Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea

4 June 2014 Last updated at 17:46 GMT

Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, world health officials say.

At least 21 people died and 37 new cases of suspected Ebola were found…

Three-parent babies 'could be a reality within two years' after report finds controversial IVF techniques are 'not unsafe'

• Approach is designed to help families with particular genetic faults who want to avoid passing on devastating incurable diseases to their children
• Expert scientific panel today gave its backing to the controversial…

Could pill wipe out our bad memories? Drug used to treat multiple sclerosis found to help us forget experiences that caused pain

• Mice given fingolimod forgot about previous experiences that brought pain
• Study offers hope drug could wipe traumatic events, phobias and hang-ups…

The killer pimple: Doctors warn of aggressive form of skin cancer which is six times more likely to kill if it is not removed within two months

• Nodular melanomas look like a red lump rather than an ugly dark mole
• The aggressive form of skin cancer makes up just 15 per cent of melanoma cases but causes 43 per cent of melanoma…

NHS to give sex change drugs to nine-year-olds: Clinic accused of 'playing God' with treatment that stops puberty

• Treatment with controversial drugs is for youngsters trapped in wrong body
• Monthly drug injections into the stomach stop puberty and may do harm
• Trial in North London was completed - and is set to be rolled out…

Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug

By Jean Friedman-Rudovsky Thursday, Apr 18 2013

Six-year-old Leandro Gonzáles sits attentively at the foot of his parents' double bed, his legs dangling along the faded flower-print bedspread. His tiny brown eyes follow …

DNA is 'edited' to cure liver disease for first time - and the technique could be used to treat Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders within years

• Named Crispr, technique can correct a single ‘letter’ of the genetic alphabet
• It does this by using enzymes to target specific parts of the DNA…

Have we finally found EARTH 2.0? Astronomers discover first same-size planet in habitable zone that could support alien life

• The first Earth-sized world in the habitable zone of a star has been found
• Kepler-186f is 1.1 times the size of Earth and orbits its star in 130 days
• The discovery was made by a team…

What the Tamiflu saga tells us about drug trials and big pharma

We now know the government's Tamiflu stockpile wouldn't have done us much good in the event of a flu epidemic. But the secrecy surrounding clinical trials means there's a lot we don't know about other medicines we take…

Magic Mushrooms and LSD Help Cancer Patients Overcome Fear of Death, Say Scientists

• By Tom Porter 
  
  April 5, 2014 14:15 GMT

Drugs including magic mushrooms and MDMA are being used to treat cancer patients and people suffering from social anxiety by…

Large sea found deep under ice on Saturn moon

Published time: April 03, 2014 23:38

A joint NASA-European spacecraft has uncovered a sea deep under the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, scientists announced Thursday.

Italian and American researchers said the discovery was made possible with the use of Cassini, a space probe exploring Saturn and its rings 17 years after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The body of…

Now that's vintage! Brewers make beer from yeast extracted from a 35 million-year-old whale FOSSIL

• The brew is called Bone Dusters Paleo Ale and it is said to taste sweet 
  
  and 'very Belgianesque' and will be served in selected bars in Virginia
• Two…

UFO or secret fighter jet? The mysterious triangular craft pictured flying over Texas

• Aviation experts believe plane could be a secret military prototype
• Say it could be a high precision stealth bomber
• Believed to be a manned…

I am out to make a difference. I am out to make it so that every Person affiliated with the oil industry can live more richly than if They worked to retirement and were living off whatever They managed to save, affording up to what it would allow.  If They wanted to.

Think about that for a moment.  Every Person working in the gas stations, in trucking, taxiing, and other transportation…and the…

Liberty and freedom are often used to mean the same thing.  The ability to choose for One’s Self how One spends One’s time/energy.  Both presume the three Laws are binding principles, and Individuals presume other “laws” as well (really all beyond the three are statutes, acts, bills, codes, rules, regulations, edicts, mandates, ordinances, and so on).

The difference is that “liberty” is what a ship’s captain gives to His/Her crew, while “freedom” means there is no Other that One must…

Father-of-one loses three limbs and half his face to flesh eating bacteria which started as a common cold just FOUR months ago

• Alex Lewis, 34, was forced to have both legs and his left arm amputated
• The father-of-one spent a week in a coma after his major organs shut down
  
  
• Doctors told his…

Scientists' hidden links to the GM food giants: Disturbing truth behind official report that said UK should forge on with Frankenfoods

• Government advisory body presented an 'independent' report on Thursday
• It was used to support a bid to speed up the use of GM food in the UK
  
  
• But in fact all…

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Two top American bankers commit suicide in London as one jumps 500ft to his death from JP Morgan skyscraper and another hangs himself in luxury home…