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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a9927dde6777aafc/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:07:01 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:07:01 -0500 30 Iran plans to establish a national satellite launch base in the southeast of the country, adjacent to the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Press TV reported. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212971/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212971/cs/1/ Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Seven Indian Americans figure among the 40 finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search 2012, recognised as America's "most promising high school seniors with the greatest p http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203202143/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:16 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203202143/cs/1/ Researchers have discovered two new planets, named Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which is circling around its own double suns. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203194005/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:40:33 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203194005/cs/1/ NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a uniquely close-up view of the brightest distant "magnified" galaxy discovered yet in the universe. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203194002/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:40:27 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203194002/cs/1/ TINGIRA HEIGHTSMore than $1.25millionAddress: 3 Victoria Road.House:: Cavity brick and Colorbond on 9940square metres.Inspect:: By appointment.Agent:: Neil Fry, McGrath Estate Agents, 0418 494 183. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220104/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:43:26 -0500 Newcastle Herald http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220104/ In what sounds like the opening scene to a bad monster movie, a team of Russian scientists are on the verge of drilling down to a lake buried under more than two miles of ice that hasn't seen ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220097/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:52 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220097/ Millions of eyes will be glued to the gridiron this Sunday as the New England Patriots face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. It's the game of the year in American sports, and fans and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220099/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:29:06 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220099/ It may seem a prestigious post for a rodent, but the guinea pigs that are fixtures in elementary school classrooms today were once ambassadors from a new land. The third-ever guinea pig skeleton ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214609/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:29:02 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214609/ A one-of-a-kind fossil shows that so-called bat flies -- tiny vampire insects that survive on the blood of bats -- have been parasitizing the winged mammals and spreading bat malaria for at least 20 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220098/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:28:57 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220098/ One of the best discussions I've had in the comments on this blog was about entropy, and it took us from black holes to a cup of tea. This excellent video completes the journey, and then ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219965/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:56 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219965/ When Richard Handl was arrested for attempting to split the atom on his stove, he joined a growing band of home experimenters cooking up all kinds of trouble behind the kitchen ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220100/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:50 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220100/ Hot on the heels of a major study showing malaria deaths are twice what everybody thought - and that the disease kills older children and adults as well as babies in large numbers - comes a WHO ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220101/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:42 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220101/ This distinctive Australian mystery bird is named for one of its life history traits. What trait is that? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220102/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:34 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220102/ When it comes to science education, it’s always important to note the general public’s attitude. I’ve asked my readers on multiple occasions, ';which would you rather have ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212904/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:14 -0500 Forbes http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212904/ NASA 's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet - huge mosaics of many images stitched together at the highest-resolution yet obtained. But ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220096/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:06:43 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220096/ Two space-defense missile plants will be built in central Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. The first, to be based in Nizhny Novgorod, will employ 5,000 workers and have ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214878/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:43:03 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214878/ The Progress space freighter blasts off from its launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 30, 2011. Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214544/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:03 -0500 National Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214544/ (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ) The technologies needed back in the days of the Apollo space missions were well understood. But with NASA's current missions, it faces a broader and more ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213818/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:37 -0500 CNet http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213818/ Dropbox, the popular cloud storage utility for synchronizing files among many devices, ordinarily limits free accounts to 2GB, but those who test a new feature to automatically upload photos can get ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214581/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:33 -0500 CNet http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214581/ This photo from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in "Blue Marble" view. The photo, released Feb. 2, 2012, is a companion to a NASA image showing the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220093/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:16:51 -0500 Space.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220093/ earliest known pet dog owned by Altay hunter-gatherers .)The scientists received written consent to take DNA samples from nearly 500 people, many of whom were living in remote areas and had never ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203215291/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:04 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203215291/ Using both fossil and living specimens, scientists calculated growth rates for 28 different mammalian groups during the past 65 million years--and found that, for mammals, getting big takes longer ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219951/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:59 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219951/ International Space Station .The brightest lights at bottom center come from Belgium and the Netherlands, while the glow of the British Isles is partially obscured by the solar arrays at ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219953/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:52 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219953/ groundhog -- took the stage at rural Gobbler's Knob to introduce what Vice President Mike Johnston called "the Great Oz of weather forecasting." ( ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219952/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:44 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219952/ San Jose State's research center received the largest federal award in university history this week: $73 million to help NASA Ames Research Center improve the safety and efficiency of air space ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213819/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:51 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213819/ Wyatt Brand, a public relations, design and social media agency, has moved to The Corners development on South Lamar Boulevard. The new location, at 3001 South Lamar Blvd., is in the same shopping ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213711/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:55:11 -0500 Business Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213711/ Dallas Business Journal by Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 12:13pm CST - Last Modified: Friday, February 3, 2012, 2:47pm ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203217032/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:51:29 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203217032/ Despite it being the middle of winter, there is an explosion of summer colour in one of the big greenhouses at the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew in west London. Visitors are being invited to dive into ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220094/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:57 -0500 BBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220094/ Chris Huhne's departure from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) sees the exit of a minister who is generally regarded as having fought tenaciously for "green" policies ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220095/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:55 -0500 BBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220095/ Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday. The investigation found no faults with the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220103/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:53 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220103/ -; Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214269/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:14 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214269/ -; People who suffer a traumatic experience often don't talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn't always mean you'll forget it; if you try ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220078/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:11 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220078/ -; Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction -- say, doing a puzzle -- relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213876/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:05 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213876/ -; In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220079/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:01 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220079/ -; An innovative approach to genome screening has provided clues about rare mutations that may make people susceptible to brain aneurysms, predisposing them to brain bleeds, according to preliminary ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220080/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:58 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220080/ -; A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214391/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:55 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214391/ -; The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220081/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:52 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220081/ -; An experimental blood clot-removing device outperformed the FDA-approved MERCI; retriever device, according to late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association's 2012 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220082/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:49 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220082/ -; Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study published this ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219981/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:46 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203219981/ -; A painstakingly detailed investigation shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events. The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212744/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:43 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203212744/ -; After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves, interact and learn – and doing so while ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220083/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:40 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220083/ -; The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220084/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:37 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220084/ -; When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214379/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:34 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214379/ -; If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don't have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220085/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:31 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220085/ -; Immune cells from healthy individuals can be the new immune cure for cancer. This treatment can kill cancer cells without destroying neighbouring cells. The hope is to eradicate cancer for ever. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214270/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:29 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214270/ -; Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220087/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:26 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220087/ -; Malaria caused over 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2010, twice the number found in the most recent comprehensive study of the disease, according to researchers at IHME and the University of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220086/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:23 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220086/ -; Postmenopausal women may be at higher risk of having a stroke than they think. A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues found that traditional risk factors for ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220088/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:20 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220088/ -; An open-label study of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody for human CD20, was shown to be safe in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who had an incomplete response to the standard ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214392/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:17 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203214392/ Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213224/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:14 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213224/ -; A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213225/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:08 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203213225/ -; They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that "bat flies" have been ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220089/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:05 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220089/ -; American scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. The team used a cellular mechanism similar ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220091/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:03 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220091/ -; Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220092/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:01 -0500 Science Daily http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220092/ That's not all. A chill runs down your spine when you see it: a massive, Jupiter-like planet looms above you, as large as the Earth's moon. Bands of rippling clouds and whirling storms ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220074/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:54 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220074/ Auroras are shimmering curtains of light caused when charged particles slam into a planet's magnetic field. Earth's northern and southern lights are active only when the sun releases a big ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220075/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:51 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220075/ Take our survey and we'll pass the results on to Baumeister and his team. He'll do some fancy stats on them to see just how high our readers ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220076/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:49 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220076/ A three-month-old polar bear cub made his debut at the Toronto Zoo on February 3, 2012. (JACK BOLAND/QMI Agency) ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220065/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:51 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220065/ Prisoners hanging themselves? Share your thoughts SAGUENAY, Que. - A man in Saguenay, Que., has filed a police complaint against a Conservative senator who said murderers should be given rope in ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220067/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:49 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220067/ Do you support unions' right to strike? LONDON, ONT. - Locomotive builder Progress Rail announced Friday it is closing its southern Ontario locomotive operation. The company, a subsidiary of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220066/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:47 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220066/ Still image taken from video shows Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker making an address that was first aired on the organization's website on February 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Susan G. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220069/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:42 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220069/ Two stray dogs run in the deserted snow-covered North Railway Station in Bucharest February 3, 2012. At least 139 people have died across Eastern Europe and Germany since the cold snap began, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220070/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:40 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220070/ The Vermont State Police emblem is pictured in this undated handout photo received by Reuters on February 2, 2012. Inmates at a Vermont correctional unit's print shop managed to sneak an image ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220072/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:38 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220072/ Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220071/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:29 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220071/ Play video OTTAWA - An Ontario reserve's bid to block a government-appointed money manager has been rejected by a Federal Court. On Friday, the Toronto-based court rejected Attawapiskat First ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220073/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:28 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203220073/ During an expedition to the Kermadec Trench north of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean researchers discovered a 'supergiant' amphipod measuring 10 times the size of typical amphipods. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203206775/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:36 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203206775/ Breathtaking images taken from outer-space by NASA’s Operation IceBridge — the largest airborne survey of Earth’s polar ice ever flown — reveal a 19-mile long, 195 ft.-deep ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205258/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:35 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205258/ New research suggests that eruptions at some of Earth’s largest volcanoes could be predicted decades before the event actually occurs, potentially making it easier for experts to monitor ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210589/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:35 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210589/ A team of American researchers have reportedly completed what they are calling the first experimental study of the phenomenon known as the founder effect — the loss of genetic variation that ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210590/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:33 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210590/ The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Peru program announced Thursday the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented in Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) in southeastern Peru. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203207066/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:32 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203207066/ UCSF Team Uncovers Genes Influenced by Sex Hormones that Control Masculine and Feminine Behaviors in Mice Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210587/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:31 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210587/ Predicting the future is always a tricky business — just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there’s a snowstorm that seems to come ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210588/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:30 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210588/ NASA satellites have watched as wind shear has torn Cyclone Iggy apart over the last day. NASA infrared satellite imagery showed that Iggy’s strongest thunderstorms have been pushed away from ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205615/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:29 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205615/ By Daniel Woolls, The Associated Press A "Mona Lisa" copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210591/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:06 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210591/ Prof Ben Allanach of the University of Cambridge will also be on hand to guide you through the new frontier in our understanding of the fabric of the universe.Continuing the physics theme we have ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203208654/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:05 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203208654/ The blue balls have been found to be sodium polyacrylate or waterlock, an absorbent polymer used in nappies and by florists and gardeners. Photograph: Phil ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210592/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:58 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210592/ This is my "quick skim impression" of three books -- a field guide to birds of New Zealand, and two Lab Lit novels -- and an audio CD of birdsongs of the northern ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203206252/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:49 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203206252/ Scientists in Cape Cod are trying to determine what is causing dolphins to swim dangerously close to shore, with more than 100 becoming stranded in the last three weeks.Members of Congress are ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205632/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:40 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203205632/ Footage filmed by the spacecraft Grail of the dark side of the Moon has been released by Nasa. The video is the first of its kind and it was filmed on January 19, when Grail flew from the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210593/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:10 -0500 ITN http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210593/ Economists know that what happens in the game doesn't stay in the game. Image: Muhammad/Flickr As you may know, 74 people were killed this Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans stampeded into a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210585/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:51 -0500 Wired News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210585/ Boston Scientific Corp. has brought newly approved drug-eluting stent the Promus Element Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System to Europe with its first patient implant, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203208304/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:09:40 -0500 Boston Business Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203208304/ Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope linking four telescopes in Chile, so that they operate as a single device. The telescopes of the Very Large Telescope ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210584/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:08:46 -0500 BBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210584/ Udacity — an online educational venture. Udacity's goal is to provide free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their tech knowledge. Its first ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210580/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:31 -0500 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210580/ ATTEMPTS to fly drones in civilian airspace are a classic example of an irresistible force (innovation) meeting an immovable object (the law). While commercial innovators have been champing at the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210581/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:55 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210581/ A simple, cheap procedure for repairing damaged nerves in the leg can help paralysed rats walk normally within a few days - a dramatic reduction in recovery ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210582/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:52 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210582/ For the moment, the law stands in the way. The US Federal Aviation Administration allows for recreational use of remote-controlled air vehicles, but the Columbia Packing case blurs the line because ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210583/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:50 -0500 New Scientist http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210583/ Mary Baker Eddy , who discovered Christian Science. She wrote: "Evil has no reality. It is neither person, place, nor thing, but is simply a belief, an illusion of material sense" ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210394/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:56 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210394/ NANJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang VI concluded its 154-day trip on Thursday after covering more than 30,000 sea miles. The ship returned to the port of China ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210594/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:33:04 -0500 SINA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210594/ BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China adheres to a principle of peaceful development in its space missions and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes, a spokesman for the China National Space ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210595/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:13 -0500 SINA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210595/ Tourists protect themselves with umbrellas from the falling snow in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum on February 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) ROME - Heavy snow fell in central Rome on ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210577/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:08 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210577/ A Bedouin man walks to the peak of Mount Catherine, the highest mountain in Egypt, 2,629 m (8,625 ft), in Saint Katherine city, in Southern provinces of Sinai Peninsula in this October, 1, 2010 file ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210578/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:06 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210578/ Life rafts carrying survivors float on rough waters after the MV Rabaul Queen ferry sank off Papua New Guinea February 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Papua New Guinea Post ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210579/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:03 -0500 CNews http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203210579/ Natural News February 3, 2012 Self-proclaimed advocates of ';science-based'; medicine are hard at work trying to eliminate government funding for any form of medical education or ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203199887/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:36:19 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203199887/ While genetically modified plants have already been introduced into the wild on a large scale in some parts of the world, the release of genetically modified animals is still at a relatively early ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203199374/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:28:45 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203199374/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.) This week's element is cadmium, represented by the atomic symbol, Cd, and the atomic number, 48. It is a ductile silvery ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203409/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:18:04 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203409/ Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has astounded the global health community by claiming it has been fighting malaria apparently with one hand behind its back. The death toll has come down ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203410/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:17:58 -0500 The Guardian http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203410/ The International Space Station crew will spend some 45 extra days in orbit after a space flight schedule was shifted. The next launch had to be delayed after a Soyuz capsule failed factory ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203200406/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:43 -0500 RT http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203200406/ In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, two Iranian men pose for a photographer in front of a mural of the Statue of Liberty painted on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203200351/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:27:19 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203200351/ Iran has successfully launched an observation satellite, Iranian news network Press TV reported on Friday. The domestically-built Navid (Harbinger) satellite is designed to take pictures of the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203411/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:17:21 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a9927dde6777aafc/id/203203411/