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Posted 2008-04-24
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Obesity and low birthweight mar health of kids

CHICAGO, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Rising obesity rates and a large percentage of children born with low birthweights are dragging down the overall health of American children in their first decade of life, according to a report tracking the health and well-being of young children in the United States. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Russia investigates off-course space landing

MOSCOW, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of kilometers (miles) off course, a space industry official said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Experts say sex abstinence program doesn't work

WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Programs teaching U.S. schoolchildren to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins, health groups told Congress on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells

WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Hubble telescope captures crashing galaxies

WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Images of colliding galaxies show them spinning, sliding and slipping into one another, wreaking stellar destruction that will give birth to new and larger galaxies. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Thousands flock to exhumed body of saint Padre Pio

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after his death. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Praise as good as cash to brain: study

CHICAGO, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-24
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Radio telescopes capture black hole mid-belch

CHICAGO, Apr. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Using powerful radio telescopes, scientists have captured a supermassive black hole just as it was belching out a jet of supercharged particles, offering a first look at how these cosmic jets are formed, they said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-23
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U.S. environment scientists report political meddling

WASHINGTON, Apr. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Nearly 900 scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency have experienced political interference in their work in the last five years, the Union of Concerned Scientists reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-23
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Papaya genome bares evolution's secrets

WASHINGTON, Apr. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Papayas have extra copies of genes that make them sweet and nutritious, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study that can help shed light on how flowering plants evolved. ... > full story