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Amazon Thursday, September 10, 2009DNA fingerprinting 25 years oldThe scientist behind DNA fingerprinting calls for a
change to databases on 25th anniversary of his discovery.
BBC Thursday, September 10, 2009Miami Beach's Sea Turtles Threatened by Its PeopleThe turtles face many challenges because they must share their breeding ground with throngs of beachgoers.
New York Times Thursday, September 10, 2009Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in AnimalsThe infectious agent that leads to chronic wasting disease is spread in the feces of infected animals long before they become ill, new research indicates.
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Amazon Thursday, September 10, 2009Roasted Wood: An Alternative To Coal Energy?Utility companies are racing to find alternative fuels to generate electricity — and one new possible
source is also one of the oldest: burning wood. The process of torrefaction, or roasting wood and other biomass, is already gaining momentum in Europe.
NPR Thursday, September 10, 2009Pandemic flu can infect cells deep in the lungs, says new researchPandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu can, according to a new study published today in Nature Biotechnology. The researchers, from Imperial College London, say this may explain why people infected with the pandemic strain of swine-origin H1N1 influenza are more likely to
suffer more severe symptoms than those infected with the seasonal strain of H1N1.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, September 10, 2009Music lessons improve memory, intelligence and behaviourAs the
government launches the National Year of Music, a new report confirms that learning an instrument has many benefits for childrenLearning a musical instrument at
school improves children's behaviour, memory and intelligence, a
government-commissioned study has found, as ministers
launch the first National Year of Music.Professor Susan Hallam, of the Institute of Education, University of London, analysed scores of researchers' studies on the benefits of music to children.She found researchers had discovered that learning to play an instrument enlarges the left side of the brain. This leads musically-trained pupils to remember almost a fifth more information.Hallam's research
review was commissioned by the
department for Children, Schools and Families as part of a drive to persuade more children in England to play a musical instrument.The government hopes to double the
number of children, aged seven to 11, who are given a
chance to learn an instrument for free by 2011. The governme
Guardian Thursday, September 10, 2009After Hubble Repair, New Images From SpaceThe pictures and observations from the Hubble telescope were the first since a crew replaced, refurbished and rebuilt its vital components in the spring.
New York Times Thursday, September 10, 2009Obama's Plan Builds on Others' IdeasIn a bid to build support for
health care reform, the president added just a few new twists to the principles he laid out last winter.
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