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| Engineers set 'grand challenges' for life Leading engineers propose 14 challenges to protect and enhance life during the 21st century – from producing better medicines to making solar energy affordable ft.com |
Brazil Court to Rule on Stem Cells SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide if scientists in Latin America's largest country can conduct embryonic stem cell research, which many say can lead to cures for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.... hosted.ap.org |
Big-ticket program reveals secrets of luxury goods Learning about luxury can be as costly as living a luxurious lifestyle, at least if one does it at a certain university in Shanghai.A program co-organized by Shanghai's Fudan University and Italy's SDA Bocconi School of Management offer ... english.people.com.cn |
Sex and Financial Risk Linked in Brain WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles - sex. When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.... hosted.ap.org |
Q & A: To Gyre and Gimbal Is it true that a gyroscope weighs more when it is spinning than when it is not spinning? nytimes.com |