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Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees (AP)

   (Friday, 10 February 2012 08:11)

AP - Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.

4 New Genes Linked to Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)

   (Friday, 10 February 2012 04:49)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Four new genes associated with type 2 diabetes have been identified by researchers, who also pinpointed six independent diabetes-associated gene variants at previously known locations on chromosomes.

Big NASA Budget Cuts to Slash Mars Missions, Experts Say (SPACE.com)

   (Friday, 10 February 2012 02:00)

SPACE.com - NASA's budget for the next fiscal year is likely to include deep cuts to planetary science programs, forcing the space agency to withdraw altogether from an international effort to send two new missions to Mars, experts say.

First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat (LiveScience.com)

   (Friday, 10 February 2012 00:54)

LiveScience.com - The United States has approved construction of new nuclear reactors for the first time in three decades. The two new reactors approved today (Feb. 9) for Georgia would represent the first U.S. versions of next-generation reactor designs that have begun appearing in China.

Nuclear power: NRC approves first new reactors since 1978 (The Christian Science Monitor)

   (Friday, 10 February 2012 00:11)

The Christian Science Monitor - The federal board that regulates nuclear power in the US on Thursday voted to allow construction to proceed on the first new commercial nuclear power reactors in more than three decades.

New Nuclear Plant a Good Thing for the U.S. (ContributorNetwork)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 23:32)

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I was glad to see that, according to Reuters, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years. It's about time.

Nike Launching Space Sneakers for NBA Stars (SPACE.com)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 23:00)

SPACE.com - Three icons of professional basketball will don special space-themed sneakers when they take the court for the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando later this month.

FDA sets draft rules for biotech drug copies (Reuters)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 21:46)

Reuters - The Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited guidelines for the sale of lower-cost versions of biotechnology drugs leave open the possibility that some products might not need to be tested in humans.

La Nina going away, but too late for Texas drought (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 21:07)

AP - Federal weather forecasters say the La Nina weather phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down.

182 Members of Congress Call for More Offshore Oil Opportunities (ContributorNetwork)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 19:42)

ContributorNetwork - On Tuesday, 182 members of the House of Representatives sent a bipartisan letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar calling for new access to offshore energy production. Here are the details.

Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 15:38)

AP - For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.

The nations weather (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 10:28)

AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Thursday, February 09, 2012.

Life in Antarctic lake? It's everywhere else (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 07:01)

AP - If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places.

Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 06:48)

AP - The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.




Dems hit lax fed drilling oversight (AP)

   (Thursday, 09 February 2012 02:11)

AP - Federal policing of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday.

Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out (AP)

   (Thursday, 02 February 2012 05:51)

AP - With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.