Using a newly developed thermometer made of zircon, researchers have found evidence that environmental conditions on early Earth, within 200 million years of the solar system’s formation, were characterized by liquid-water oceans and continental crust similar to those of the present day.
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Statins appear to be safe for people with fatty liver disease who could benefit from their cholesterol-lowering capabilities, concludes a review paper published in the April 2005 issue of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags installed in automobiles have saved some 10,000 lives as of January 2004. A just-released study by a statistician at the University of Georgia, however, casts doubt on that assertion. In fact, said UGA statistics professor Mary C. Meyer, a new analysis of existing data indicates that, controlling for other factors, airbags are actually associated with slightly increased probability of death in accidents.
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A meta-analysis of the scientific evidence looking at the association between cancer and hair dye use has found no strong evidence of increased risk, according to an article published in the May 25 issue of JAMA.
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There is an interesting church-state case going on right now in the heart of Indiana and prog-blogger Jason Pitzl-Waters of Wildhunt wants to know why more religion writers are not interested in it. Actually, this is a coven and state case, which is one of the reasons it is so interesting. First of all, let’s look […]
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The music company releases 1 million commercial CD-R discs equipped with ’sterile burning’ technology that allows buyers to make limited copies, but bars users from making copies of copies.
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Innovative Biosensors has a kit that makes finding pathogens much easier — and with little training.
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a robotic device that moves like a slug — it could make colonoscopies safer and easier to administer.
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Technology Review’s editor in chief Jason Pontin posts from Tahiti.
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It’s Memorial Day, but those working on emerging technologies don’t get the day off. Web editor Brad King (really) blogs from Appalachia.
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