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Scientists see blast from past -- 13 billion years agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have seen the furthest back in time ever, measuring light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, just after the dawn of the universe.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009TED MED: Bringing Medicine Home for Better CareEric Dishman, a behavioral scientist, was holding a battered cardboard box with a mailing label on it. He promised the audience a preview of a wonderful tool for improving elderly healthcare and independence at home. “You’d better get a close up of this,” he said to the cameraman recording the talk for yesterday’s TED MED conference that is running from October 27 through 30 at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, Calif. (TED MED stands for technology, entertainment, design.) Dishman, chief strategist and global director of product research, innovation and policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, pulled out the device: an old-fashioned telephone. [More]
Scientific American Thursday, October 29, 2009Tuna ban 'justified' by scienceBanning trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna is justified by the extent of their decline,
scientists advising fisheries regulators suggest.
BBC Thursday, October 29, 2009Pelosi Backs Off Having Set Rates for Public OptionBowing to pressure from some Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to negotiate fees with doctors and hospitals.
International Herald Tribune Thursday, October 29, 2009Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel boxThe combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes, the ESO Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal, the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at ESO's La Silla observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has allowed the stunning Jewel Box star cluster to be seen in a whole new light.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Skin Deep: When Plastic Surgery Calls for a Do-OverIf the face in the mirror still isn't the face of their dreams, many patients try again.
International Herald Tribune Thursday, October 29, 2009AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global coolingWASHINGTON (AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press....
The Arizona Republic Thursday, October 29, 2009NASA Rocket Takes Off as Clouds BreakAfter weather delays, the Ares I-X, a prototype of NASA's next-generation rocket, zipped off the
launch pad.
New York Times Thursday, October 29, 2009California Awards Grants for Research Projects in Nonembryonic Stem CellsCalifornia's stem cell research program awarded most of the $230 million in grants to projects using so-called adult stem cells.
New York Times Thursday, October 29, 2009Astronomers Detect Distant, Ancient Star ExplosionLight from a star that died when the universe was about 600 million years old is only now reaching Earth. The gamma ray burst is 13.1 billion light-years away, and astronomers say it's the most distant object ever seen from Earth.
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