Light alcohol use may reduce brain size, study finds Philadelphia Daily News | By Elizabeth Lopatto | BLOOOMBERG NEWS Drinking low to moderate amounts of alcohol, which may protect people against heart disease, does not slow the normal brain shrinkage that comes with aging and may accelerate the process, a study said. | The scientists found that the more people drank, the sm...
Environmental education Manila Bulletin THERE’S overwhelming scientific evidence that humankind is in great peril because of climate change that has brought global warming. | The risk to the environment and human habitat as well as to other living things is not a mere hypothesis. It is an incontrovertible fact. | The danger is not irrev...
Environmental education Manila Bulletin THERE’S overwhelming scientific evidence that humankind is in great peril because of climate change that has brought global warming. | The risk to the environment and human habitat as well as to other living things is not a mere hypothesis. It is a...
Climate experts warn Arab states: Change or suffer Daily Star Lebanon | By Andrew Wander | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Arab states must find a common position on tackling climate change or face "catastrophic" consequences, a gathering of global warming experts in Beirut were ...
Brain shrinks even with a glass or two The Australian | THAT after-work glass of red wine may be less medicinal than you thought: researchers have found that drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol shrinks the brain. | Brain volume naturally decreases by nearly 2 per cent per decade as people age, but...
Muslim man wants review of clearance revocation USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Egyptian-born Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclear warship components plant deserves an administrative hearing to learn more about...
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FDA will look into possible conflict in plastic case USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | Martin PhilbertBy Joe Brier, Special to USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it ...
Closure call for tuna 'disgrace' BBC News | Major tuna-fishing nations have backed calls for temporary closure of the Mediterranean tuna fishery, branded a "disgrace" by a recent expert report. | The World Conservation Con...
Clouds over Himalayas feared Canada Dot Com | OSLO -- Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of clouds high in the Himalayas, perhaps disrupting monsoons and speeding a thaw of glaciers. | A study by scientists in France and Italy released yesterday found microscopic parti...
Jellyfish protein spawns revolution in biology Philadelphia Daily News | By Faye Flam | Inquirer Staff Writer Osamu Shimomura just wanted to know what makes jellyfish glow in the dark. Now, the green-glowing protein that came of his quest is lighting up mouse tumors at the University of Pennsylvania and fruit flies at F...
Stanford cash clash reserves 'will take it on chin', says England coach Moores The Daily Mail | Peter Moores expects the four England cricketers that won't be playing in next month's £10million match in Antigua to handle it just as they would being left out for any match. | Head coach Moores and captain Kevin Pietersen will make the final decision over which members of their 15-man squad sit out the Twenty20 game against Sir Allen Stanford'...
Courteney Cox, Demi Moore make directorial debuts The News & Observer LOS ANGELES - When women make movies, Hollywood pays attention, as scores of A-listers turned out to see Demi Moore, Courteney Cox and screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith make their directorial debuts. | Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, Sheryl Crow, Kirsten Dunst, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ashton Kutcher and David Arquette were among the stars who gathered at th...
