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Fri, 09 May 2008 08:44:59 EDT en-us 5 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/japan-set-to-open-up-defense-use-of/n20080509010909990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/japan-set-to-open-up-defense-use-of/n20080509010909990004 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan cleared the way for a law allowing non-aggressive military use of space on Friday, overturning a decades-old policy of limiting space development to peaceful uses. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dutch-study-unlocks-key-to-firm/n20080508191509990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dutch-study-unlocks-key-to-firm/n20080508191509990015 LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chile-gives-volcano-holdouts-ultimatum/n20080508191209990041 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chile-gives-volcano-holdouts-ultimatum/n20080508191209990041 PUERTO MONTT/FUTALEUFU, Chile (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday ordered holdout residents to flee from an erupting volcano in the remote region of Patagonia and vowed to force them out if they refuse to obey. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/kick-the-oil-habit-and-make-your-own/n20080508180109990043 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/kick-the-oil-habit-and-make-your-own/n20080508180109990043 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chile-gives-volcano-hold-outs-ultimatum/n20080508145409990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chile-gives-volcano-hold-outs-ultimatum/n20080508145409990012 PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Chile ordered hold-out residents to flee from an erupting volcano in the remote region of Patagonia on Thursday and vowed to remove them by force if they refuse to obey. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-seaweed-chews-confirm-age-of/n20080508143509990043 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-seaweed-chews-confirm-age-of/n20080508143509990043 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bits of chewed-up or burned seaweed discarded more than 14,000 years ago confirm that people were in Chile at least that long ago and shed light on what their culture was like, researchers reported on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sexy-orchids-do-more-than-embarrass/n20080508125009990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sexy-orchids-do-more-than-embarrass/n20080508125009990002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/military-evacuated-chile-volcano/n20080508112709990052 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/military-evacuated-chile-volcano/n20080508112709990052 PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Chile evacuated the last military personnel from the vicinity of an erupting volcano in its remote Patagonian region before dawn on Thursday, after it spat a surge of fiery material. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/military-evacuated-as-chile-volcano/n20080508043709990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/military-evacuated-as-chile-volcano/n20080508043709990028 PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Chile evacuated the last of a small group of military personnel and civilians from the vicinity of an erupting volcano in its remote Patagonian south before dawn on Thursday, after it spat a surge of fiery material, officials said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/australian-platypus-genome-a-link-to/n20080508004309990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/australian-platypus-genome-a-link-to/n20080508004309990016 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/seen-from-above-ash-paints-chile-white/n20080507194809990022 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/seen-from-above-ash-paints-chile-white/n20080507194809990022 ABOVE CHAITEN VOLCANO, Chile (Reuters) - Looking down over the ash cloud soaring from Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, the whole area is carpeted in white and experts say the eruption that began last week could last for months. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sexy-orchids-do-more-than-embarrass/n20080507194809990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sexy-orchids-do-more-than-embarrass/n20080507194809990014 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/researchers-find-neuroblastoma-genes/n20080507185009990020 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/researchers-find-neuroblastoma-genes/n20080507185009990020 BOSTON (Reuters) - An international team of researchers said they have pinpointed three variants of the genetic code that appear to set the stage for aggressive neuroblastoma, the deadliest solid tumor in early childhood. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/seen-from-above-volcanic-ash-paints/n20080507184909990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/seen-from-above-volcanic-ash-paints/n20080507184909990017 ABOVE CHAITEN VOLCANO, Chile (Reuters) - Looking down over the ash cloud soaring from Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, the whole area is carpeted in white and experts say the eruption that began last week could last for months. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-trawl-shows-druze-are-living-gene/n20080507175909990025 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-trawl-shows-druze-are-living-gene/n20080507175909990025 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Druze people of Israel are a genetic sanctuary of ancient lineages of DNA, researchers reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chilean-volcano-could-spew-for-months/n20080507170609990104 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chilean-volcano-could-spew-for-months/n20080507170609990104 PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Experts believe Chile's Chaiten volcano could continue belching out vast clouds of ash for months but distraught people evacuated from nearby towns say they yearn to return as soon as possible. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/erupting-chilean-volcano-could-spew-ash/n20080507132009990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/erupting-chilean-volcano-could-spew-ash/n20080507132009990014 PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Experts believe Chile's Chaiten volcano could continue belching out vast clouds of ash for months but distraught people evacuated from nearby towns say they yearn to return as soon as possible. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-child-virus-cases-high-but-no/n20080507070809990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-child-virus-cases-high-but-no/n20080507070809990028 BEIJING (Reuters) - China should expect more cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, but there is no sign it is facing a new or more virulent strain despite an unusually high number of child deaths, officials said on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/deadly-china-child-virus-not-another/n20080507030009990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/deadly-china-child-virus-not-another/n20080507030009990002 BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese doctor said on Wednesday that China's deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted around Asia. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/deadly-china-child-virus-wont-be-another/n20080506233609990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/deadly-china-child-virus-wont-be-another/n20080506233609990004 BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese doctor said China's deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/abuse-changes-brains-of-suicide-victims/n20080506214809990053 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/abuse-changes-brains-of-suicide-victims/n20080506214809990053 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suicide victims who were abused as children have clear genetic changes in their brains, Canadian researchers reported on Tuesday in a finding they said shows neglect can cause biological effects. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/emergency-evacuation-as-chile-volcano/n20080506183109990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/emergency-evacuation-as-chile-volcano/n20080506183109990016 CHAITEN, Chile (Reuters) - Crackling with explosions, Chile's Chaiten volcano began spitting lava on Tuesday following its first eruption in thousands of years, and Navy warships were deployed to evacuate nearby residents in the southern region of Patagonia. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-find-something-good-about-a/n20080506143909990036 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-find-something-good-about-a/n20080506143909990036 CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters Life!) - A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bone-marrow-treatments-restore-nerves/n20080506135209990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bone-marrow-treatments-restore-nerves/n20080506135209990015 BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - An experiment that went wrong may provide a new way to treat multiple sclerosis, a Canadian researcher said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/blocking-brain-enzyme-helped-mice-stay/n20080506130409990035 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/blocking-brain-enzyme-helped-mice-stay/n20080506130409990035 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blocking a single brain enzyme helped short-circuit a key hunger signal in mice and made them eat less, lose weight and have better blood sugar control, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/emergency-evacuation-as-chile-volcano/n20080506112209990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/emergency-evacuation-as-chile-volcano/n20080506112209990012 SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Lava started to spew from an erupting volcano in southern Chile on Tuesday and authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of all remaining residents from a nearby town. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/child-virus-fears-spread-to-chinas/n20080506095909990034 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/child-virus-fears-spread-to-chinas/n20080506095909990034 BEIJING (Reuters) - Fears of a virus that has killed at least 26 children in China gripped parents in Beijing as officials on Tuesday temporarily closed two kindergartens amid a spreading outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-evacuation-as-chile-volcano-spews/n20080506092809990047 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-evacuation-as-chile-volcano-spews/n20080506092809990047 SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Lava started to spew from an erupting volcano in southern Chile on Tuesday and authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of all remaining residents and journalists from a nearby town, local television reported http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/six-sea-lions-shot-to-death-on-salmon/n20080506070209990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/six-sea-lions-shot-to-death-on-salmon/n20080506070209990017 PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Investigators searched for clues on Monday in the shooting deaths of six protected sea lions at a dam between Washington state and Oregon, while officials halted a controversial trapping program aimed at stopping the mammals from eating endangered salmon. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/six-sea-lions-shot-to-death-on-salmon/n20080505185709990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/six-sea-lions-shot-to-death-on-salmon/n20080505185709990003 PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Investigators searched for clues on Monday in the shooting deaths of six protected sea lions at a dam between Washington state and Oregon, while officials halted a controversial trapping program aimed at stopping the mammals from eating endangered salmon. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/erupting-volcano-prompts-new-evacuation/n20080505171409990068 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/erupting-volcano-prompts-new-evacuation/n20080505171409990068 CASTRO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/needle-free-device-delivers-pain-free/n20080505155709990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/needle-free-device-delivers-pain-free/n20080505155709990014 delivers a local anesthetic to the skin promises to help make delivering drugs and drawing blood less painful for children. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mystery-deepens-over-german-poet/n20080505122909990042 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mystery-deepens-over-german-poet/n20080505122909990042 BERLIN (Reuters) - A painstaking two-year investigation to determine which of two skulls belonged to Friedrich Schiller has found neither is a match, prolonging a 180-year-old mystery over the celebrated German poet's remains. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-for-yield-height-in-rice/n20080505091809990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-for-yield-height-in-rice/n20080505091809990007 KABUL (Reuters) - Scientists in China have identified a single gene that appears to control rice yield, as well as its height and flowering time, taking what may be a crucial step in global efforts to increase crop productivity. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/study-links-childs-autism-parents-mental/n20080505002809990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/study-links-childs-autism-parents-mental/n20080505002809990001 CHICAGO (Reuters) - In another sign pointing to an inherited component to autism, a study released on Monday found that having a schizophrenic parent or a mother with psychiatric problems roughly doubled a child's risk of being autistic. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/one-dead-as-chilean-volcano-spews-ash/n20080504163709990040 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/one-dead-as-chilean-volcano-spews-ash/n20080504163709990040 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A volcano spewed ash over Patagonian towns in southern Chile on Sunday, two days after its first eruption in thousands of years forced authorities to evacuate some 4,000 residents. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-experts-identify-gene-for-yield/n20080504132609990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-experts-identify-gene-for-yield/n20080504132609990013 KABUL (Reuters) - Scientists in China have identified a single gene that appears to control rice yield, as well as its height and flowering time, taking what may be a crucial step in global efforts to increase crop productivity. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/thousands-evacuated-as-chile-volcano/n20080503211809990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/thousands-evacuated-as-chile-volcano/n20080503211809990016 CHAITEN, Chile (Reuters) - Covered in thick ash, the Patagonian community of Chaiten was a ghost town on Saturday as a volcano spewed ash a day after its first eruption in thousands of years forced nearly 4,500 people to flee. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/shuttle-reaches-launch-pad-for-may-31/n20080503110009990010 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/shuttle-reaches-launch-pad-for-may-31/n20080503110009990010 HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery reached its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad on Saturday in preparation for a May 31 liftoff to place a huge Japanese research complex on the International Space Station. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chilean-volcano-belches-ash-forces/n20080502131609990032 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/chilean-volcano-belches-ash-forces/n20080502131609990032 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A volcano in southern Chile spewed a vast cloud of ash before dawn on Friday, triggering earth tremors and prompting the evacuation of about 250 people, officials said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/night-club-drug-could-ease-depression/n20080502123109990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/night-club-drug-could-ease-depression/n20080502123109990014 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/night-club-drug-could-ease-depression/n20080502122609990033 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/night-club-drug-could-ease-depression/n20080502122609990033 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/how-do-baby-birdies-learn-to-sing-by/n20080502074809990010 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/how-do-baby-birdies-learn-to-sing-by/n20080502074809990010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/researchers-find-gene-defect-that-boosts/n20080501140909990063 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/researchers-find-gene-defect-that-boosts/n20080501140909990063 LONDON (Reuters) - An international research team has pinpointed a genetic mutation that can raise a healthy person's blood sugar to harmful levels, putting them at higher risk of serious problems like heart disease. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/congress-votes-to-ban-genetic/n20080501125409990025 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/congress-votes-to-ban-genetic/n20080501125409990025 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/shuttle-tank-delays-push-back-hubble/n20080501124809990026 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/shuttle-tank-delays-push-back-hubble/n20080501124809990026 HOUSTON (Reuters) - Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S. space agency said on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-develop-new-type-of-memory/n20080430182009990090 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-develop-new-type-of-memory/n20080430182009990090 CHICAGO (Reuters) - It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/peer-pressure-brings-docs-up-to-speed/n20080430174009990115 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/peer-pressure-brings-docs-up-to-speed/n20080430174009990115 BOSTON (Reuters) - Is your doctor's practice on the cutting edge of medicine? If not, maybe he or she needs a little peer pressure. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/turn-ons-turn-offs-desire-varies-widely/n20080430165309990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/turn-ons-turn-offs-desire-varies-widely/n20080430165309990014 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men aren't all from Mars when it comes to their sexuality, a new study from Kinsey Institute researchers shows. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-meteorite-goes-unsold-in-ny-as/n20080430163509990074 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-meteorite-goes-unsold-in-ny-as/n20080430163509990074 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-find-a-quicker-way-to-make/n20080430162909990069 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-find-a-quicker-way-to-make/n20080430162909990069 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new process to extract and copy the essential elements of cells that make human antibodies has provided a shortcut to making targeted, infection-fighting proteins known as monoclonal antibodies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-type-of-stem-cells-coaxed-into-heart/n20080430155909990031 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-type-of-stem-cells-coaxed-into-heart/n20080430155909990031 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/swiss-discoverer-of-lsd-dies-aged-102/n20080430062709990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/swiss-discoverer-of-lsd-dies-aged-102/n20080430062709990015 ZURICH (Reuters) - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died aged 102, the organization that republished his book on the mind-altering substance said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/south-koreas-first-astronaut-rescued-by/n20080430060009990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/south-koreas-first-astronaut-rescued-by/n20080430060009990028 SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's first astronaut said she and her fellow crew were rescued by startled nomads after their space capsule thudded far off course into the remote steppes of Central Asia earlier this month. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/colossal-squid-examined-by-new-zealand/n20080429222209990074 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/colossal-squid-examined-by-new-zealand/n20080429222209990074 WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A colossal squid caught from deep Antarctic waters was defrosted on Wednesday by New Zealand scientists keen to discover more about the little-known giant predator. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-genes-for-osteoporosis-may-help/n20080429130709990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-genes-for-osteoporosis-may-help/n20080429130709990005 LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for genes that raise the risk of osteoporosis found seven different sequences associated with the bone-thinning disease, and one team found two that might predict the risk for 20 percent of people. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/legless-lizard-found-in-brazil-may-be/n20080429115909990058 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/legless-lizard-found-in-brazil-may-be/n20080429115909990058 OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a legless lizard, a toad and a dwarf woodpecker among 14 species believed to be new to science in central Brazil, a wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/global-consortium-to-hunt-for-cancer/n20080429082609990050 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/global-consortium-to-hunt-for-cancer/n20080429082609990050 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from around the world are joining forces to hunt for key genetic mutations involved in cancer. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/british-team-finds-two-genes-for/n20080429072609990010 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/np/science/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/british-team-finds-two-genes-for/n20080429072609990010 LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers have identified two common genetic mutations that increase the risk of osteoporosis and related bone fractures, according to a study released on Tuesday.