In two studies, researchers in Kenya and Uganda enrolled thousands of uncircumcised men to determine if the procedure could reduce HIV transmission among heterosexuals, with some men having their foreskin removed and others remaining intact.
The trial in Kenya, involving nearly 2,800 participants, found that the circumcised men were 53 percent less likely to [...]
Tiny animal kingdom: the elephant foetus at 12 months, when it is 18 inches long and weighs approximately 26 lbs. It can use its trunk, and can curl it right up into its mouth and over its head.
An unborn elephant, tiny but perfect in every way. A dolphin [...]
The solar system has 12 planets.
That is the conclusion, to be announced today, of an international panel formed
to devise a scientific definition of a planet and settle an increasingly intense
dispute over whether Pluto qualifies. The panel suggests retaining Pluto and
immediately adding three new planets to the [...]
Boston will tap a nonprofit corporation
to blanket the city with “open access”; wireless Internet connections,
under a plan to be unveiled today by Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
The plan, which envisions raising $16 million to $20 million from local businesses
and foundations, [...]
Ames, IA — Physicist Costas Soukoulis
and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory
on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of their lives
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GUBEN, Germany — Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the German
inventor of a body-preserving process called plastination, is always
eager for volunteers, people willing to donate their corpses for his
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Older farmers are at high risk for injury when they
stop taking prescribed pain medications, shows a study done in part
by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
A [...]
An ocean speed limit proposed by the federal government
yesterday could help protect endangered right whales, but is expected
to face stiff opposition from the shipping industry.
The migration paths [...]
Archaeologists say they have found evidence that in
one respect people were behaving like thoroughly modern humans as early
as 100,000 years ago: they were apparently decorating themselves with
a kind of status-defining jewelry [...]
People with face-blindness, known as prosopagnosia, have trouble
identifying which of the three faces on the bottom row is the same
as the person shown in the three photos on the top row
New findings from [...]
In
a nation obsessed with “The Sopranos," it’s hard to imagine how
a single camera trained on a birds’ nest in Maine could become a hit
show on the Internet.
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By studying chimpanzee droppings in remote African
jungles, scientists reported yesterday, they have found direct evidence
of a missing link between a chimpanzee virus and the one that causes
human AIDS.
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