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Saturday, September 4

  • Boulder, Colo., named brainiest U.S. city  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 09/04) NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Boulder, Colo., tops the list of America's brainiest cities; followed by Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.; Washington; Boston and Trenton, N.J., an analysis found.
  • Summit: Pain treatment as a human right  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 09/04) MONTREAL, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Eighty percent of people with chronic pain do not get relief and there are those want pain treatment to be a human right, an Australian pain expert says.
  • EMS safety perceptions vary widely  (UPI / 12:34AM CDT on 09/04) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Safety perceptions among U.S. and Canadian emergency medical services agencies vary widely, researchers found.
  • Guidelines for insomnia, sleep disorders  (UPI / 12:34AM CDT on 09/04) LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The British Association for Psychopharmacology has created guidelines to help psychiatrists and physicians treat those with sleep problems, researchers say.
  • Hair proves stress, heart attack linked  (UPI / 12:04AM CDT on 09/04) LONDON, Ontario, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Human hair shows chronic stresses -- including job, marital and financial -- play an important role in heart attacks, researchers in Canada say.

    Friday, September 3

  • Lower surgery risk for Crohn's disease  (UPI / 10:54PM CDT on 09/03) PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The risk of bowel surgery for Crohn's disease in children is lower than previously reported, a U.S. physician says.
  • Study: Inner-city violence adds to asthma  (UPI / 9:44PM CDT on 09/03) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Those exposed to violence in the inner city are more likely to need asthma treatment, U.S. researchers said.
  • Medical pot a dilemma for nurses, staff  (UPI / 8:54PM CDT on 09/03) BRIGHTON, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Any drug use, including medical marijuana, should be put into patients' medical records but British researchers say there is a lot of reluctance to do so.
  • New technique could help ozone layer  (UPI / 8:04PM CDT on 09/03) NORWICH, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A new way to measure atmospheric gases could track down sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of Earth's ozone layer, European researchers say.
  • Intact Roman lantern discovered in Britain  (UPI / 7:54PM CDT on 09/03) IPSWICH, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A British man using a metal detector has found what is thought to be the only intact Roman bass lantern ever found in Britain, authorities say.
  • Osteoporosis drug linked to cancer  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 09/03) OXFORD, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Long-term use of oral bisphosphonates -- used to prevent bone loss -- may double the risk of developing esophageal cancer, researchers in Britain say.
  • Mars life may have been missed years ago  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 09/03) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New analysis of data sent from Mars 34 years ago showing there was no organic material on the planet suggests maybe there was after all, U.S. scientists say.
  • Chemical basis for first life theorized  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 09/03) ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The start of life on Earth presents a paradox, scientists say: How did amino acids arise before there were biological catalysts needed to build them?
  • Path of giant iceberg tracked from space  (UPI / 6:24PM CDT on 09/03) PARIS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Scientists say a European satellite has been tracking an iceberg, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, that cracked from the Greenland ice sheet Aug. 4.
  • Farmland comes at expense of forests  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 09/03) PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- More than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics since 1980 has come from felling forests, which drives global warming, researchers say.
  • Widow gored by bull  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 09/03) NORTHHAMPTON, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- An elderly churchwarden was killed when a bull she was herding on her rural English farm broke loose and knocked her to the ground, a villager said.
  • Lasers could protect helicopters from harm  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 09/03) ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A new laser technology could protect helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles, University of Michigan researchers say.
  • Cambodian vultures defying extinction  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 09/03) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Vultures in Cambodia are increasing in number, making it the only country in Asia with an increasing population of the scavengers, researchers say.
  • Hepatitis drug passes first trial step  (UPI / 5:34PM CDT on 09/03) CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Researchers say they've completed the first trials of a drug to treat infections caused by the Hepatitis C virus that affects 170 million people worldwide.
  • Toxic bacteria present in Greek lake  (UPI / 3:05PM CDT on 09/03) ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A type of bacteria that can present a toxic threat exists in the waters of a lake in northern Greece, scientists say.
  • World's oldest 'drinkable' beer salvaged  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 09/03) HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Divers have discovered what is being called the world's oldest beer in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea east of Stockholm, researchers say.
  • Tanker grounded in Northwest Passage  (UPI / 2:14PM CDT on 09/03) ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- There appears to be no danger of spilled oil from a Canadian tanker grounded on a sandbar in the Northwest Passage, officials say.
  • Russia expects U.S. to approve arms treaty  (UPI / 1:54PM CDT on 09/03) MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Russian officials say they expect the United States to ratify a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of this year.
  • NASA plans close encounter with the sun  (UPI / 1:54PM CDT on 09/03) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- NASA has started development of Solar Probe Plus, a mission to study the sun more closely than ever before, with a target launch date of 2018, the agency says.
  • Woman fears police will use nude pix  (UPI / 1:35PM CDT on 09/03) ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- An Illinois woman police say is a suspect in a car vandalism case says she fears what officers will do with the nude pictures on her confiscated cellphone.
  • China covered up cooking oil contamination  (UPI / 1:24PM CDT on 09/03) BEIJING, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Authorities in China allegedly covered up the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in cooking oil for five months, an Internet watchdog site said.
  • Smuggler of 95 snakes pleads guilty  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 09/03) SEPANG, Malaysia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A man caught at a Malaysian airport with 95 boa constrictors in his luggage pleaded guilty to exporting without a permit, court officials said.
  • Japan imposes additional Iran sanctions  (UPI / 12:24PM CDT on 09/03) TOKYO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Japan's announcement that it has imposed additional sanctions on Iran over its nuclear policies is a welcome action, U.S. officials say.
  • Source of Legionnaires' outbreak found  (UPI / 9:54AM CDT on 09/03) MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A water-cooling tower was the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, a military spokesman said.
  • Bears killed after home intrusion  (UPI / 7:34AM CDT on 09/03) COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A mother bear and two cubs were killed after they broke into a Colorado Springs home, wildlife officials said.

    Thursday, September 2

  • Sleep lack, mental stress in ages 17-24  (UPI / 11:05PM CDT on 09/02) SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers in Australia say they have found a link between shorter sleep times and higher risk of mental distress in young adults.
  • Dementia and PTSD may be linked  (UPI / 10:44PM CDT on 09/02) HOUSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder have a greater risk for dementia than veterans, who didn't have PTSD, researchers say.
  • Asteroid survey gathers mixed bag  (UPI / 9:44PM CDT on 09/02) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A survey of near-Earth asteroids shows they come in a far wider variety of shapes, sizes and surfaces than previously thought, U.S. researchers say.
  • MD: No antibiotic for chronic Lyme disease  (UPI / 9:44PM CDT on 09/02) FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor says he is against using antibiotics long-term or intravenously for chronic Lyme disease.
  • It's 'lights out' in N.Y. -- for the birds  (UPI / 9:34PM CDT on 09/02) NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An increasing number of New York skyscrapers are turning their lights off at night -- not to save energy but to save birds' lives, officials say.
  • Nanostructure stores gas -- and is edible  (UPI / 9:24PM CDT on 09/02) EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered a class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food or medical technologies -- oh, and they're edible.
  • Diabetes drug may have cancer uses  (UPI / 8:44PM CDT on 09/02) HOUSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An ancient herbal remedy whose active ingredient is the main constituent of a modern diabetes drug may help combat cancer, two U.S. studies show.
  • Computers predicted Gulf oil movement  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 09/02) SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Scientists in California say they were successful in predicting the spread of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill and when and where it would wash ashore.
  • Tiniest creatures defend trees  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 09/02) GAINSVILLE, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers say one of Africa's smallest creatures -- the ant -- is up to the job of protecting trees from one of the continent's largest animals -- elephants.
  • Poland supports lifting visa restrictions  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 09/02) WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Poland will support a plan to scrap the visa requirement for travel between Russia and the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
  • Vancouver bans smoking in public outdoors  (UPI / 7:24PM CDT on 09/02) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A new smoking law in Vancouver, Canada, bans lighting up in 244 parks and various other outdoor public places, but not everyone is complying.
  • Evidence of ancient antibiotic use found  (UPI / 6:24PM CDT on 09/02) ATLANTA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The making of antibiotics, officially dated to 1928 and the discovery of penicillin, was common practice more than 1,400 years ago, U.S. researchers say.
  • Myster of star's cloud of water solved  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 09/02) PARIS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A distant dying star surrounded by water is using an unexpected ingredient -- ultraviolet starlight -- to create it, European scientists say.
  • Scientists study Earthly 'flip-flop'  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 09/02) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Scientists studying rocks in Nevada say they've found evidence that Earth's magnetic field can reverse or "flip-flop" more rapidly than previously believed.
  • Gulf platform fire out  (UPI / 4:44PM CDT on 09/02) HOUMA, La., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A fire aboard a Gulf of Mexico oil platform Thursday has been extinguished and no oil spilled as a result, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
  • 'Ice' technique could keeps eggs safe  (UPI / 4:24PM CDT on 09/02) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- With millions of eggs recalled in the United States for possible salmonella contamination, a way to create ice within shells shows promise, researchers say.
  • Rev. plans cellphone blessing  (UPI / 4:14PM CDT on 09/02) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian Anglican reverend is asking parishioners to bring in their cellphones and other technological gadgets to receive a special blessing.
  • 'Sleepwalking' rapist gets 2 years  (UPI / 3:54PM CDT on 09/02) HAPARANDA, Sweden, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A 35-year-old man was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail for raping a sleeping woman at a party, despite claims he was sleepwalking.
  • Researchers seek 'humor' from computers  (UPI / 3:44PM CDT on 09/02) EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An Illinois researcher says his team's controversial government-funded "machine-generated humor" project is a serious attempt to model "human cognitive skills."
  • Fla. man detained for cutting dead whale  (UPI / 3:34PM CDT on 09/02) DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A man was detained and questioned in Florida after he was observed mutilating a dead whale on a beach, conservation officials said.
  • School performance linked to gene variants  (UPI / 3:05PM CDT on 09/02) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Academic performance in adolescents will suffer if their DNA contains one or more of specific dopamine gene variations, a U.S. study says.
  • Pandas still at risk despite 'baby boom'  (UPI / 2:44PM CDT on 09/02) BEIJING, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Despite a panda "baby boom" in China zoos, giant pandas remain an endangered species, researchers say.
  • FDA urged to pull diet drug from shelves  (UPI / 1:54PM CDT on 09/02) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is being urged to take a diet drug off the market because it allegedly raises the risk of heart attack, officials said.
  • Zoo apologizes for snake escape  (UPI / 1:54PM CDT on 09/02) ATLANTA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Zoo has apologized to a couple who killed an escaped tiger rattlesnake on their porch after finding it 4 feet from their toddler son.
  • Gulf crews set to lift blowout preventer  (UPI / 10:14AM CDT on 09/02) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Engineers said they hoped to have the blowout preventer that malfunctioned in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill hoisted to a recovery ship by Sunday.
  • Heart attacks rise among Italian women  (UPI / 12:14AM CDT on 09/02) BRINDISI, Italy, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The heart attack rate among young women rose in Italy by almost 30 percent from 2001 and 2005, researchers say.

    Wednesday, September 1

  • Explosives to be used to kill whale  (UPI / 11:44PM CDT on 09/01) ALBANY, Australia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Australian authorities said they expected to use explosive charges to euthanize a beached whale off the south coast of Australia.
  • Selenium may decrease bladder cancer risk  (UPI / 11:24PM CDT on 09/01) MADRID, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A meta-analysis by researchers in Spain indicates selenium may help decrease bladder cancer risk.
  • Smallpox-related disease thriving  (UPI / 10:05PM CDT on 09/01) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Elimination of the smallpox vaccine in 1980 because the disease had ended has allowed a related virus -- human monkeypox -- to thrive, U.S. researchers say.
  • Veggie variety may lessen lung risk  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 09/01) UTRECHT, Netherlands, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Quitting smoking is the best way to prevent lung cancer but eating a variety of vegetables may help decrease lung cancer risk, Dutch researchers say.
  • HIV test a routine part of NYC healthcare  (UPI / 8:24PM CDT on 09/01) NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New York residents should expect to be routinely offered a voluntary HIV test when receiving healthcare, health officials say.
  • More CO2 means more poison ivy  (UPI / 8:14PM CDT on 09/01) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may threaten climate change and be bad news for humans but poison ivy likes it, U.S. researchers say.
  • Men who don't sleep may die sooner  (UPI / 8:14PM CDT on 09/01) HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Men who complain of chronic insomnia and who sleep less than 6 hours a night have an increased risk of dying, U.S. researchers say.
  • Geothermal power gaining attention  (UPI / 7:54PM CDT on 09/01) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The heat in the upper six miles of Earth's crust contains many times the energy found in all the world's oil and gas reserves combined, experts say.
  • Italian electric car to go on sale in U.K.  (UPI / 7:05PM CDT on 09/01) LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A British retailer of electric vehicles says it will start selling an Italian-made two-seat electric car in its showrooms this month.
  • More sleep leads to more teen weight loss  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 09/01) BOSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor suggests teens wishing to lose weight consider getting enough sleep -- 8 hours or more a night.
  • Bacteria could make self-healing concrete  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 09/01) DELFT, Netherlands, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Concrete might heal its own hairline fractures -- as living bone does -- if bacteria are added to the wet concrete during mixing, European researchers say.
  • Micro-plane can do autonomous surveys  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 09/01) PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An inexpensive unmanned aircraft system developed with the European Space Agency can provide quick monitoring of land areas or disaster zones, researchers say.
  • Snail mail beats telephones in home survey  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 09/01) DALLAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A letter with a stamp -- old fashioned "snail mail" -- may help officials struggling to stop overfishing of U.S. coastal waters, researchers say.
  • China corners world 'rare earth' supply  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 09/01) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- China's monopoly on elements used in computer disc drives, electric cars, military weapons and other key products could mean a crisis for the West, experts say.
  • Deicing of roads making city streams toxic  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 09/01) MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Using salt to deice city pavements can make city streams toxic to aquatic life, a government study of winter runoff in northern U.S. cities says.
  • New genetic map will help in disease hunt  (UPI / 4:34PM CDT on 09/01) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A new map of human genetic variations will help researchers in studies aimed at finding genetic variants associated with complex diseases, U.S. scientists say.
  • NASA says new satellite ready for service  (UPI / 4:24PM CDT on 09/01) GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say their newest weather and solar satellite has completed testing and is entering service.
  • What to do to start the school year right  (UPI / 4:24PM CDT on 09/01) RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Before children start school, a U.S. doctor says they should get an eye exam, a dental cleaning and get the recommended immunizations.
  • Scientists create 'smarter' materials  (UPI / 3:54PM CDT on 09/01) WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New "smart materials" could revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products ranging from medical devices to automotive components, Canadian researchers say.
  • NASA spots ninth system of busy storm year  (UPI / 3:05PM CDT on 09/01) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- NASA says its Aqua satellite has captured the birth of the ninth tropical depression of a busy Atlantic storm year, trailing east of Tropical Storm Fiona.
  • BP, La. companies in pay dispute  (UPI / 2:34PM CDT on 09/01) NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Several Louisiana companies supporting the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response say they've not been paid by BP and threaten to stop work until they are.
  • Virginia restoring crashed state computers  (UPI / 2:34PM CDT on 09/01) RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A Virginia state government computer system remained crashed for an eighth day Wednesday, state IT officials said.
  • Some schools ban breast cancer bracelets  (UPI / 1:44PM CDT on 09/01) CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- School districts in at least five states have banned bracelets meant to raise awareness of and money for breast cancer.
  • Legionnaires outbreak points to Fla. hotel  (UPI / 12:54PM CDT on 09/01) MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A faulty water system at a Miami luxury hotel probably caused an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease that killed an English tourist last year, officials said.
  • Wildfires contained in sourthern France  (UPI / 11:05AM CDT on 09/01) MARSEILLE, France, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of acres of forests have been destroyed by wildfires in France that also burned houses and cars, authorities said.
  • Lawmakers reject plastic bag ban  (UPI / 7:34AM CDT on 09/01) SACRAMENTO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The California Grocers Association denounced lawmakers Wednesday for failing to approve a measure banning single-use plastic grocery bags.
  • Most disadvantaged, African-American men  (UPI / 1:04AM CDT on 09/01) CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The most needy and least helped of the U.S. disadvantaged are most likely to be African-American men, researchers suggest.

    Tuesday, August 31

  • Heart drug may prevent cocaine relapse  (UPI / 9:14PM CDT on 08/31) ATLANTA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston completed a Phase I safety trial studying a heart failure drug for treatment of cocaine, researchers say.
  • Gas mileage could triple with 'evolution'  (UPI / 7:04PM CDT on 08/31) ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Cars could get triple current fuel economy figures by 2035 if U.S. drivers will accept smart technology over pure horsepower, a researcher says.
  • Study: Marine life at risk in CO2 rise  (UPI / 7:04PM CDT on 08/31) PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A "natural laboratory" in the Mediterranean revealing effects of carbon dioxide levels in oceans paints a bleak picture for future marine life, researchers say.
  • NASA tests prospective launch motor  (UPI / 7:04PM CDT on 08/31) BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- NASA says it has successfully tested the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor that could be used for future U.S. heavy lift launch vehicles.
  • Giuliani to move trash for shoplifting  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/31) NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A judge Tuesday ordered former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's daughter to do community service for her shoplifting attempt earlier this month.
  • Human impact on a food source unexpected  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 08/31) RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Human impact on a shellfish consumed in the Pacific for thousands of years may have caused the species to actually increase in size, U.S. researchers say.
  • Salt is a four-letter word, expert says  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 08/31) DALLAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The average U.S. adult eats about 1.5 teaspoons of salt a day, more than twice the recommended amount, a U.S. professor of clinical nutrition says.
  • Silicone oil may help treat eye cancer  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/31) AURORA, Colo., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Silicone oil applied inside the eye can block up to 55 percent of harmful radiation to prevent blindness in patients with eye cancer, a U.S. researcher says.
  • Canadian student finds 19 new bee species  (UPI / 5:24PM CDT on 08/31) TORONTO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A Canadian doctoral student has identified 19 new species of bees, including one in downtown Toronto close to his research lab, researchers say.
  • Camera 'traps' track world biodiversity  (UPI / 5:24PM CDT on 08/31) LONDON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.K. scientists have developed a method to monitor rare and endangered species over large landscapes -- and it's as easy as clicking a camera shutter, they say.
  • AARP warns of 'doughnut hole' check scams  (UPI / 5:14PM CDT on 08/31) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. seniors in Medicare Part D get their $250 "doughnut hole" checks in the mail, and people who say they can help get the checks are scammers, AARP warns.
  • Students help end satellite mission  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/31) BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Colorado students took part in an unusual decommissioning of a satellite, bringing the craft into Earth re-entry to burn up in the atmosphere, scientists say.
  • Largest neutrino observatory readied  (UPI / 4:35PM CDT on 08/31) COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- After two decades of planning and construction, the world's largest neutrino observatory, beneath arctic ice, will open in December, scientists say.
  • Ground features affect bird flight paths  (UPI / 4:35PM CDT on 08/31) COLUMBIA, Mo., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- "Free as a bird" may not be as free as it sounds, researchers say, as a study suggest what's on the ground greatly affects where birds fly.
  • Stinkbugs descend on eastern U.S.  (UPI / 3:04PM CDT on 08/31) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Stinkbugs, known for emitting a foul odor when disturbed, are in Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- and may be preparing to settle in for the winter, experts say.
  • Universal, Disney report ride injuries  (UPI / 2:54PM CDT on 08/31) ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Roller coasters at two theme parks in Orlando, Fla., reported multiple rider injuries during the second quarter of 2010, reports indicate.
  • Castro talks about his medical crisis  (UPI / 2:34PM CDT on 08/31) HAVANA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he "came to be dead" during his health crisis four years ago and hoped "for the world to stop."
  • Healthcare workers should get flu vaccine  (UPI / 2:34PM CDT on 08/31) ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility, a U.S. group of physicians and infection preventionists says.
  • New heart-failure treatment employed  (UPI / 12:34PM CDT on 08/31) HOUSTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A new method to treat heart failure is being tried with a device implanted to electrically stimulate parts of a patient's spinal cord, Texas doctors say.
  • Quest for more computer memory ongoing  (UPI / 12:24PM CDT on 08/31) NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say new technologies may bypass barriers to the miniaturization of computer memory, vital to the consumer electronics revolution.
  • Dress doubles as cellphone  (UPI / 11:24AM CDT on 08/31) LONDON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A London fashion company said it has developed a dress that doubles as a cellphone using gesture recognition software.
  • North Korea wants resumption of nuke talks  (UPI / 9:34AM CDT on 08/31) BEIJING, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The leaders of China and North Korea say they have agreed to seek an early resumption of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program.
  • Obama ready to ease technology export regs  (UPI / 9:05AM CDT on 08/31) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Obama administration is ready to ease rules on exporting sensitive U.S. military products and other technology, administration officials said.
  • Drilling begins to free trapped miners  (UPI / 6:54AM CDT on 08/31) SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Crews have begun the task of drilling through more than 2,300 feet of rock to rescue 33 men trapped since Aug. 5 in a Chilean mine, government officials say.
  • Other butters may replace peanut butter  (UPI / 6:44AM CDT on 08/31) DALLAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Some U.S. schools are banning peanuts and peanut butter from school lunches but a Dallas nutrition expert says other nut butters can be used as substitutes.
  • Vitamin D aids cystic fibrosis patients  (UPI / 12:54AM CDT on 08/31) PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say vitamin D may help treat and prevent allergic reaction to mold in cystic fibrosis patients.
  • Smoking may increase depression in teens  (UPI / 12:44AM CDT on 08/31) TORONTO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Teens may smoke to "self-medicate" against depression but researchers in Canada say smoking may increase depressive symptoms in some adolescents.
  • Canadian teens have more freedom  (UPI / 12:34AM CDT on 08/31) MONTREAL, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Canadian teenagers have more freedom than French or Italian peers and their parents are the most tolerant, researchers in Canada, France and Italy say.

    Monday, August 30

  • Broccoli may curb Crohn's progression  (UPI / 11:14PM CDT on 08/30) LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Fibers from broccoli and plantain may help curb development of Crohn's disease, researchers in Britain suggest.
  • Intel takes new tack in expanding to mobile devices  (AP / Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. / 10:34PM CDT on 08/30) Aug. 30--With two of the biggest deals in its history -- including one announced Sunday night -- Intel is taking a new tack in trying to get its chips in mobile gadgets.
  • Supplement may boost athletic endurance  (UPI / 9:34PM CDT on 08/30) EXETER, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A supplement that increases nitric oxide can increase athletic endurance, British researchers have learned.
  • Groups want whale meat health ban  (UPI / 9:24PM CDT on 08/30) UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Anti-whaling groups say they want the World Health Organization to act on possible health hazards of eating whale meat.
  • Sad mothers may have small babies  (UPI / 9:24PM CDT on 08/30) STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden and Bangladesh have linked depression and anxiety during pregnancy to low birth weight.
  • Group wants protection for SoCal squirrel  (UPI / 8:54PM CDT on 08/30) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Environmentalists say they want the San Bernardino flying squirrel, a nocturnal glider native to Southern California mountains, listed as an endangered species.
  • China boosts, boasts hydroelectric power  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 08/30) BEIJING, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- China, whose latest hydropower station came on line last week, has laid claim to having the world's largest hydropower capacity, authorities said.
  • Review: EU falling down on environment  (UPI / 8:24PM CDT on 08/30) BRUSSELS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The European Union has earned a failing grade on its environmental commitments in almost all areas, recent officials studies say.
  • Breastfeeding may help prevent diabetes  (UPI / 7:44PM CDT on 08/30) PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says mothers who don't breastfeed their children may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, than mothers who do breastfeed.
  • Gentler method of dolphin study described  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 08/30) BALTIMORE, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have demonstrated a kinder, gentler way of collecting dolphin DNA for scientific study, scientists say.
  • Dry weather reveals ancient British sites  (UPI / 7:24PM CDT on 08/30) LONDON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Long-hidden buried archaeological sites in Britain, not visible for more than 30 years, have been spotted by their distinctive "cropmarks," researchers say.
  • Horseshoe crabs suffer with climate change  (UPI / 7:14PM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Horseshoe crab population decline is being blamed on climate change and compared to similar declines at the end of the last Ice Age, U.S. scientists say.
  • Study: Oil sands mining polluting river  (UPI / 7:05PM CDT on 08/30) CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Oil sands mining in Canada is polluting the Athabasca River with metals known to be toxic at even low concentrations, a team of university researchers says.
  • Ancient 'relic' coral reef studied  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The remains of an ancient and extensive coral reef in the southern Pacific Ocean, the southernmost of any existing reef, have been discovered, researchers say.
  • Food fight! Tomatoes thrown for charity  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 08/30) RENO, Nev., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An estimated 2,500 people pelted each other with ammunition from a pile of 150,000 ripe tomatoes in a food fight for charity, observers in Reno, Nev., said.
  • Signs of ancient feasting uncovered  (UPI / 6:24PM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Communal feasting on significant occasions goes back in human history at least 12,000 years, say researchers investigating an ancient burial site in Israel.
  • New fossil field found in Canadian Rockies  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/30) FIELD, British Columbia, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A fossil bed in Canada, one of paleontology's most revered locations, now has a neighbor yielding up newly discovered ancient treasures, researchers say.
  • Shark attack less likely than lightning  (UPI / 5:24PM CDT on 08/30) COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Shark attacks, though they catch the public's attention, are rare and less likely than being hit and killed by lightning, experts say.
  • N. Korea entities, individuals targeted  (UPI / 4:24PM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Two U.S. agencies Monday designated five North Korean entities and three individuals as supporters of that country's weapons of mass destruction program.
  • Scientists ponder dolphin mystery  (UPI / 2:14PM CDT on 08/30) VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they are puzzled why dolphins, which normally stay in offshore waters, are showing up close to shore and in inlets on Vancouver Island.
  • Python found in Ohio park  (UPI / 1:34PM CDT on 08/30) NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Visitors to an Ohio park said they were shocked to discover a 6-to-7-foot python sunning itself in a picnic area.
  • Mother cat adopts squirrel  (UPI / 1:24PM CDT on 08/30) WILMOT, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An Ohio woman said her cat has adopted a baby squirrel as one of its litter of kittens, but experts said the experience may not end well for the squirrel.
  • Tiger's escape triggered by sneaky ape  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 08/30) MIAMI, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Visitors at Jungle Island in Miami won't be able to see two Bengal tigers while the zoo tries to determine how one leaped over his pen's fence, officials said.
  • Peacock returns to Ohio town  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 08/30) NEW RICHMOND, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The mayor of New Richmond, Ohio, says a peacock that disappeared about a week ago is back.
  • Zoo rhino set to give historic birth  (UPI / 1:04PM CDT on 08/30) CINCINNATI, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A female rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo will make history by giving birth to the first Indian rhino calf conceived by artificial insemination, zoo officials say.
  • Nuclear deal with U.S. advances in India  (UPI / 1:04PM CDT on 08/30) NEW DELHI, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A crucial piece of India's nuclear pact with the United States cleared Parliament Monday.
  • Florida coral reefs damaged by cold water  (UPI / 12:24PM CDT on 08/30) PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A rare series of cold-water upwellings from the deep ocean has severely damaged coral reefs in Florida already stressed by pollution, scientists say.
  • High seas delay planned BP well-sealing  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- High seas churning in the Gulf of Mexico delayed the start of an operation to replace the blowout preventer on the crippled BP well, the company said Monday.
  • Agent Orange disabilities expanded  (UPI / 11:44AM CDT on 08/30) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An expansion of the list of disabilities linked to Agent Orange exposure among U.S. Vietnam veterans is creating controversy, observers say.
  • Intel to buy Infineon's wireless division  (UPI / 11:05AM CDT on 08/30) SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. microchip giant Intel said Monday it would purchase European chip maker Infineon's wireless product division for $1.4 billion.
  • Deep water drilling issues a concern  (UPI / 7:44AM CDT on 08/30) NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The technology to drill for oil deep underwater is developing faster than the expertise needed to deal with the risks of another blowout, some fear.
  • Egyptian nuke experts to train in Moscow  (UPI / 7:34AM CDT on 08/30) CAIRO, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A group of Egyptian nuclear technicians will travel to Russia to undergo training, sources at Egypt's Ministry of Electricity and Energy said.
  • Quick testing developed for Down syndrome  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 08/30) TUCSON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A new battery of tests taking only 2 hours can assess the best drug and behavioral help for children with Down syndrome, U.S. researchers say.

    Sunday, August 29

  • Baboons plague South Africa wine country  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/29) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The wine country around Cape Town has become used to throngs of tipsy tourists, but baboons are driving vintners crazy, South African officials say.
  • Oil slick spotted off California  (UPI / 5:54PM CDT on 08/29) SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guard officials said they were trying to find the source of a reported 15-mile-long oil slick stretching from Southern California to Mexico.
  • Obama: 'New Orleans is coming back'  (UPI / 3:24PM CDT on 08/29) NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama, marking five years since Hurricane Katrina Sunday, told a crowd at Xavier University of Louisiana, "New Orleans is coming back."
  • Rare raptor in Ohio comeback  (UPI / 3:05PM CDT on 08/29) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Ohio birdwatchers have discovered the nest of a rare Mississippi kite raptor, proving the birds are returning to a former habitat, researchers say.
  • Island importing drinking water  (UPI / 3:05PM CDT on 08/29) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Lake Erie island popular with U.S. tourists is importing drinking water after recent algae blooms in the lake reduced its water plant's output, officials say.
  • China and Russia to protect big cats  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/29) BEIJING, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Russian and Chinese officials have agreed to set up a wildlife reserve to save endangered Siberian tigers and Amur leopards.
  • Passenger death forces landing at Denver  (UPI / 11:35AM CDT on 08/29) DENVER, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas-Milwaukee flight had to land in Denver when a passenger died of a heart attack on board, a Denver International Airport spokeswoman said.
  • Pa. firm recalls 8,500 lbs. of beef  (UPI / 12:14AM CDT on 08/29) WYALUSING, Pa., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania company is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26, federal officials said Saturday.

    Saturday, August 28

  • BP to replace failed preventer  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 08/28) NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Thad Allen, incident commander for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, said BP would try to replace the failed preventer at the deep water well this weekend.
  • Man gets new kidney in transplant 'chain'  (UPI / 4:04PM CDT on 08/28) SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- San Diego doctors say a patient awaiting a kidney transplant has a new organ after his wife donated hers -- but to a stranger, not to her husband.
  • Death toll rises in Pakistan floods  (UPI / 12:05PM CDT on 08/28) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Nearly 1,700 people have died in flooding that has destroyed more than 1.2 million homes, leaving millions homeless in Pakistan, officials say.
  • New Russian space center planned  (UPI / 12:05PM CDT on 08/28) VOSTOCHNY, Russia, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Construction of a new space center is one of modern Russia's biggest and most ambitious projects, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says.
  • Oklahoma man gets double hand transplant  (UPI / 11:54AM CDT on 08/28) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma man has received a double hand transplant in an operation lasting more than 17 hours, hospital officials say.
  • U.S. analyst charged with leaking report  (UPI / 11:44AM CDT on 08/28) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a U.S. State Department analyst are downplaying charges their client leaked top secret information to the news media.
  • Weather ripe for new Idaho lightning fires  (UPI / 11:24AM CDT on 08/28) POCOTELLO, Idaho, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Weather forecasters say blustery winds and lightning will likely cause new wildfires in Idaho Saturday.
  • Hospital-acquired infections = longer stay  (UPI / 9:34AM CDT on 08/28) ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. patients who acquired infections while hospitalized had to stay an average of 19 days longer than those who didn't get an infection, officials say.
  • Smoking causes inflammation in lungs  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 08/28) WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Secondhand smoke triggers a complex inflammatory response and inflammation is linked to heart disease, diabetes and other diseases, U.S. researchers say.
  • Diabetes impairs but does not end sex  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 08/28) CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active but their activity might not be very rewarding, U.S. researchers suggest.
  • Harvard scientist's work scrutinized  (UPI / 12:04AM CDT on 08/28) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist known for his work on the evolution of morality may have fabricated data in a paper on monkeys, Harvard University has announced.

    Friday, August 27

  • Oxytocin not the magical 'trust elixir'  (UPI / 9:44PM CDT on 08/27) LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Belgian researchers have linked oxytocin -- dubbed the "love hormone" or "liquid trust" -- to increased trust, but not to gullibility.
  • Alzheimer's, insulin resistance linked  (UPI / 8:14PM CDT on 08/27) FUKUOKA, Japan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A researcher in Japan has linked insulin resistance in diabetes and the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.
  • Researchers listen to 'ringing' star  (UPI / 7:24PM CDT on 08/27) BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A distant star U.S. scientists say is "ringing like a bell" could provide clues to other stars that might have planets that might be able to host life.
  • Oddly shaped Mars crater a cosmic puzzle  (UPI / 7:24PM CDT on 08/27) PARIS, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An elongated crater on Mars is a mystery, say European scientists scrambling for an explanation of its odd shape.
  • Cinnamon extracts may reduce diabetes  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 08/27) BELTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Cinnamon extracts -- a water soluble extract of cinnamon -- may reduce diabetes and heart attack risks by lowering glucose levels, a U.S. researcher says.
  • 'Double whammy' may have done in dinosaurs  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 08/27) ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A U.K. researcher says the theory of a meteor impact killing off dinosaurs needs to be tweaked at bit, suggesting there was not one but many cosmic collisions.
  • Plants can summon help with chemical 'SOS'  (UPI / 6:34PM CDT on 08/27) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Plants can send out a chemical "mayday" distress signals to summon insects to save them from being consumed by caterpillars, Dutch and German researchers say.
  • China plans safety screening for cosmetics  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/27) YIWU, China, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration has drafted a plan to monitor the safety of cosmetics and beauty products, an official said Friday.
  • High-res camera snaps water ice on Mars  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/27) TUCSON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A NASA spacecraft with a high-resolution camera has photographed a young Mars crater and found frozen water in it, scientists say.
  • Fertilizers found to damage aquatic life  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 08/27) RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Fertilizer chemicals that end up in streams and rivers may be causing development abnormalities in aquatic life, U.S. researchers say.
  • Turkish dam will bury ancient Roman city  (UPI / 5:54PM CDT on 08/27) ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An ancient city in Turkey's Aegean area will be covered with sand instead of silt and clay then inundated with reservoir water from a new dam, officials say.
  • New clashes in Kashmir leave 45 hurt  (UPI / 5:34PM CDT on 08/27) SRINAGAR, India, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Almost 45 people were injured when new clashes broke out between stone-throwing protesters and security forces in the Kashmir Valley, observers say.
  • Endangered snapping turtle found in Rome  (UPI / 5:34PM CDT on 08/27) LATINA, Italy, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A 2-foot-long snapping turtle, a species on Italy's endangered list, was found near a national park south of Rome, officials say.
  • Cancer cluster identified in Greece  (UPI / 5:05PM CDT on 08/27) ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The incidence of cancer fatalities in a heavily industrialized area of southern Greece is higher than in the surrounding region, health authorities say.
  • Ancient Roman villa in fact a mansion  (UPI / 4:44PM CDT on 08/27) ROME, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Italian archaeologists uncovering what they thought was a typical Roman villa say it's much more, calling the complex covering a full block a majestic mansion.
  • Moderate 5.7 quake hits northwest Iran  (UPI / 3:44PM CDT on 08/27) TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A moderate magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northwest Iran Friday night.
  • Study finds key to West Nile virus  (UPI / 3:44PM CDT on 08/27) NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist has made a key discovery about the West Nile virus that could lead to success in the battle against the disease, researchers say.
  • Judge: Ill infant to stay in state custody  (UPI / 2:54PM CDT on 08/27) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An Oregon judge refuses to return an 8-month-old girl to her parents, who face charges of failing to provide adequate medical care for her, officials say.
  • Scientists say Mayans 'tiled' their pools  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/27) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Scientists investigating an ancient Mayan city in Mexico say they've uncovered water reservoirs using a no-leak technology not seen before in similar sites.
  • Sick child's mother may have to leave U.S.  (UPI / 12:44PM CDT on 08/27) ATLANTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Barbados mother who took her cancer-stricken daughter to an Atlanta hospital for treatment, and has stayed with her, could be sent home, officials said.
  • Frogs may solve antibiotics hunt  (UPI / 12:44PM CDT on 08/27) BOSTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Frog skins contain natural secretions that could lead to new antibiotics to fight infections that have become resistant to existing drugs, researchers say.
  • Google calls hit 1 million on Day 1  (UPI / 12:34PM CDT on 08/27) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Calls made computer to mobile phone through Google's new phone system topped 1 million calls on its first day of use, PC World reported Friday.
  • Pipeline was rotting before Michigan spill  (UPI / 12:34PM CDT on 08/27) MARSHALL, Mich., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A pipeline that leaked more than 1 million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan was decayed in several places, investigators discovered.
  • British man sentenced in pedophile sting  (UPI / 12:24PM CDT on 08/27) MELBOURNE, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A British man has been sentenced to four years in prison for publishing up to 100,000 pictures of sexual child abuse on Facebook, officials say.
  • 1st U.S. face transplant has last surgery  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/27) CLEVELAND, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The first U.S. face transplant recipient has had a final surgery, the last of 30 procedures to rebuild her skull and give her a reason to smile, doctors say.
  • Michigan raids two medical marijuana sites  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/27) PONTIAC, Mich., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Michigan lawmen have raided two medical marijuana dispensaries and made 15 arrests on charges of illegal drug sales.
  • Wheat genome could fight food shortages  (UPI / 11:44AM CDT on 08/27) LONDON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- British scientists say their research on the genome of wheat could help farmers develop new strains with greater yields to combat food shortages.
  • Report: Safe to resume ocean oil drilling  (UPI / 10:05AM CDT on 08/27) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A finding by the Bipartisan Policy Center says procedures enacted since BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill make it safe to resume deep-water drilling.
  • Thai tiger cub found drugged in luggage  (UPI / 9:44AM CDT on 08/27) BANGKOK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A 2-month-old tiger cub, drugged so it would look like a stuffed animal, was found in a traveler's baggage, Thai wildlife officials said.
  • Boeing, again, delays Dreamliner delivery  (UPI / 9:44AM CDT on 08/27) CHICAGO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. plane maker Boeing announced a sixth delay in delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner airplanes due to a lack of engines for test flights.
  • FDA: TimeOut may pose risk  (UPI / 1:04AM CDT on 08/27) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A dietary supplement marketed for sexual enhancement contains an active drug ingredient that may dangerously lower blood pressure, U.S. officials say.

    Thursday, August 26

  • A drug may reset the body clock  (UPI / 10:24PM CDT on 08/26) MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. and British researchers say they have succeeded in resetting the 24-hour body clock in mice.
  • Doctors' beliefs influence end-of-life  (UPI / 10:05PM CDT on 08/26) LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A survey of British doctors indicates their religious beliefs influenced end-of-life decisions of their patients.
  • 25 percent report problems post-surgery  (UPI / 8:44PM CDT on 08/26) MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Dutch researcher says up to 25 percent of patients report more physical and other problems a year after surgery than before.
  • HP counters Dell again, raises offer for 3Par to $1.8 billion  (AP / Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. / 7:35PM CDT on 08/26) Aug. 26--Hewlett-Packard swung back at Dell on Thursday afternoon by once again raising its bid to buy the data-storage company 3Par, offering $1.8 billion just hours after Dell announced that it had raised its own bid to $1.6 billion.
  • Spacecraft finds two planets orbiting star  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/26) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A NASA spacecraft has discovered the first planetary system with more than one planet transiting, or crossing in front of, the same star, researchers say.
  • 'Stickybot' can walk up a pane of glass  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/26) PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Scaling vertical surfaces like Spider-Man could one day be a reality as new advances learn to mimic nature's best climbers, researchers say.
  • North America continent called layer cake  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/26) BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The North American continent is not one single, solid slab, researchers say, but rather a layer cake of old and new material dating back 3 billion years.
  • Feed may be source of egg salmonella  (UPI / 6:44PM CDT on 08/26) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Chicken feed at two Iowa egg farms may have been contaminated with salmonella after heat treatment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
  • NASA asked for help for trapped miners  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 08/26) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Chile says it is seeking advice from NASA on how to keep 33 trapped Chilean miners mentally and physically healthy for the months it may take to rescue them.
  • Oldest arrowheads found in Africa  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 08/26) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Anthropologists in South Africa say they've discovered 64,000-year-old stone points that are the earliest direct evidence of human-crafted arrows.
  • Scientists see uses for odd 'dry water'  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/26) BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Scientists say a substance dubbed "dry water" resembling powdered sugar could absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas causing global warming.
  • Ancient Roman mill uncovered in U.K.  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/26) LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- British archaeologists say they've discovered a Roman "industrial park" that may have been home to a famous missing legion.
  • New artificial lung keeps toddler alive  (UPI / 5:34PM CDT on 08/26) ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old Missouri boy has become the first person in the United States to be kept alive by a new type of artificial lung, doctors say.
  • China 'e-waste' recycling said hazardous  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/26) CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Much of the world's electronic waste ends up in China for recycling, an activity creating significant health and environmental hazards, researchers say.
  • Cuba ends smoking subsidy to help economy  (UPI / 4:04PM CDT on 08/26) HAVANA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Cuba will end its monthly handouts of subsidized cigarettes to 2.5 million people as part of a plan to modernize the economy, the government said.
  • Salmon, smiles, return to Fraser River  (UPI / 3:34PM CDT on 08/26) STEVESTON, British Columbia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Sockeye salmon are running up the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, in numbers unseen in decades, fishing regulators said.
  • CDC: 3,000 to 49,000 flu deaths per year  (UPI / 3:34PM CDT on 08/26) ATLANTA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- From the 1976-1977 influenza season to the 2006-2007 season, some 3,000 to 49,000 have died annually from influenza in the United States, health officials say.
  • Greenpeace: Danish fish operations illegal  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/26) GILLELEJE, Denmark, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Environmentalists illegally put global positioning devices on Danish fishing boats to claim falsely the fishermen operate in banned waters, the fishermen said.
  • New theory about Italy's 'Iceman' proposed  (UPI / 1:44PM CDT on 08/26) BOLZANO, Italy, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Italy's prehistoric "Iceman" was not buried where he was killed, an Italian researchers says.
  • Searchers find traces of Canadian hiker  (UPI / 1:05PM CDT on 08/26) YALETOWN, British Columbia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Canadian police said they discovered footprints and other evidence of a hiker who went missing 10 days ago.
  • Canadian sentenced for cancer drug scam  (UPI / 12:44PM CDT on 08/26) PHOENIX, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian man has been sentenced to almost three years in a U.S. prison for selling what he claimed was an experimental cancer drug on the Internet.
  • Woman's jellyfish-sting death Europe's 1st  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/26) SARDINIA, Italy, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A woman had an apparently allergic reaction and died after she was stung by a jellyfish on an Italian beach, authorities said.
  • U.S.-India nuke deal passes Indian house  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/26) NEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S.-India nuclear pact cleared a legislative hurdle when Indian lawmakers approved a bill on damages foreign suppliers must pay if a nuclear mishap occurs.
  • Doctors remove 50-pound tumor from woman  (UPI / 11:14AM CDT on 08/26) BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Doctors in Argentina say they've removed a tumor weighing 50 pounds from the uterus of a 54-year-old woman.
  • Ky. doctors perform double hand transplant  (UPI / 11:05AM CDT on 08/26) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Doctors in Kentucky replaced a man's burned hands with two new ones in the region's first double-hand transplant, officials said.
  • Hackers raiding iTunes accounts  (UPI / 10:54AM CDT on 08/26) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Hackers are raiding Apple iTunes accounts and racking up charges on consumer credit cards, a report says.
  • 3Par accepts Dell's raised $1.6 billion bid; will HP counter again?  (AP / Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. / 10:34AM CDT on 08/26) Aug. 26--In the latest round of a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard, Texas computer maker Dell raised its bid to buy Fremont data-storage company 3Par, offering $24.30 a share, or slightly more than Hewlett-Packard's earlier offer of $24.
  • Battle on to claim 'honor' of snail name  (UPI / 10:14AM CDT on 08/26) LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A battle royal is on in England between two of the country's historic country houses, as each seeks the honor of having a snail named after it, observers say.
  • Nigeria hit by cholera epidemic  (UPI / 8:34AM CDT on 08/26) ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- An outbreak of cholera has killed 352 Nigerians since the onset of that country's dry season, officials say.
  • Tests show Mississippi oysters safe to eat  (UPI / 8:14AM CDT on 08/26) JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Oysters harvested in Mississippi fishing waters are not contaminated with oil and are safe to eat, officials say.
  • Tainted eggs sold to pasteurization plants  (UPI / 7:04AM CDT on 08/26) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Shell eggs subject to a huge recall are reaching U.S. consumers via facilities that pasteurize the eggs to get rid of any possible salmonella, officials said.
  • Iran to search for uranium deposits  (UPI / 6:44AM CDT on 08/26) TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The head of Iran's atomic energy organization said plans are under way to expand the search for new uranium deposits in the country.
  • BRIEF: Google calling: Gmail gets new Skype-like phone capabilities  (AP / Frank Michael Russell, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. / 5:54AM CDT on 08/26) Aug. 26--Google is offering the ability to make and receive phone calls on a Web browser from Gmail -- putting the Mountain View Internet giant into competition with online phone services such as Skype.
  • Study: Star dust could be smashed planets  (UPI / 5:34AM CDT on 08/26) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Large clouds of dust found around binary star systems could be the pulverized remains of planets, U.S. scientists say.
  • Herbicide linked to prostate inflammation  (UPI / 1:04AM CDT on 08/26) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Male rats exposed in vitro to low doses of widely used herbicide are more likely than others to develop prostate inflammation, U.S. researchers say.

    Wednesday, August 25

  • Migraine linked to higher risk of dying  (UPI / 11:34PM CDT on 08/25) REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- People with migraines with aura -- temporary visual or sensory disturbances -- have an increased risk of heart disease or stroke, researchers in Iceland say.
  • Laughter: Key role in group dynamics  (UPI / 11:14PM CDT on 08/25) RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Laughter can be used as a tool -- intentionally and strategically -- to control communication and affect group dynamics, U.S. researchers suggest.
  • New imaging linked to higher cancer risk  (UPI / 10:34PM CDT on 08/25) DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says two new nuclear-based breast imaging exams increase cancer risk.
  • Wildcat mining a world danger, experts say  (UPI / 9:04PM CDT on 08/25) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The mining accident in Chile that has trapped 33 miners underground has drawn attention to the worldwide problem of wildcat, or illegal, mining, experts say.
  • Chronic drinking upsets circadian rhythms  (UPI / 8:44PM CDT on 08/25) TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Researchers in Taiwan say they found an association between dysregulation of circadian clock genes and chronic drinking in humans.
  • Study: Old galaxies surprisingly energetic  (UPI / 8:14PM CDT on 08/25) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Giant halos of ultraviolet light around ancient galaxies have some U.S. scientists re-thinking the evolution of galaxies in the universe, they say.
  • New turtle species found in U.S. river  (UPI / 7:44PM CDT on 08/25) FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Scientists have announced the surprise discovery of a new turtle species -- not in some far-off exotic location, but in the southeastern United States.
  • Oil pipeline waiting for pressure testing  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 08/25) WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A pipeline operated by a Canadian company remained shut down Wednesday, almost a month after a break sent oil spilling into a Michigan river, officials said.
  • Doctors encouraged by melanoma drug  (UPI / 7:04PM CDT on 08/25) BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An experimental drug treatment for advanced melanoma, a disease that often kills sufferers within nine months, has encouraged medical professionals, they say.
  • One of world's tiniest frogs discovered  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/25) KUCHING, Malaysia, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- One of the world's tiniest frog species has been discovered in the forests of the island of Borneo, researchers say.
  • Huge pot bust in San Diego County  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/25) SANTA YSABEL, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. drug agents say they found about 25,000 marijuana plants worth $100 million on a farm near San Diego believed to be run by Mexican drug traffickers.
  • Scientists look at what 'bugs' bugs  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/25) BALTIMORE, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Research into just what insects find so "repellent" about insect repellents could reduce the spread of diseases, U.S. scientists say.
  • Colombian volcano causes evacuations  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/25) GALERAS, Colombia, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A non-explosive eruption of an ancient volcano Wednesday caused officials to ask 7,000 residents in southwest Colombia near Ecuador to evacuate, they say.
  • Microsoft, Yahoo! integrate searches  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/25) REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giants Microsoft and Yahoo! said the partnership step of launching Bing engine searches from Yahoo! Web sites was up and running.
  • How cranberry juice prevents infection  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/25) BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher explains how cranberry compounds may help prevent urinary tract infections.
  • Canada may test MS procedure  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/25) REGINA, Saskatchewan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Canada is considering clinical trials of the "liberation procedure," a treatment for multiple sclerosis that involves opening veins in the neck.
  • Climate affecting Alaskan spruce forests  (UPI / 5:34PM CDT on 08/25) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Alaskan forests of white spruce and other trees are suffering from the effects of climate change and rises in temperature, researchers say.
  • Scientists describe 'new' El Nino pattern  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/25) PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A new type of El Nino phenomenon with its warmest waters further west is becoming more common and progressively stronger, a study by U.S. researchers says.
  • Groups urge Serengeti protection  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/25) LONDON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- British wildlife groups say they are urging the government of Tanzania to reconsider plans to build a highway through the heart of Serengeti National Park.
  • U.K. wind farms deny causing seal deaths  (UPI / 4:24PM CDT on 08/25) LONDON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- British wind farm developers have strongly denied allegations their construction ships are responsible for a recent rash of seal deaths, authorities said.
  • 56 burros die at dried-up desert spring  (UPI / 4:14PM CDT on 08/25) NEEDLES, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A rancher found the carcasses of 56 burros around a California mine shaft where they had been seeking water from a dried-up spring, federal officials say.
  • Putin visits gray whale study site  (UPI / 3:24PM CDT on 08/25) MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin joined scientists studying endangered gray whales during a visit Wednesday to Kamchatka Island.
  • Young seal released into wild  (UPI / 3:14PM CDT on 08/25) LYNNWOOD, Wash., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A Washington state wildlife center said a baby seal has been released back into the wild now that it has grown enough to survive on its own.
  • Motor vehicle crashes cost $99B a year  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/25) ATLANTA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Every 10 seconds, someone is treated in a U.S. hospital for a vehicle crash injury and 40,000 die each year from these injuries, health officials say.
  • EPA proposes California ban on ship sewage  (UPI / 2:05PM CDT on 08/25) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a ban on sewage discharges from ocean-going ships sailing along the California coast.
  • Uranium detected in New Mexico water wells  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 08/25) SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Water wells in several New Mexico communities show uranium levels three to six times higher than federal recommended levels for drinking water, officials said.
  • Blacks and Hispanics big cellphone users  (UPI / 12:05PM CDT on 08/25) NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Blacks and Hispanics are the groups most likely to use cellphones for talking and texting, The Nielsen Co. reports.
  • Kennedy's death leaves void in Congress  (UPI / 10:24AM CDT on 08/25) BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Cancer research advocates say the death a year ago Wednesday of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has left a deep void in Congress.
  • Iran test fires upgraded missile  (UPI / 6:54AM CDT on 08/25) TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Iran successfully tested an upgraded version of the short range Fateh-110 surface to surface missile Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said.
  • Flu vaccine for all except babies  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 08/25) CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials urge everyone age 6 months and older to get an influenza shot, which contains vaccine against H1N1 and two other strains of flu.
  • Disasters tough on those with disabilities  (UPI / 1:14AM CDT on 08/25) DALLAS, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina or man-made disasters like the Oklahoma bombing are life changing but are worst for the disabled, U.S. researchers say.
  • U.S. rectal cancer increasing in young  (UPI / 12:44AM CDT on 08/25) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Rectal cancer rates are increasing in people age 40 and under across races and in both sexes, U.S. researchers said.
  • Berries activate brain cleanup  (UPI / 12:05AM CDT on 08/25) BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Blueberries, strawberries and acai berries activate a natural brain mechanism to clean up proteins linked to memory loss in the elderly, U.S. researchers say.

    Tuesday, August 24

  • Hand disinfectant use helps productivity  (UPI / 11:24PM CDT on 08/24) GREIFSWALD, Germany, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Businesses that supply alcohol-based hand disinfectants and urge employees to use them increase productivity by helping reduce illness, German researchers say.
  • Justice Dept. to appeal stem cell ruling  (UPI / 10:05PM CDT on 08/24) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department Tuesday announced it is appealing a judge's ruling striking down an Obama administration policy on embryonic stem cell research.
  • Study: Tortoises, alligators in Arctic  (UPI / 8:14PM CDT on 08/24) BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Scientists say Arctic regions of Earth were inhabited 50 million years ago by animals not usually associated with the area today, like tortoises and alligators.
  • Blood pressure drugs may help frail  (UPI / 7:44PM CDT on 08/24) GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest blood pressure drugs may help fight frailty in the elderly.
  • China launches mapping satellite  (UPI / 7:14PM CDT on 08/24) BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- China launched an Earth mapping satellite into polar orbit Tuesday, official Chinese media outlets said.
  • NASA prepares for asteroid rendezvous  (UPI / 7:04PM CDT on 08/24) PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- NASA is getting ready for its Dawn spacecraft's encounter with a giant asteroid, set to happen in less than a year, the agency said.
  • Ready for 'Danes in Space'?  (UPI / 6:54PM CDT on 08/24) COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Astronauts, cosmonauts and even Chinese Sinonauts may soon have company in space, two Denmark engineers say -- so get ready for the Danonauts.
  • Diabetes: Sugar smothers body immunity  (UPI / 5:54PM CDT on 08/24) WARWICK, England, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Higher glucose levels in people with diabetes can form a sugar coating smothering the mechanisms the body used to fight infections, a British researcher says.
  • Humans blamed for extinction of cave bears  (UPI / 5:24PM CDT on 08/24) CORUNA, Spain, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The cave bear went extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, and European scientists say fossil DNA shows it was caused more by human expansion than climate change.
  • Alleged Moldovan uranium dealers arrested  (UPI / 5:14PM CDT on 08/24) CHISINAU, Moldova, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Three gang members were in custody in Moldova after allegedly trying to sell uranium they had brought into the country illegally, authorities say.
  • Scientist: Wind, solar energy is future  (UPI / 5:14PM CDT on 08/24) BOSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A Nobel Prize-winning U.S. scientist says the world could soon enter an era where renewable wind and solar power will be the globe's main sources of energy.
  • Astronomers discover many-planet system  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/24) LA SILLA, Chile, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- European astronomers say they've discovered a planetary system with at least five and possibly seven planets, the most yet seen outside our own solar system.
  • Astronauts' brains 'tricked' for training  (UPI / 4:44PM CDT on 08/24) HOUSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they can trick the brains of astronauts to simulate the dizzying effects experienced when returning to Earth after a long period in space.
  • Tenn. floods expose graves to robbers  (UPI / 3:34PM CDT on 08/24) BELLS BEND, Tenn., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Floods in May led to an increase in the number of grave lootings along a Tennessee river bank, archaeologists said.
  • Nicotine binding, breast cancer linked  (UPI / 3:14PM CDT on 08/24) TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A researcher in Taipei says nicotine may play a role in promoting breast cancer.
  • Apple may develop touch-screen computer  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/24) CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. computer giant Apple has filed for a patent for a touch-screen computer that also has mouse and keyboard capabilities, documents show.
  • Canada announces arctic station location  (UPI / 2:24PM CDT on 08/24) OTTAWA, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Canada has chosen a small hamlet on the Northwest Passage as the location for the country's High Arctic Research Station, officials said.
  • Oil spill or not, tourism rose in Florida  (UPI / 2:05PM CDT on 08/24) MIAMI, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A jump in international travelers helped push tourism-dependent Florida to a 3.4 percent boost in visitors overall April through June, the state said Tuesday.
  • Sea otter population declines in Calif.  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 08/24) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- California sea otter populations are declining again after fighting back from near extinction as a result of almost a century of hunting, researchers say.
  • iPhone app catches burglars on camera  (UPI / 12:44PM CDT on 08/24) DALLAS, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A Dallas man said he was able to catch burglars on camera from 1,400 miles away with the help of a $4.99 iPhone application.
  • Doodling elevates creative thinking  (UPI / 12:04PM CDT on 08/24) OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Doodling is thinking in disguise that elevates creative thinking and is often used to achieve breakthrough ideas, a U.S. doodling expert says.
  • DNA of Chernobyl animals studied  (UPI / 10:44AM CDT on 08/24) PRIPYAT, Ukraine, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Scientists studying wildlife in the Chernobyl region say DNA may be the key to which species are most likely to be damaged by radioactive contamination.
  • Judge asked to stop Asian carp migration  (UPI / 9:54AM CDT on 08/24) CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Attorneys from five Great Lakes states have asked a federal judge to close Chicago-area shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan.
  • Virginia abortion clinics face shutdown  (UPI / 9:34AM CDT on 08/24) RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Abortion rights organizations say a legal opinion by the Virginia attorney general could prompt the shutdown of most of the state's abortion clinics.
  • Flooding moves south in Pakistan  (UPI / 9:05AM CDT on 08/24) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Floods in Pakistan have reached the southern province of Sindh where more than 200 people have died at refugee camps, officials say.
  • 6 - year-olds reject a child with a squint  (UPI / 7:14AM CDT on 08/24) ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Children age 6 and older who squint or who have crossed eyes are less likely than others to be invited to birthday parties, researchers in Switzerland say.
  • Whole-body MRI may help detect child abuse  (UPI / 1:04AM CDT on 08/24) BOSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging may help detect suspected child abuse in infants, U.S. researchers suggest.
  • Students who are bullied get lower grades  (UPI / 12:54AM CDT on 08/24) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Children who are bullied at school do worse academically and once children are labeled as "dumb" they get bullied even more, U.S. researchers found.

    Monday, August 23

  • Alcohol ups risk of some breast cancers  (UPI / 11:34PM CDT on 08/23) SEATTLE, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Alcohol -- a risk factor overall for breast cancer -- increases the risk of some types of breast cancer, but not all types, U.S. researchers found.
  • South Atlantic squid catch declining  (UPI / 10:24PM CDT on 08/23) BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Environmental factors may be causing a dramatic drop in the number of squid being caught in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, experts say.
  • Study: Preschoolers' use of statistics  (UPI / 10:14PM CDT on 08/23) ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Preschoolers use statistics to figure out situations around them, U.S. researchers suggest.
  • Solar system said older by 2 million years  (UPI / 9:44PM CDT on 08/23) TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Study of a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert suggests the solar system may be almost 2 million years older than previously thought, researchers say.
  • British bacteria are hardy space travelers  (UPI / 9:34PM CDT on 08/23) LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Bacteria from cliffs on the south coast of England have proved themselves hardy astronauts, surviving a year and a half as space travelers, researchers say.
  • Gene link in vitamin deficiency, diseases  (UPI / 9:34PM CDT on 08/23) LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Vitamin D deficiency is known to increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases, and British researchers say a study dramatically highlights that fact.
  • Canadian sewer yields dinosaur find  (UPI / 9:14PM CDT on 08/23) EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Fossil dinosaur bones unearthed in Edmonton, Alberta, are a significant find, researchers say, despite their somewhat mundane source -- a sewer tunnel.
  • SETI search may be seeking wrong target  (UPI / 9:05PM CDT on 08/23) SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The search for extraterrestrial life might have more luck listening for sentient machines than for sentient beings, a prominent researcher in the field says.
  • U.S judge halts stem cell research  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 08/23) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. district judge Monday struck down an Obama administration policy on embryonic stem cell research, saying it violates rules on federal research funding.
  • First ladies at Sept. 11 memorial  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 08/23) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will speak at a Sept. 11 ceremony at Pennsylvania's future site of the Flight 93 National Memorial, officials say.
  • Sunny weather could spark new fires  (UPI / 8:24PM CDT on 08/23) VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Despite cooler weather and rain across British Columbia, officials say more sunshine could bring on another critical fire situation and more evacuations.
  • Impact event on Jupiter observed in Japan  (UPI / 8:24PM CDT on 08/23) TOKYO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Amateur astronomers in Japan have observed a fireball on Jupiter in an apparent impact event, the third in 13 months, experts said.
  • Computer glitch silences satellite  (UPI / 8:05PM CDT on 08/23) PARIS, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A European Space Agency observation satellite has suffered a computer glitch -- its second -- and can't transmit its data to the ground, agency officials say.
  • Self-cleaning solar panels described  (UPI / 7:34PM CDT on 08/23) BOSTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Technology developed for missions to Mars could improve the performance of solar energy systems on Earth, U.S. researchers say.
  • Study: Energy self-sufficiency is closer  (UPI / 7:24PM CDT on 08/23) BOSTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've made a discovery that could bring the era of energy self-sufficient homes and small businesses one step closer.
  • Oxygen 'oases' led to all life on Earth  (UPI / 7:14PM CDT on 08/23) TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The presence of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere came from ancient microbes inhabiting "oxygen oases" in the oceans billions of years ago, U.S. researchers say.
  • Weather's effect on old buildings eyed  (UPI / 6:35PM CDT on 08/23) EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Scottish researchers say they've developed a method of forecasting weather damage to historic buildings and statues that could help in their preservation.
  • Tips offered to end cyberbullying, sexting  (UPI / 6:14PM CDT on 08/23) TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Stopping a cyberbully may require saving text messages and e-mails used to harass or harm, a U.S. counselor says.
  • Scientist: World's helium being squandered  (UPI / 6:05PM CDT on 08/23) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The world is running out of helium, a resource that cannot be renewed, and supplies could run out in 25 to 30 years, a U.S. researcher says.
  • Insect found to have true bifocal vision  (UPI / 5:54PM CDT on 08/23) CINCINNATI, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered an insect with bifocal vision, the first evidence of true bifocal lenses in the animal kingdom.
  • Flour appeared on menus 10,000 years ago  (UPI / 5:44PM CDT on 08/23) PROVO, Utah, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Ancient Americans added a new item to their daily menu about 10,000 years ago when the grinding stone used to make flour appeared, U.S. researchers say.
  • 5 million men suffer from male menopause  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/23) CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Some 5 million U.S. men suffer from male menopause -- fatigue, mood swings, less sex desire, hair loss, lack of focus and weight gain, researchers say.
  • Nevada nuclear bomb site given new name  (UPI / 3:24PM CDT on 08/23) LAS VEGAS, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The historic Nevada Test Site outside Las Vegas has been rechristened the Nevada National Security Site, federal officials announced Monday.
  • 3Par shares jump in bidding war  (UPI / 2:35PM CDT on 08/23) NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. computer giant Hewlett-Packard jumped forcefully into the bidding game for data storage firm 3Par Inc., offering $1.5 billion for the firm.
  • Pacific salmon to retain protected status  (UPI / 1:54PM CDT on 08/23) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court says it won't relax protection status on Pacific salmon, rebuffing efforts by California irrigation districts to have it de-listed.
  • Lyme disease spreading in Massachusetts  (UPI / 12:14PM CDT on 08/23) BOSTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Tick-borne Lyme disease is being reported in areas of Massachusetts where cases were considered rare 10 years ago, health officials said.
  • Frank moving toward Mexico  (UPI / 12:05PM CDT on 08/23) MIAMI, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Pacific Tropical Storm Frank was within 125 miles south of Puerto Angel, Mexico, Sunday evening, U.S. forecasters said.
  • FDA: More egg recalls may be necessary  (UPI / 11:14AM CDT on 08/23) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday more egg recalls may be necessary in the face of salmonella outbreaks.
  • Firm loses permit to display animals  (UPI / 10:44AM CDT on 08/23) DAVIE, Fla., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Florida company that exhibits tigers and cougars at fairs, schools and summer camps has lost its license for violating animal welfare rules, officials say.
  • FDA considering genetically altered salmon  (UPI / 10:06AM CDT on 08/23) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A genetically engineered salmon that reaches market weight in half the usual time could help solve worldwide food shortages, a Massachusetts company says.
  • Pakistan: Water-borne disease next threat  (UPI / 7:34AM CDT on 08/23) LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Survivors of Pakistan's worst flooding in decades face the threat of death and suffering from various illnesses, some communicable, officials say.
  • Breast cancer survivors can take planes  (UPI / 12:44AM CDT on 08/23) EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher says breast cancer survivors need not fear air travel because of fear of lymphedema -- swelling in the arm.
  • Many hospitals don't screen for MRSA  (UPI / 12:34AM CDT on 08/23) CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Less than half of U.S. hospitals screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a strain of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, researchers say.

    Sunday, August 22

  • Pakistan flooding brings sickness  (UPI / 2:54PM CDT on 08/22) SHAHDADKOT, Pakistan, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Concern for communicable waterborne diseases is replacing the immediate threat of flooding for almost 1 million Pakistanis, experts say.
  • BP boosts awareness of threat to wetlands  (UPI / 12:34PM CDT on 08/22) NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Environmentalists say the BP oil spill raised public awareness of the plight of Gulf of Mexico wetlands, which were struggling well before the disaster.
  • Isotope shortage evokes medical concerns  (UPI / 10:05AM CDT on 08/22) BALTIMORE, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors say they are concerned about a shortage of imported radioactive material used to diagnose heart conditions and other problems.
  • Iowa officials defend egg producer  (UPI / 9:44AM CDT on 08/22) DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Some Iowa officials say a huge egg farm at the center of an ongoing nationwide recall has been improving its operations in recent years.
  • Whales beach themselves in New Zealand  (UPI / 8:24AM CDT on 08/22) WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- It isn't known why 62 pilot whales stranded themselves on Karikari Beach in New Zealand, killing 49, officials say.
  • Egypt to build first nuke power plant  (UPI / 7:35AM CDT on 08/22) CAIRO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is preparing to announce plans to construct the country's first nuclear power plant, an official said.

    Saturday, August 21

  • Lack of B vitamin linked to dementia  (UPI / 11:34PM CDT on 08/21) DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- An analysis of blood samples shows lower levels of folate -- a B vitamin -- was linked to symptoms of dementia and poor brain function, U.S. researchers say.
  • N. Korea reportedly ready to talk again  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 08/21) PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- North Korean officials told a Chinese diplomat they are willing to return to the six-party talks on the country's nuclear program, Pyongyang news agencies said.
  • Man fatally mauled by captive bear  (UPI / 8:34PM CDT on 08/21) CLEVELAND, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An employee of a controversial wild animal showman in Ohio died a day after being mauled by a bear he had tended for six years.
  • NASA announces shuttle songwriting contest  (UPI / 5:54PM CDT on 08/21) MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Would-be songwriters will get a chance at fame by penning a wake-up song for NASA's last space shuttle mission, officials said.
  • Commercial spacecraft in first drop test  (UPI / 4:54PM CDT on 08/21) LOS ANGLES, Calif., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. commercial spacecraft that may someday carry astronauts into space had its first successful high-altitude drop test, officials said.
  • Experts: Public WiFi not always secure  (UPI / 4:34PM CDT on 08/21) MIAMI, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. experts say computer users should be more security-aware and cautious when using WiFi networks in public places like libraries and coffee shops.
  • Drug-resistant 'superbug' seen in Canada  (UPI / 3:24PM CDT on 08/21) BRAMPTON, Ontario, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ontario officials say they have confirmed the province's first case of the so-called superbug NDM-1, as a hospital patient tested positive for the bacteria.
  • Flooding forces 51,000 Chinese from homes  (UPI / 1:14PM CDT on 08/21) BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Chinese officials bracing for more rain Saturday said floods had destroyed 230 houses and forced the evacuation of 51,000 people along the swollen Yalu River.
  • Winnipeg hipsters asked to curb butts  (UPI / 12:24PM CDT on 08/21) WINNIPEG, Saskatchewan, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Folks in a hip part of Winnipeg are launching a full-court press on cigarette butts in a campaign to reduce litter, Canadians say.
  • Satellites count fewer Russia fire spots  (UPI / 9:05AM CDT on 08/21) MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The number of wildfire hot spots in Russia appears to have been cut in half this week, according to a company monitoring satellite imagery of the region.
  • Iran opens first nuclear power plant  (UPI / 7:14AM CDT on 08/21) BUSHEHR, Iran, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear reactor, to be operated by Russia on the Persian Gulf in southwestern Iran, the countries said.
  • Tribe hopes to bring condors back  (UPI / 12:54AM CDT on 08/21) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Yurok tribe has received a $200,000 federal grant to study how to reintroduce the California condor to the northern part of the state.

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