China said Friday it will not consider mandatory cuts on greenhouse gases, saying the United States and other industrialized countries should take the lead in fighting climate change by embracing a less- extravagant lifestyle.p>
As any readers of the comic strip Zits knows, text messages are the bane of parents of teenagers. However, it's also increased the amount of repetitive stress injuries people get (in their thumbs anyway), created new (and lame) ways of firing people, and even contributed to fatal accidents. At any rate, the SMS or text message celebrated its 15th anniversary earlier this week.
DNA Direct, a privately-held company located in San Francisco, is offering a way for you to save and store your DNA at home for any possible emergencies. You know, paternity tests and the like.
All right, now that I have your attention, I'll be more specific. First of all, if you don't know what a NAS is, it's network-attached storage: a file server for your network. It makes it easy to share files across your network. And the 1 TB WD My Book World Edition doesn't block all file sharing, just multimedia files. But that's what a lot of people want a NAS for, right? Humorously (or more likely, misleadingly), the description for the product says "Network Storage System for Remote Access and Sharing."
Japanese scientists have developed a technique that allows transplanted bone marrow cells containing adult stem cells to help regenerate damaged nerves.
VIRTUALLY POSSIBLE: Within five years, the computing capability required to render virtually realistic organs and soft tissue will far surpass the technology available today to surgeons.
Circumcision is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed on males. Opponents argue that infant circumcision can cause both physical and psychological harm, while recent evidence shows that circumcision is medically beneficial. Two doctors debated the issue in this week's BMJ.
Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been found in a 500,000-year-old human fossil from Turkey.
