U.S. agonizes over whether to kill excess mustangs International Herald Tribune | : Five mustangs pounded across the high desert recently, their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind. Pursued by a helicopter, they ran into a corral - unwilling recruits in an emotional debate over whether to thin, through humane means, a captive herd that already numbers 30,000. | The ch...
Breakthrough in animal spare part transplants for humans The Daily Telegraph | Blood vessels, tendons and bladders from animals are to be used in humans for the first time after a breakthrough in transplant surgery. | Scientists have overcome the problem of rejection, which has previously prevented animal tissues from being used in patients. | It opens the way for a range of...
Breakthrough in animal spare part transplants for humans The Daily Telegraph | Blood vessels, tendons and bladders from animals are to be used in humans for the first time after a breakthrough in transplant surgery. | Scientists have overcome the problem of rejection, which has previously prevented animal tissues from being u...
How your behaviour can change your children's DNA The Times | For Beatrix Zwart being young means having fun. She works hard, and out of hours she plays hard - including plenty of nights on the town with her friends. | "I lead a similar lifestyle to a lot of young professionals in Britain and I don't intend t...
The mutant gene that makes horses white The Times | White horses, such as racing's Desert Orchid or the Lone Ranger's Silver, are actually mutants whose defective DNA carries a gene that accelerates ageing and rapidly turns their coats grey, scientist have discovered. | Such horses would probably ne...
Duck hunting bucks trend, holds steady in Wis. The Examiner ST. PAUL, Minn. (Map, News) - New numbers confirm that Minnesota's duck last fall wasn't that ... well, ducky. | A preliminary survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Minnesota hunters killed 564,000 ducks last year. That's down 12 percen...
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Al Gore: A sound pick for the environment The Boston Globe | IT IS unlikely that a Nobel laureate, Oscar winner and former vice president of the United States would return to the nuts and bolts of the federal bureaucracy, but it is obvious...
Loud music in the pub 'makes you drink more', say scientists The Daily Mail | Loud music 'arouses the brain - speeding up drinking' | Ear-splitting music in pubs helps to fuel binge-drinking, scientists said last night. | A study showed cranking up the vol...
Antibiotic-producing mushroom discovered The Philippine Star | A group of government scientists recently discovered an antibiotic-producing microorganism from a type of mushroom which has been found to be effective in treating diseases of livestock, particularly swine, the Department of Science and Technology ...
Women aged 100 will be able to give birth within 30 years, scientists claim The Daily Mail | In 30 years time women could conceive at any age and infertility could be eradicated, say scientists | Woman will soon be able to give birth at the age of 100 due to advances in fertility treatment, scientists have predicted. | Within three decades...
China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles The Guardian By Chris Buckley BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) - Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle. With China's leaders demanding that none of the nation's simmering unrest upset the Games, officials have launched an onslaught of checks to stop aggrieved citizens reaching Beijing. On Sunday...
Beijing cuts cars by half as Olympics near CNN | BEIJING, China (AP) -- Beijing started its drastic traffic control plan Sunday in a last-minute push to clear the capital's pollution-choked skies in time for the August Olympics. | Under the two-month plan, half of Beijing's 3.3 million cars will be removed from city streets on alternate days, depending on whether the license plate ends in an od...
