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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:08:22 -0400 Addiction drug reverses obesity in rats |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday.
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:57:58 -0400 Storm Fay drenches space shuttle's port in Florida |
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MELBOURNE, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay dumped torrential rain on central Florida on Wednesday, flooding streets in knee-high water as it stalled over the U.S. space shuttle fleet's home port at Cape Canaveral.
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:30:44 -0400 Scientists urge U.S. to protect economy from climate |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight scientific organizations urged the next U.S. president to help protect the country from climate change by pushing for increased funding for research and forecasting, saying about $2 trillion of U.S. economic output could be hurt by storms, floods and droughts.
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:20:45 -0400 "Bigfoot" was rubber gorilla costume |
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No wonder Bigfoot failed a DNA test. Researchers said on Tuesday the hairy heap claimed by two men to be the corpse of the mythical half-ape, half-human creature was actually a full-body rubber gorilla costume.
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:28:32 -0400 Peru joins fray for treasure ship claimed by Spain |
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Peru has entered the battle for a multimillion-dollar treasure of gold and silver that Spain alleges a U.S. treasure hunting company looted from a Spanish warship sunk in 1804.
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| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:37:02 -0400 Stem cells could allow "blood farms," company says |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow vats of red blood cells, which could lead to the creation of "farms" that could provide limitless sources of blood, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:33 -0400 Stem cell test to help treat bowel cancer |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival.
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:40:17 -0400 Monster magnets support lovely space lace pattern |
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Giant magnetic tentacles are the force that keeps a lacy pattern of glowing gas filaments in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1275 from evaporating in the surrounding hot gas or collapsing under the weight of their own gravity, British astronomers said on Wednesday.
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| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:48:19 -0400 For mosquitoes, DEET just plain stinks: study |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DEET, the widely used mosquito repellent, does not block the insects' sense of smell but simply stinks to them, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:56:51 -0400 Bacteria a big killer in 1918 flu pandemic: study |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pandemic, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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