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  • Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

    In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. ...

  • Daniel Dennett You can make Aristotle look like a flaming idiot

    Daniel Dennett, a cheerleader for Darwin and atheism, attracts fierce criticism for his views on free will. He talks about his new book and explains why philosophers have to walk a ...

  • Ontario man lost in Australian mountains

    Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, from Brampton, Ont., went missing May 13 while hiking in Australia's Snowy Mountains. (FACEBOOK PHOTO/QMI AGENCY) The third day of searching for a Brampton, Ont., man who went missing while hiking in Australia wrapped up because of poor lighting, local media ...

  • Space History Photo Rendezvous Docking Simulator

    In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a multiple exposure image of Rendezvous Docking Simulator is shown on Feb. 7, 1964. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - roll, pitch, yaw, and translation in any direction - all controllable by the astronaut in the spacecraft. The controls fed ...

  • Russian Satellite a ‘Success’ Despite Animal Deaths – Official

    MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Bion-M1 biological research satellite, which recently carried rodents, microorganisms and plants on a month-long space flight, successfully accomplished its mission, an official said on Wednesday, despite the death of most of the animals on board. "The spacecraft did not show any noticeable failures and has accomplished its program in ...

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Zodiac [DVD]

Zodiac [DVD]

Despite being a return to the serial killer film, the genre that first earned him recognition with 1995's brilliantly disturbing Seven, in Zodiac director David Fincher dials down the stylistic amplitude that has characterized his previous films and in the process cements his status ... ...

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  • Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

    Male dinosaurs may not have had a caring side after all. Five years ago a study of theropod dinosaurs concluded that it was male dinosaurs that incubated the eggs. Now a new analysis of the same data is challenging that ...

  • Astrophile Saturns egg moon Methone is made of fluff

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft . Methone is utterly unlike the other small balls of ice and rock that dot the solar system, which are deeply scarred by impacts. Instead it is smooth, with not a hill or pockmark in sight. Now astronomers may have a clue as to why: Methone is made of lightweight ...

  • Deep-space pizza parties NASA mulls 3-D printers for food

    In this Saturday, May 11, 2013, photo made available by NASA, astronaut Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, not pictured, perform a space walk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station after an ammonia coolant leak was discovered. (AP Photo/NASA) NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to ...

  • Rapid Climate Change In South Africa Linked To Cultural Innovation In The Middle Stone Age

    Image Credit: Middle Stone Age Silcrete bifacial points, engraved ochre and bone tools from the c. 75 - 80,000 year old M1 & M2 phases at Blombos cave. Image copyright held by author, Chris Henshilwood. Photo by Henning ...

  • Space Images Reveal Over 10 New Siberian Oilfields – Scientist

    TOMSK, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Space imaging studies have revealed over 10 new oil deposits in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in East Siberia, with one of them comparable to the giant Yurubcheno-Tokhomo field, a scientist from Tomsk Polytechnic University said on Wednesday. "The method of space imaging quantum-optical filtration allows us to identify the boundaries of deposits," ...

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