much as 48 trillion

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How Striking Down Obamacare Will Lead To More Government Health Care

COMMENTARY | "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."Those words, spoken by Ben Kenobi in "Star Wars," give an accurate description of how

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Swimmer Magnussen Has The Cielo Strut Says Teammate

Swimming world champion James Magnussen's bullet-proof confidence is reminiscent of Cesar Cielo in his world record-breaking pomp and is unlikely to waver on the starting blocks at London, according

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Phelps Leaves Options Open For London

Michael Phelps has left open the possibility that he could try to match, or even surpass, his record golden haul at the London Olympic Games.Phelps won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the last

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Portugal In Semis Tops Czechs 10 On Ronaldo Goal

Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a powerful header in the 79th minute, sending Portugal to the European Championship semifinals with a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic.Ronaldo hit the post twice, then

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Onematch Bans For Papastathopoulos Szczesny

Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who were both sent off in the opening Euro 2012 match have been suspended for one match, UEFA said on

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STDs Blocked By Nano Gel Study Suggests

Women someday could protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections by using a gel that uses nanoparticles to deliver drugs to the vaginal walls, a new study in mice suggests.Researchers

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Western Diet Linked To Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseStudy

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is why individuals who grew up in areas where it doesn't exist develop the disorder after moving to certain countries.

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Doggy Dust May Lower Asthma Risk

Click here to listen to this podcastDogs aren't just man's best friend. Previous studies have shown that kids with dogs are less likely to develop asthma. Now a new study may show how—if results

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Sandusky Jurors Begin Deliberating Sex Abuse Case

Jurors in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case began deliberations Thursday after prosecutors described him as a child molester who groomed his victims, while a defense attorney said the former

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Apple Peel Compound May Help Ward Off Obesity

A compound found in apple peels called ursolic acid may protect against obesity, a new study in mice suggests.In the study, mice that ate a high-fat diet over several weeks that included ursolic acid

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Fair Shot Or Freedom Words Define Campaign 2012

If sometimes it seems like the two candidates for president are speaking different languages, the reason is simple:They are.President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney use distinct vocabularies. Each has

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ExStanford Exec Holt Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer of Allen Stanford's defunct financial firm, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction on Thursday for her role in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.The

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High School Graduates Perform Nostalgic Pop Music Medley VIDEO

Most graduates leave high school with an encouraging speech from the valedictorian or principal.[More from Mashable: Happy 25th Birthday, .GIF: This Week’s Faves]North Penn High School's class of

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Genes May Influence Reactions To Painkillers

WEDNESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Genetics play a major role in a person's risk for addiction or unpleasant side effects when taking opioid painkillers, new research suggests.Opioids, also

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Privacy Gaffe Discovered In Internet Address Bids

The organization in charge of introducing new Internet addresses to rival ".com" briefly suspended access to some of the documents on its website after a privacy gaffe.The Internet Corporation for

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Graphic Cig Pack Labels Make Smokers Think Study Finds

FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages boost the likelihood that people will think about the health risks associated with smoking, a new study has

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A Crypto Expert's View On Scary Bird Flu Data

After months of contentious debate, the journal Science is publishing a controversial study on Friday about H5N1 avian influenza‘s ability to spread among mammals. The report faced a tortuous path

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Stanford Professor Wins 500K MIT Invention Prize

A Stanford University professor has won a $500,000 award from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology program in recognition of his inventions.In awarding the 2012 Lemelson-MIT Prize, university

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Boy In Darth Vader Car Ad Released From Hospital

The 7-year-old actor who plays a pint-sized Darth Vader in a popular car commercial is out of the hospital after open-heart surgery.A spokesman for Children's Hospital Los Angeles said Max Page was

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Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk In Older Women

MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- A widely prescribed drug, metformin, may lower the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with diabetes, a new study indicates.The research,

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SpaceX Founder Elon Musk Speaks To Caltech Grads

The founder of rocket startup SpaceX says he would like to see humans settle Mars and hopes the young generation will help make it happen.Elon Musk addressed graduates at the California Institute of

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Mobile Advertising The Ins And Outs Of Striking A Deal

Watch previous episodes of Behind the Launch here! In Mashable's new video series, Behind the Launch, we're taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. New

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Guatemala Court OKs Extradition Of Suspected Drug Boss To US

A Guatemalan court authorized on Wednesday the extradition to the United States of Horst Overdick, who is accused of being one of Central America's top drug traffickers with close ties to Mexico's

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Pandemic Potential How Mutant Bird Flu Goes Airborne

Half a year after controversy arose over research that created more transmissible forms of the bird flu virus, the second and final study to do so has been published. The publication describes how

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Glaxo Novartis Get US Grants To Make Vaccines

Pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Novartis AG will get government grants to help develop medicines against pandemics and bioterrorist threats, the U.S. government said on

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Glaxo Novartis To Get US Contracts To Make Vaccines

Pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Novartis AG will get federal money to help develop medicines against pandemics and bioterrorist threats, the U.S. government said on

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OnceBanned Bird Flu Study Yields Sobering Findings

THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- As few as five mutations are enough to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible via airborne droplets between ferrets, according to a new, highly

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Bird Flu Study Published After Terrorism Debate

The second of two bird flu studies once considered too risky to publish was released Thursday, ending a saga that pitted concerns about terrorism against fears of a deadly global epidemic.Both papers

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Sweden On Alert Explosives Found Near Nuke Plant

Sweden raised the security alert for the country's nuclear power plants Thursday after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern atomic power station Ringhals. Police said they were

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Rep Lohan Treated For Exhaustion After Film Shoot

Lindsay Lohan continued to bring drama to the production of her latest film, receiving treatment for exhaustion and dehydration a week after she was involved in a car crash that sent her to the

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Fund For Bullied New York Grandmother Tops 185000and Rising

A fund set up for an upstate New York grandmother has taken in more than $185,000 in just 24 hours after a video showing her being bullied by middle schoolers on a school bus went viral on the

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