Komentarze (0) AP - Learning anatomy with cadavers is a centuries-old rite of passage that once again is getting a face-lift as medical schools struggle to mix this core knowledge with an explosion of new information from the genetics revolution.
AP - Officials at a southeast Ohio conservation center say a southern white rhinoceros could be the first fourth-generation member of the threatened species born in any other North American managed herd.
AP - The U.S. Forest Service is considering allowing its helicopters to attack wildfires at night, a practice the agency has long discouraged because of risks to pilots, a senior official said Monday.
SPACE.com - Astronomers have long wondered which came first, the black
hole or the galaxy around it. The leading theory holds that the two co-evolve,
starting small and building over time.
AP - A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106.
AP - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.
AP - Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.
LiveScience.com - Smartphones already stream YouTube videos and surf
Facebook, but they might also double as chemical sensors that can
transmit alerts to first responders about the release of dangerous
chemicals.
AFP - Queen Elizabeth left Trinidad for Britain late Saturday after completing her ceremonial functions as the head of the Commonwealth, which was holding a weekend summit focused on climate change.
Time.com - After years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment
SPACE.com - Space shuttle
Atlantis landed safely in Florida early Friday, gliding in under sunny skies to
wrap up a successful 11-day delivery mission to the International Space
Station.
AP - China is set to launch its second lunar probe next October in preparation for an unmanned moon landing by the end of 2012, space program officials were quoted Friday as saying.
