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Popular Science - Best of What's New 2003

] Disco lights are luring baby turtles to their deaths on
] the fringes of a Greek marine park in the Mediterranean
] Sea.

another reason why disco sucks

Turtles lured to disco death in Greece

] On March 6, 2000, he underwent a relatively new procedure
] in which cells known as stem cells were transplanted onto
] the surface of his right eye in the hope they would
] replace the scar tissue that made a cornea transplant
] impossible. May's left eye had too much damage to be
] repaired.

another reason to support this pandora's box known as stem cell research. Amazing how we are learning to hack the brain by reverse engineering it's sensory systems.

Vision is more than just sight, scientists learn

] The upper temperature limit at which life can exist has
] been extended to 121°C, 8°C higher than the previous
] record holder. The hardy organism, given the preliminary
] name Strain 121, was found at a "black smoker"
] hydrothermal vent on the floor of the northeast Pacific
] Ocean.

This is cool. Its amazing to think that there is an organism out there whose DNA doesn't degrade at such temperatures, and whos proteins stay folded correctly. It will be neat to see what comes out of this research, as proteins found in organisms such as this can be put to use creatively in biotech.

New Scientist

] We flood the heavens with so much artificial light that
] nearly two-thirds of the world's people can no longer see
] the Milky Way. On a clear, dark night far from
] light-polluted skies, roughly 2,500 celestial points of
] light can be discerned by the naked eye. For people
] living in the suburbs of New York, that number dwindles
] to 250; residents of Manhattan are lucky to see 15.
] Moreover, as the stars fade from view, a growing body of
] research suggests that excessive exposure to artificial
] night light can alter basic biological rhythms in
] animals, change predator-prey relationships, and even
] trigger deadly hormonal imbalances in humans.

Turn Down the Lights

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] Ever wanted to wish upon a star? Well, you have 70,000
] million million million to choose from.

Astronomers pick a sky high number

] In a 26-year study of the genetic profiles and hardships
] of 847 New Zealanders, researchers found that people with
] one version of a specific gene were protected from
] falling into depression, while those with another
] variation became depressed twice as often.

The Anxiety of Depression

] From July 13th to 23th, 2003, 2300 miles of solar raycing
] will challenge teams from around the world. High tech and
] high efficiency solar cars will cross the Great Plains,
] climb the Rocky Mountains, and dash over the Great
] American Desert to the finish line in Southern
] California.

American Solar Challenge Homepage

] Claims do not come much more controversial than the idea
] that water might retain a memory of substances once
] dissolved in it. The notion is central to homeopathy,
] which treats patients with samples so dilute they are
] unlikely to contain a single molecule of the active
] compound, but it is generally ridiculed by scientists.

Homeopaths not crackpots afterall?