Sumit Paul-Choudhury, editorFigurines from the Don river valley (Images: Kirstin Jennings)The world’s oldest portrait, the world’s first fully carved sculpture, the world's oldest ceramic figure, the world’s earliest puppet - there’s no shortage of superlatives in the new exhibition of art from the ice age at the British Museum in LondonBut focus too closely on the exhibits’ record-breaking ages...
In mice, gene therapy boosts hope for the deaf
Label: Technology PARIS: Scientists using gene therapy have partially restored hearing and balance in profoundly deaf mice, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.The research, still in its early stages and restricted to lab animals, may open up new avenues for tackling Usher syndrome, an inherited form of human deafness that usually goes hand in hand with blindness.Researchers...
Canadian penny bites the dust. Is the nickel next?
Label: LifestyleAn obsolete coin for your thoughts: Google.ca paid tribute to the Canadian penny, which was first struck in 1858.(Credit:Google)We Canadians love innovating our money. We're printing plastic banknotes and chucking out useless coins. Last March I said I wouldn't mourn the passing of the Canadian penny. And yet today, as the Royal Canadian Mint officially stopped distributing the cent to banks, I have...
Space Pictures This Week: A Space Monkey, Printing a Moon Base
Label: HealthIllustration courtesy Foster and Partners/ESAThe European Space Agency (ESA) announced January 31 that it is looking into building a moon base (pictured in an artist's conception) using a technique called 3-D printing.It probably won't be as easy as whipping out a printer, hooking it to a computer, and pressing "print," but using lunar soils as the basis for actual building blocks could be a possibility."Terrestrial...
Boy Safe, Kidnapper Dead as Ala. Standoff Ends
Label: Business A week-long Alabama standoff in which a retired trucker held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker has ended with the kidnapper dead and the child safe, according to law enforcement."FBI agents safely recovered the child who's been held hostage for nearly a week," FBI Special Agent Steve Richardson said at a news conference.The agent said negotiations with the suspect,...
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Bug protects itself by turning its environment to gold
Label: World Mythical King Midas was ultimately doomed because everything he touched turned to gold. Now, the reverse has been found in bacteria that owe their survival to a natural Midas touch. Delftia acidovorans lives in sticky biofilms that...
Obama urges Boy Scouts to end gay ban
Label: Technology WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said in an interview Sunday that the Boy Scouts of America should end its controversial ban on gays and lesbians when its national executive board takes up the issue next week."My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life," Obama told CBS News in a pre-Super...
Super Bowl does Wi-Fi on a massive scale
Label: LifestyleThere should be no shortage of Wi-Fi at the Super Bowl. And the NFL want to make sure it stays that way.The Wi-Fi network at the Superdome in New Orleans has been structured and reinforced to handle a stunning 30,000 simultaneous connections during the big game, starting shortly, between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. Ars Technica reported that detail and lots more about the setup...
Pictures We Love: Best of January
Label: HealthPhotograph by Dieu Nalio Chery, APThe magnitude 7 earthquake that struck near Port au Prince, Haiti, in January 2010 so devastated the country that recovery efforts are still ongoing.Professional dancer Georges Exantus, one of the many casualties of that day, was trapped in his flattened apartment for three days, according to news reports. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg...
Super Bowl XLVII Live Blog: Ravens Draw First Blood
Label: Business 6:55 p.m. ET: And to the relief of 49ers fans, David Akers field goal attempt is good. 7-3 Ravens.6:54 p.m. ET: Kaepernick sacked. 49ers going for field goal.6:53 p.m. ET: Davis out and being worked on by trainers. Second and goal, incomplete in the end zone, off of Crabtree’s hands.6:52 p.m. ET: Vernon Davis, a super speedy tight end, with another first down...
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