FDA begins major hiring initiative April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is starting a major hiring initiative designed to fill more than 1,300 public health positions. | |
Did John Wilkes Booth survive? April 27, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Two distant relatives of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth want a chance to prove the family legend that he was not killed in a Virginia tobacco barn. | |
New DNA testing bring free will into play April 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new generation of DNA testing gives a peek at biological and psychological traits allowing lawyers to question free will in U.S. criminal cases, experts say. | |
Feinstein to collaborate with Karolinska April 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Feinstein Institute in Manhasset, N.Y., says it will join with Sweden's Karolinska Institute in exchanging graduates for post-doctoral research. | |
MIT to open energy resource center April 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working with a German research firm to open a sustainable energy center near the college, the school announced. | |
Fruit and vegetable waste clogs landfills April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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About 4.4 million uneaten apples are being thrown away each day in Britain, creating a mountain of landfill waste, a report reveals. | |
Historic grounds may be probed for ghosts March 31, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Iowa's Carroll Area Paranormal Team may be approved to conduct a ghost hunt at the Johnson County Poor Farm and asylum, officials said. | |
NASA awards Oklahoma an education grant March 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. space agency has awarded an education grant to Oklahoma State University to encourage high school students to pursue careers in science. | |
Ayd, who advanced thorazine use, dies March 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Dr. Frank Ayd Jr., a pioneer in the field of psychopharmacology, has died in Baltimore from complications of coronary artery disease at age 87. | |
Scientists work to save endangered chimps March 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international effort is being organized to save some 15 endangered chimpanzees isolated in a part of Rwanda's rain forest. | |
21 grants awarded for biomass research March 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Two U.S. departments said they plan to invest $18.4 million for biomass research, development and demonstration projects over three years. | |
Britons waste $40 billion in food annually March 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Britain is throwing away nearly half of all the food it produces, costing the nation an estimated $40 billion a year, it was reported Sunday. | |
'No clone' hard to enforce in food supply February 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Adopting a "clone-free" diet may not be possible for most U.S. consumers as replicated cows enter the meat and dairy supply chain. | |
Older siblings get more attention February 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A U.S. report said first-born children may attain more education and make more money because they get more parental attention. | |
Beach guard fired for protecting seal February 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A private security guard in La Jolla, Calif., was fired for blocking access to a popular beach on the day the first harbor seal of the season was born. | |
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