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  • Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

    In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. ...

  • Michelle Keegan doesnt understand her sex symbol status

    Michelle Keegan, who was awarded Cleavage Of The Year by The Sun earlier this year, has said that she is embarrassed by her cleavage and struggles to understand her sex symbol status. The 25-year-old actress told new! magazine that it was embarrassing but also flattering, the Mirror reported. She said that she didn't wear tops that show her cleavage much, asserting that her mother joked about ...

  • It is rocket science as SA firm expands operation

    Technology firm NewSat plans to hire up to 20 space scientists as part of an expansion of its facility at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide. The Australian company is preparing to launch a satellite fleet and needs more antennae in Adelaide to support them. It provides communication services for customers including mining companies and the United States military. NewSat chief executive Adrian ...

  • Video Predicting the tornado How science can save lives

    The difference between survival and death during a tornado can be helped by increased warning time. The National Weather Service says the ability to forecast a tornado system has advanced drastically. Chip Reid reports on the improving ...

  • Has science outgrown patents

    A legal tussle in the US Supreme Court over who can own gene patents like the breast cancer gene has raised fundamental questions about what can be owned.While the combatants - the Association for Molecular Pathology and Myriad Genetics - hone their arguments, the rest of us should pause to consider how we got here and whether it's time to change the law.Patents give inventors an incentive ...

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Men With Guns

John Sayles' "Men With Guns" is about what happens to a society when brute force and constant threat of violence are the only means of gaining and maintaining power. The film takes place in an unnamed Central American country, where the men with guns are the rulers. Most of the country is divided into tiny segments -- some are controlled by guerrillas with guns, some are controlled by Army soldier ... ...

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  • Judge dismisses HD Mining court challenge by unions

    (QMI Agency files) A Federal Court judge dismissed Tuesday a challenge by two unions to overturn temporary foreign worker permits granted to a China-backed mining company. Judge Russel Zinn ruled HD Mining properly applied for the 201 worker permits, according to the Labour Market Opinions process. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 and BC Building Trades union said the ...

  • Theres a Gnome at the Bottom of Your Garden

    Royal Horticultural Society have decided this year to relax their century-old ban and for the first time allow the "little people" into the show -- garden gnomes, that is, those tacky little statues of short bearded men with pointy ...

  • Your Pictures The Oklahoma Tornado

    Nicholas Rutledge snapped this picture of yesterday's devastating tornado as it gathered strength in Newcastle, Oklahoma. It later intensified before smashing through suburbs surrounding Oklahoma City, including the city of ...

  • 5 Tornado Myths Busted

    deadly tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City area on Monday , leaving 24 dead. As rescue crews assist victims, scientists have fanned out across the Great Plains, seeking to better understand how severe storms form, and how people may better guard against their worst ...

  • Opposing stances on science research

    Tuesday was either a great day or an awful day for science research in Canada -- depending on whose story you were listening to.On one hand, Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state for science and technology, was presenting the government's commitments to science and technology research and proclaiming that discovery-driven research is a priority for the Conservatives.On the other hand, ...

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