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Paleontologists Discover New Mammal - Images. Woman Collects Sperm from Dead Son - Health Videos. New Gene Discovery Could Lead To Non-Hormonal Contraceptive For Men. May 25, 2012 Male contraception may be a possibility thanks in part to a discovery of a new key reproductive gene critical for production of healthy sperm, suggests Scottish scientists credited with the discovery. Researchers from Edinburgh University are hopeful their study, which involved mice, could lead to a new type of male birth control that doesn´t disrupt the production of hormones, something which often causes side effects such as mood swings.
The researchers found that a gene known as Katnal1 is critical in enabling sperm to mature. Scientists believe by regulating this gene they could prevent sperm from maturing, making them infertile without altering hormones. Producing a drug for male birth control would be significant, especially since the only alternatives currently available for men are condoms or irreversible vasectomy. “If we can find a way to target this gene in the testes, we could potentially develop a non-hormonal contraceptive,” said Dr. New Drug Kills Cancer Cells Without Toxic Effects. May 25, 2012 Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com A group of researchers from McMaster University have found a new drug that can kill cancer stem cells in humans while avoiding the toxic side effects of other traditional cancer treatments.
Over the past 15 years, researchers have thought that stem cells were the cause of many cancers. Canadian researchers first discovered cancer stem cells in particular types of leukemia in 1997. “The unusual aspect of our finding is the way this human-ready drug actually kills cancer stem cells; by changing them into cells that are non-cancerous,” explained Mick Bhatia, the principal investigator for the study and scientific director of McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute in the Michael G. The anti-psychotic drug, thioridazine, showed to have no effect on normal stem cells in the study. “You have to find something that’s truly selective for cancer stem cells,” continued Bhatia in the statement.
Source: Connie K. Your Plants Are Now Wi-Fi Accessible. May 29, 2012 Image Credit: Koubachi AG Houseplants and patio gardens alike can bring an element of natural beauty to any living space. The tricky part, however, is keeping these plants alive, especially if you live in a climate notorious for killer summers. Now, a new sensor and iOS app have arrived to save these plants and bring harmony between plants and their owners. Enter the Koubachi Wi-Fi plant sensor. The makers of Koubachi are attempting to bridge the communication barrier betwixt plants and owners. “There´s very little information when you buy a plant,” said Koubachi CEO Phillip Bolliger to Reuters. “Most of the time there´s a little sticker that will say it needs a medium amount of light and water every few days. Not only can the Wi-Fi sensor send information to your iOS app, but the data it collects is also available on the web.
According to Bolliger, monitoring the water levels of plants is the most important aspect in maintaining a healthy, happy plant. World's Oldest Musical Instruments Discovered. May 27, 2012 Image Caption: A flute from the site of Geissenkloesterle made from mammoth ivory. Credit: Oxford University According to a new paper published in the latest edition of the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers from Germany and the UK claim that they have identified the oldest known musical instruments on Earth.
The research, conducted by experts from Oxford University and Tuebingen University, used carbon dating to discover that flutes crafted from the bones of birds and ivory from mammoth tusks were from between 42,000 and 43,000 years old, BBC News reported on Friday. The flutes, which were used by the Aurignacian culture of the Upper Paleolithic period, were originally discovered at Geissenkloesterle Cave in southern Germany by a team lead by Tuebingen Professor Nick Conard back in 2009.
“The results are also important for considering the relationship between early moderns and Neanderthals in Europe,” the Oxford University press release also noted. Man Discovers He's Actually A Woman Thanks To Kidney Stone. May 26, 2012 A trip to the hospital to deal with a kidney stone wound up being a life-changing event for a Denver, Colorado man, who learned in the emergency room that he was actually a woman. That man, Steve Crecelius, was a photographer who had been married for 25 years and was the father of six children when an ultrasound revealed that he was actually female during that hospital visit five years ago, Ashley Jennings of ABC News and Rheana Murray of the New York Daily News reported this week.
After hearing the news, he decided to begin living as a woman. Crecelius, who now goes by the name of Stevie, told reporters that even as a child, he would have “feminine feelings” and that we would secretly wear his mother’s clothes and makeup. He said he thought he looked “pretty,” and said that while he was a little surprised when a nurse told him he was intersex (meaning that he had male genitalia and female internal sex organs), that he wasn’t overly shocked by the news. Malware Explosion Reported By McAfee Labs. May 24, 2012 Computer security experts at McAfee Labs are reporting a surge of malware on Google´s Android mobile operating system and are advising that PC users should be watching their desktops and laptops more closely than ever for malware and trojans, writes Rachel King for ZD Net.
McAfee´s threat report for the first quarter of 2011 highlights that PC malware has reached its highest levels in four years. The primary attacks were increases in rootkits and password stealers, the latter of which round out to nearly approximately 1 million new samples in Q1 2012. Overall, McAfee Labs reported more than 75 million malware samples by the end of last year. With the addition of Q1 2012 numbers, the total jumps to 83 million pieces. Malware that targets open source Android is growing strongly say McAfee researchers. Apple devices are also finding more directed malware as they have gained in popularity around the world, explains said McAfee Labs senior vice president Vincent Weafer. Cleaning Up eBook Conversion Messes: Tips For Success : The Dynamic Publisher. By Mark Gross, with Devorah Bloom, DCL In my previous column, Understanding Content Conversion: Unfortunately, There’s No ‘Easy’ Button, I examined the various areas that trip up the eBook conversion process –special characters, tables, hyphenations, and so on.
This column follows on that theme, based on a question from a consultant with a major consulting firm: While writers don’t maliciously introduce problems into the documents they create, they are the source of many conversion challenges. “…I am researching the time it takes on average to convert from PDF to EPUB, including the time it takes to edit the ‘rough’ EPUB file created by the automated conversion to clean up the formatting errors, resulting in a ‘clean’ EPUB suitable for display on an eReader device.
I am having trouble locating such a statistic.” Why is it so difficult to find this information, you ask? Complexity Source file word spacingparagraph delineationhyphensemphasisspecial characters. Conversion software Cleanup Review. Yahoo appoints new CEO, chairman. Yahoo announced on Sunday that it has replaced CEO Scott Thompson, who had been embroiled in a public relations maelstrom following revelations that his resume was padded, with Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO. Fred Amoroso also replaces Roy Bostock, who has stepped down from his role as non-executive chairman. The Web company released a statement on Sunday saying that Thompson had "left the company" and will be replaced by former global media chief Levinsohn effective immediately.
He will manage the company's day-to-day operations with assistance from Yahoo's existing senior leadership team, it stated. Former PayPal president Thompson, who had only been appointed in January, had seen his resume scrutinized in the past fortnight, following news that he did not actually receive a computer science degree at Stonehill College as was claimed on his Yahoo biography. Guinness World Records' geriatric fitness phenoms Pictures.
Ga. student fights to survive flesh-eating bacterial infection Pictures. Man dies while getting lap dances | Ad Rem Press. Robert Gene dies of natural cause A 67 year old man died of natural causes while getting lap dances at a Texas strip club on Friday night it has been revealed. Robert Gene got multiple lap dances during his time at the Red Parrot in El Paso, however according to KVIA when the time came to pay the employees at the strip club found him to be unresponsive. Meanwhile KTSM reported that while being entertained Gene suffered from a heart attack, which the strippers failed to notice. No signs of foul play El Paso Sherriff deputies confirmed that so far there had been no signs of foul play however the investigation into the death was still underway. Like this: Like Loading... Rudy Eugene, Fla. "face-chewer," called "quiet boy" by former neighbor - Crimesider. Police in Florida have identified the naked man who they say officers fatally shot after he refused to stop eating another naked man's face on a downtown Miami highway ramp.
The man's name is Rudy Eugene. Above: Rudy Eugene (undated mugshot) (CBS/WFOR/AP) MIAMI - Miami police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the bizarre scene of a naked man biting the face of another nearly naked man on Saturday to come forward, reports CBS Miami. Pictures: Fla. police identify "face-eating" naked man An officer came across the men on the MacArthur Causeway shortly after 2 p.m., when police responded to a 911 call about two naked men fighting on a bike path near the Miami Herald building. The officer tried to stop the fight and ordered the assailant to stop chewing on the other man's face. Eugene's victim, who has not been identified, is in critical condition at a hospital. Eugene is believed to have been homeless. "The only thing I remember was he was a quiet boy," said Micheline Barret. What are the most dangerous websites?
(MoneyWatch) Security software company Symantec (SYMC) has released its Internet Security Threat report for 2011, and it is packed with interesting information about the relative risks of online activity. Perhaps the most fascinating part of the report is in the review of malicious code trends, which lists the 10 most dangerous categories of Websites. These categories of sites don't reflect the total number of infected sites; rather, they represent the kind of sites that tend to be the most infected per URL. Here they are in order of danger: Blogs and Web communicationsHosting and personal hosted sites Business and economy Education and referenceTechnology Entertainment and musicAutomotiveHealth and medicinePorn According to Symantec, 20 percent of all blog and Web communication sites are infected with malicious code, 15 percent of hosting sites are infected, and 10 percent of business and economy sites.
Surprisingly, a mere 2 percent of pornographic sites are infected. The new rules on dressing for success - Sales Machine. I have a number of super-successful Silicon Valley clients who dress in ripped denim, Vans shoes and t-shirts. They are worth hundreds of millions, even more, but it's a status symbol to dress like you're homeless to attend board meetings.Conversely, I have worked with trash-hauling company executives who dress in suits and ties every day of the week.
And this contrast shows the dramatic shift that has occurred in business attire in recent years, as each industry has developed its own rules. So how do you learn the rules? Back in the early 1990s, as a young exec, I read Dress for Success by John T. Molloy. It gave me a clear understanding of how to dress to impress. But the "business casual" dress movement has turned all of that book's ideas into quaint nostalgia.
My daughters will confirm that I am not a fashion plate, but I do have some simple rules for successful dressing if you are in sales. Know your prospect's uniform. Dress one step up. If your prospect is in denim, you wear khaki. Facebook Goes Public. John Paulson Makes Macau Investment in MGM China Hong Kong IPO (MGM) John Paulson is making an investment of $75 million in the initial public offering of MGM Resorts International's (NYSE: MGM [FREE Stock Trend Analysis] ) MGM China casino operation. The venture, which is co-owed by MGM Resorts and Hong Kong businesswoman Pansy Ho, has received just shy of $200 million from four large investors - including Paulson.
Naturally, dealmaker Kirk Kerkorian is investing $50 million through his private holding company, Trancinda Corp. Macau is a gaming and tourist attraction in China that generates nearly four times the annual revenue of Las Vegas. Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN ) has announced its push to double down in Macau. "It will result in us controlling one of the finest – and certainly the fastest-growing assets – in our portfolio post-IPO when we own 51 percent of MGM China. MGM Resorts said MGM Macau's first quarter operating income of $126 million was a record, and up 158% year-over-year. © 2014 Benzinga.com.
Stock Market Quotes, Business News, Financial News, Trading Ideas, and Stock Research by Professionals. EberstadtAEIDevelopmentPolicyWorkingPaperFINAL.pdf (application/pdf Object) Ramesh Ponnuru: Articles & Columns. China’s Population Crash Could Upend U.S. Policy. It isn’t quite true that demography is destiny. But if Nicholas Eberstadt is right, our destiny is going to be shaped by demography in ways we may not expect. Eberstadt studies demographics for the American Enterprise Institute, and makes projections in full awareness that the field has gotten the future wrong before. In the 20th century, the global population increased almost fourfold, to 6.1 billion from 1.6 billion. “Nothing like this magnitude or tempo of population change had ever previously been witnessed in the history of our species,” he has written.
It was reasonable to fear, as many people did during that period, that the result would be mass famines. Instead, the world saw rising prosperity. Today’s most important population trend is falling birthrates. A Few Predictions In the U.S., we are accustomed to thinking about how this trend affects the welfare state: Longer lives and fewer children make it harder to finance retirement programs.
China’s Challenges. Google's Long-Awaited iPad-Killer Finally Revealed? The first Google-branded tablet is reportedly on its way, and it's coming from a very familiar manufacturer. DigiTimes, everyone's favorite source for inflated Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) rumors, is reporting that the Android maker has teamed up with Asus to produce a seven-inch "tablet PC" that will ship in July (via AppleInsider).
DigiTimes' sources -- from the "upstream supply chain," of course -- claim that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will ship 600,000 units at launch. Whether or not these units will be allocated to one nation or several, no one knows. According to DigiTimes, Google originally planned to release its first branded tablet in the month of May, "but design and costs did not reach its expectations, and the product was delayed to July for some minor adjustments. " Let's Hope This Report is False DigiTimes' report makes it sound as if Google is going to release a generic touch screen device that will do nothing to excite the masses. Follow me @LouisBedigianBZ. Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg drops off world's 40 richest people list. NASA flooded with 400 ideas to explore Mars - Technology & science - Space - Space.com.
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