China aims for next moon orbit shot this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch its second lunar exploration probe by the end of 2010, boosting the country's effort to rise as a space power eventually capable of landing on the moon, official media said Friday.
10 September 2010 - Share
B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia
LONDON (Reuters) - Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
09 September 2010 - Share
Can money buy happiness? Maybe, up to $75,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can money really make you happy? Not really, but up to about $75,000 a year can ease the pain of life's stresses, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
08 September 2010 - Share
Great apes protected as EU restricts animal testing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Primates, including mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- have gained new protection after the European Parliament backed a clampdown on animal testing.
09 September 2010 - Share
Protect corals with reef networks, U.N. study says
OSLO (Reuters) - The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favoring single, big protected areas, a U.N. study showed.
08 September 2010 - Share
Diverse water sources seen key to food security
LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage.
07 September 2010 - Share
God did not create the universe, says Hawking
LONDON (Reuters) - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.
02 September 2010 - Share
Wheat genome work just at initial stage: scientists
BEIJING (Reuters) - Efforts to sequence the wheat genome are only at an initial stage of what will be a long-term project requiring more government support, leading Chinese and international scientists said on Tuesday.
31 August 2010 - Share
Study finds first genetic link to common migraine
LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks.
30 August 2010 - Share
U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body.
30 August 2010 - Share
