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Crew includes Twittering skipper, singer, ER doc (AP)

AP - The astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy SEAL who went into Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist...


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New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Six years ago, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a historic effort to decipher each of the 3 billion letters in the genetic instruction book for our species. A single anonymous male from Buffalo, N.Y. — code name RP11 — provided the bulk of the DNA used for the project.

UN climate chief: Rich nations short on CO2 goals (AP)

AP - Japan unveiled a new target Wednesday for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by 2020, but the plan was slammed by environmentalists and the U.N. climate chief as leaving the industrial world dangerously short of its pollution...

Shell Settles with Nigeria Villagers for $15M (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (OneWorld.net) - After a decade of legal battles and pressure from activists, the Royal Dutch Shell oil company -- accused of human rights abuses in the oil-rich Niger Delta -- has agreed to pay a settlement to the communities in the region rather than face trial.

Japanese Probe to Slam into Moon Today (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya has completed its main mission. But there's one final scientific endeavor: It will slam into lunar surface at about 2:30 p.m. ET (18:30 UT) today. The impact is expected to occur on the near-side of the Moon, in the dark area close to the limb, at lunar coordinates 80°E and 64°S, said European astronomers, who have mapped out the expected impact...

Is Cancer the Price for Our Big Brains? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Our large brains may make us cognitively superior to chimps, but, according to a new hypothesis, we could be paying a price for our sizable cerebrum: a higher rate of cancer. Chimpanzees are thought to be the closest evolutionary relative to humans, and we share around 98 percent of our genes with these primates. But for years, scientists have observed that chimps have a...