PARIS, Oct. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — Merck and Co's failed AIDS vaccine may not have worked, but it probably did not raise the risk of infection either, doctors said Tuesday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Nerve stem cell transplants may help slow the progression of macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, U.S. researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — A former U.S. government scientist was arrested on Monday for attempted espionage in an undercover operation with FBI agents posing as Israeli intelligence officers, the Justice Department said. ... > full story
TIWANAKU, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — European astronomers announced they had found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more of Sun-like stars have such planets. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — A bright ribbon of hydrogen atoms marks the edge of the solar system, where the Sun's wind meets emissions from the rest of the galaxy, researchers reported on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Researchers looking for ways to turn stem cells into the types of heart cells they want said on Thursday they had found the key to making one important type in mice. ... > full story
LONDON, Oct. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — It's not all in the mind -- the so-called placebo effect is real and reaches right down to the spine, German scientists said on Thursday. ... > full story
CAIRO, Oct. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Archaeologists have unearthed the site of a pharaonic-era sacred lake in a temple to the Egyptian goddess Mut in the ruins of ancient Tanis, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday. ... > full story
LONDON, Oct. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife such as seals and polar bears, a leading British polar scientist said on Thursday. ... > full story
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