| Vital Signs: Nostrums: A Bit of Marijuana Is Found to Ease Pain Patients with persistent nerve damage inhaled, and felt better, but did not get high, a Canadian study reports. feeds.nytimes.com |
Lawmakers: protect embryonic stem cell research By JIM ABRAMS 2010-09-16T16:27:44ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Arlen Specter said Thursday that Congress should "get busy" on giving legal stature to the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research to avoid giving a final say on the issue to a conservative Supreme Court.... hosted.ap.org |
Congress backs Obama plan on NASA's future By JIM ABRAMS 2010-09-30T03:50:36ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress approved a blueprint for NASA's future Wednesday that extends the life of the space shuttle program for a year while backing President Barack Obama's intent to use commercial carriers to lift humans into near-Earth space.... hosted.ap.org |
Joyous Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough By FRANK JORDANS 2010-10-15T13:40:12ZSEDRUN, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss engineers smashed through the last stretch of rock Friday to create the world's longest tunnel, sparking a national groundswell of elation over a costly, technically difficult project that has been 60 years in the making.... hosted.ap.org |
Letters: Proceed With Caution (1 Letter) A letter to the editor. feeds.nytimes.com |