From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 01:47:28 MST
[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-19-12 (11 articles)
Digits and Fidgets
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[Skeptiscism] Found by: maxm
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000495ED-7024-1DF7-9733809EC588EEDF&catID=2
There was a young fellow from Trinity Who took the square root of
infinity. But the number of digits Gave him the fidgets; He dropped Math
and took up Divinity.
In the limerick above, physicist George Gamow dealt with the paradox of
a finite being contemplating infinity by passing the buck to theologians.
Rebuilding the Food Pyramid
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=0007C5B6-7152-1DF6-9733809EC588EEDF
The dietary guide introduced a decade ago has led people astray. Some
fats are healthy for the heart, and many carbohydrates clearly are not
New Method Of Delivering Chemotherapy Using Ultrasound Works
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/12/021218073943.htm
Brigham Young University researchers are reporting in the December issue
of the prestigious oncology journal "Cancer Research" that they have
successfully tested a new method in laboratory animals that would
concentrate the impact of cancer drugs on specific cancerous tissues,
thus sparing the rest of the body from harm.
NASA builds "spider-bot" for space exploration
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[Robotics] Found by: maxm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-19dec2002-32.htm
NASA says it has built a "spider-bot," named for it's spider-like
appearance, which one-day may be used for exploring other planets,
comets, asteroids, the moon or even in farming on Earth.
Scientists Ask: What Is A Gene, Anyway?
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/12/18/cx_mh_1218genome.html?partner=altavista
Two years after the human genome was mapped, scientists are drawing a
stunning insight by comparing human genes with those of mice. Their
conclusion? Researchers now agree human genes are definitely missing
something; they're just not entirely sure what. Figuring it out could
involve arguments about the very definition of the word gene.
Gene test predicts breast cancer survival
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/nation/4767862.htm
Genetic researchers have developed what may be the most accurate method
yet for answering a woman's scariest question about breast cancer: Will
it spread and kill me?
Galileo spacecraft's last testament recovered
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[Space] Found by: maxm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993198
A damaged data recorder aboard NASA's Galileo space probe has finally
been reactivated, allowing scientists to retrieve the secrets of the
craft's final mission.
Enzyme could provide 'chemical liposuction'
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993199
A collagen-dissolving drug that is showing early promise in treating
fatty tumours in people might one day be used to fight obesity, says a
US company. It has already slimmed down obese mice.
Out-of-body operation banishes tumours
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993193
For the first time, cancer has been treated by removing an organ from
the body, giving it radiotherapy and then re-implanting it. The
out-of-body operation allows doctors to administer high doses of
radiation to widespread tumours without affecting other organs.
Lasers reveal rewiring of the living brain
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993200
A remarkable new technique for imaging the brains of living animals has
revealed an intriguing and contradictory picture of the extent to which
adult brains rewire themselves.
Salmonella armoury exposed
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2588087.stm
Scientists have identified the genes that the bacterium Salmonella
typhimurium uses to make us ill.
-- hilsen/regards Max M http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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