www.dailymail.co.uk - The Large Hadron Collider may be causing fears for the future of the world,but it has become the bizarre setting for an unlikely music hit. Written and performed by 23-year-old Kate McAlpine, who works in the Press office at the CERN laboratory in ... (Read More)

www.brainmysteries.com - Anoverload of calories throws critical portions of the brain out ofwhack, reveals a study in the October 3rd issue of the journal Cell Thatresponse in the brain's hypothalamus-the "headquarters" for maintainingenergy balance-can happen even in the a... (Read More)

www.sciencedaily.com - About70 percent of breast cancer cells have receptors for the hormoneestrogen, which acts as a nutrient and stimulates their growth. Patients typically get an antiestrogen such as tamoxifen for five yearsto try to starve them to death "Abou... (Read More)

www.space.com - One of the hurdles in origin-of-life theories is that thepieces that make up complex biomolecules do not readily come together bythemselves. A group of scientists proposes that diamonds provided a kind of"workbench" for biomolecule manufacturing on... (Read More)

media-newswire.com - Ateam of cognitive neuro scientists from Columbia University hasidentified the brain pathways responsible for the body's emotionaldefense against gruesome and other aversive forms of imagery. Thestudy, published today in the journal Neuron, could lea... (Read More)

www.abc.net.au - Scientistshave traced the origin of fingers and toes to fish-like creatures thatroamed the seas 380 million years ago, according to a new study. The findings, published in Nature, up-end the prevailing theory on the evolution of digits. I... (Read More)

blog.wired.com - Anusesare believed to have developed during the murky transition from radialto bilateral symmetry -- i.e., from jellyfish and starfish to animalswith fronts, backs and two sides. There was, scientists surmise, ananimal with a nutrient-absorbing... (Read More)

integral-options.blogspot.com - Mirror neurons are all the rage in the neuroscience field. This article from Natural History offers a good introduction to the science. Marco Iacoboni is one of the most important researchers in this intriguing new field. WHAT DO PEOPLE REALLY D... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - Plants facing stressful conditions like drought produce their own aspirin-like chemical, US researchers say. Thechemicals are produced as a gas to boost the plant's biochemicaldefences, say scientists from the National Center for AtmosphericRese... (Read More)

www.abc.net.au - Eric Bland Chemistsin the UK have developed a way to convert methane gas into a solid thatlooks like granulated sugar - making it easier to store. Professor Andrew Cooper and his colleagues at the University of Liverpool have found that t... (Read More)