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Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert (AP)

AP - A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert's most abundant resource — sunshine — is clashing with efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess over the region's rarest resource:...

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiovascular function can be affected by as little as 10 minutes exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke and other air pollutants such as wood smoke and smoke from cooking oil, say U.S. researchers.

New limits to Antarctic tourism (AFP)

AFP - US proposals for binding restrictions on Antarctic tourism have been adopted by countries with ties to the region, in a bid to protect the continent's fragile ecosystem, officials said...


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U.S. stem cell rules limit funding to IVF clinics (Reuters)

Reuters - New stem cell guidelines released on Friday by the U.S. National Institutes of Health would limit federal funding of the research to embryos left over at fertility clinics and prohibit federal funding of embryos made by cloning or certain other methods.

Women May Get Sex Pills, Too (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The same little blue pills that can help men get in the mood for love could be remade into little pink pills that do the same thing for women, scientists now suggest. Although evidence that significant advances have been made into drugs that help treat male sexual dysfunction can be seen in everything from television commercials to Internet spam, much less progress has been...

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiovascular function can be affected by as little as 10 minutes exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke and other air pollutants such as wood smoke and smoke from cooking oil, say U.S. researchers.