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Dawn Of Human Matrilineal Diversity Washington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2008 
A team of Genographic researchers and their collaborators have published the most extensive survey to date of African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Over 600 complete mtDNA genomes from indigenous populations across the continent were analyzed by the scientists, led by Doron Behar, Genographic Associate Researcher, based at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, and Saharon Rosset of IBM T.J. Watson Research ... read more |
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70 dead in China train crash: state media
Zibo, China (AFP) April 28, 2008Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported. Ruling out terrorism, the official Xinhua news agency said preliminary investigations found human error was to blame, without elaborating. The first train was travelling to Qingdao -- the coastal city ... more Geometry Shapes Sound Of Music 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Through the ages, the sound of music in myriad incarnations has captivated human beings and made them sing along, and as scholars have suspected for centuries, the mysterious force that shapes the melodies that catch the ear and lead the voice is none other than math. It's geometry, to be more precise, and now, a trio of 21st-century music professors from Florida State University, Yale Uni ... more Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years 
Washington (AFP) April 24, 2008Human beings for 100,000 years lived in tiny, separate groups, facing harsh conditions that brought them to the brink of extinction, before they reunited and populated the world, genetic researchers said Thursday in a study. "Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of ... more International Health Experts To Enlist The Public In War On African Malaria 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 24, 2008Philanthropy just got easier and a lot more accessible to the public thanks to the social networking power of the Internet and a ground-breaking partnership between a young British entrepreneur, a global health think tank and an African medical research institute. Debuted April 20 to offer individuals a meaningful way to mark World Malaria Day (Friday, April 25), its creators hope ... more Sign Language Interpreters At High Ergonomic Risk 
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 23, 2008Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The research indicates that interpreting causes more physical stress to the extremities than high-risk tasks conducted in industrial settings, including assembly line work. It also found a direct link between an increase in the men ... more |
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Emeryville, CA (AFP) April 20, 2008Computer buff Will Wright created a multi-billion-dollar franchise with "The Sims" video games that let people play at real life affairs such as dating, working and raising children. Now from September, Wright will let people play god with his latest brainchild "Spore." "The big hook with 'Spore' is that practically the entire game is user created," said Shane Satterfield, editor-in-chief ... more Flu Tracked To Viral Reservoir In Tropics 
University Park PA (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Each winter, strains of influenza A virus infect North Americans, causing an average of 36,000 deaths. Now, researchers say the virus comes from a viral reservoir somewhere in the tropics, settling a key debate on the source of each season's infection. "We now know where the influenza A virus comes from every year," said Edward Holmes, professor of biology at Penn State. "And because we ... more Are Humans Hardwired For Fairness 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves? Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. Recent advances in both cognitive science and neuroscience now allow psychologists to approach this question in some different ways, and they are getting some intriguing ... more Unconscious Decisions In The Brain 
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, in collaboration with the Charite University Hospital and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin. The researchers from ... more |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Professor Eske Willerslev was surprised by the results of the DNA tests conducted by himself and his colleagues on samples of what turned out to be fossilised human faeces found in deep caves in the Oregon desert. The oldest of the droppings have been carbon-dated to be approximately 14,340 years old. Willerslev's faeces samples clearly contain two main genetic types of Asian origin that are uni ... more Human infects human with bird flu in China: study
Paris (AFP) April 8, 2008A 24-year old man in China probably infected his father with the H5N1 strain of bird flu before dying, renewing concerns that the disease could one day spread easily among humans, according to a study released Tuesday. The case is one of a handful over the last four years in which the H5N1 virus is suspected to have spread from one person to another, according to lead researcher Yu Wang of t ... more Bird flu breaks out at Tibet poultry farm: China 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2008An outbreak of bird flu has occurred at a poultry farm in restive Tibet, resulting in the deaths of at least 268 fowl, China's Ministry of Agriculture said Monday. Tests on dead birds at the farm in the village of Zhuba in Qamdo county revealed the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain, according to an announcement on the ministry's website. The outbreak was reported to authorities last Friday ... more Alligator Blood And Mud Help Fight Superbugs 
New Orleans LO (SPX) Apr 07, 2008Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine, biochemists in Louisiana reported today at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. They described how proteins in gator blood may provide a source of powerful new antibiotics to help fight infections associated with ... more
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