Wild Flower Blooms Again After 30,000 Years on Ice

An Ice Age plant was resurrected. Living plant tissue from hundreds of thousands of years ago might also be revived, helping scientists to understand the lost ecologies

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Doctor who discovered hepatitis C creates universal vaccine to prevent liver disease that kills 15,000 a year in the U.S. Up to 30 per cent of hepatitis C sufferers develop liver disease More people died as a result of hepatitis C than from Aids in the U.S in 2007

By Claire Bates Last updated at 1:01 PM on 23rd February 2012

The scientist who discovered hepatitis C in 1989 says he has now…

Life-saving new cancer drugs are being held back so the Government can save money, claims GlaxoSmithKline chief executive

• UK is delaying the approval of new treatments
  
  
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Scientists call for a boycott of fluorine compounds

A number of prominent scientists urges consumers to avoid fluoride substances wherever possible.

By Magnus Bredsdorff, Friday 24th February 2012 at. 12:05

Most of the researchers themselves dealing with persistent fluorinated compounds makes even everything they can to avoid being exposed to these substances.



"If I can possibly avoid…

Vaccine scandal: Many children suffered incurable brain disease

H1N1 vaccine Pandemrix is suspected to have caused many Swedish and Finnish children the rare neurological disorder narcolepsy.



By Birgitte Marfelt, Monday 20th February 2012 at. 07:24

The mass vaccination, as Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland performed as swine flu H1N1 three years ago broke out, has by all accounts suffered many Swedish and…

Jupiter, Venus & Moon Line Up This Weekend: How to Watch Online

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Cindy Sheehan sued by the IRS

Frontier front: Syrian rebels trapped near Turkey

Syrian frontier guards are battling militants who have infiltrated from Turkey, as the army deploys troops to quash hostile forces trapped in the mountains. The clashes highlight claims outside forces are actively fueling the conflict in Syria.

­North to the Syrian city of Aleppo (340 kilometers from Damascus) frontier guards have eliminated several subversives, captured…

Space bacteria found in British river could be new power source for the world

By Julian Gavaghan

Last updated at 11:52 AM on 22nd February 2012

• Using microbial fuel cell Bacillus stratosphericus generates twice as much electricity as…

Google is bypassing the privacy settings of Internet Explorer, claims Microsoft

• Accusation comes after Google reportedly bypassed Apple Safari privacy settings

By Ted Thornhill and…

Meet Ben Stacy, the living descendant of the BLUE men of Appalachia - who was born discolored too but grew out of it

• Isolated family in Kentucky started producing blue children in 1800s
• French orphan Martin Fugate married pale American Elizabeth Smith
• Genetic mutation reduces…

Senior executive at Japan's Olympus Corp found hanged in New Delhi park

• Body of Tsutomu Omori discovered close to his apartment
• Police describe death as a 'likely suicide'

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Police chief fired after video shows his staff 'forcing mentally disabled teenager to eat cinnamon as part of cruel prank'

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 1:21 AM on 22nd February 2012

A police chief and four of his staff have been fired after…

Eleven men 'plied girls of 13 with drink and drugs to use them for sex'

• One girl claimed her phone number was passed around the men who then exploited her for sex
• One girl, 13, became pregnant and had to have the child aborted
• Another said she was raped by two men while she was so drunk she vomited over the side of the…

Riot police beat students in Spain protest: witnesses

Slain soldier's dad burns NJ flag to protest Houston tribute

Stunning image: The 90-mile-wide whirlpool, spotted off the coast of South Africa by Nasa's Terra satellite, looks deadly but it more likely to create life by lifting nutrients from the ocean floor

Satellite captures enormous 90-mile-wide storm that's UNDERWATER

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Two rapists jailed for just 40 months each because a judge said their 11-year-old victim was 'willing'

By Richard Hartley-parkinson

Last updated at 3:14 PM on 21st February 2012

Two men have been jailed for just 40 months each for raping an…

Never Forget Your Keys, Phone or Lipstick Ever Again

ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2012) — RFID tags are becoming ubiquitous, shops, warehouses, libraries and others use them for stock and inventory control and to reduce the risk of theft. Now, a team in Dubai has developed the concept of an IPURSE, a mobile platform that keeps track of tiny RFID tags you stick to or insert into your personal…