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  • Soaking up sun may help treat asthma

    Scientists have suggested that the amount of time that asthma patients spend in the sun may have an impact on their illness. A research team at King's College London said low levels of vitamin D - made by the body in sunlight - has been linked to a worsening of symptoms. Its latest research shows that the vitamin calms an over-active part of the immune system in asthma, the BBC ...

  • Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

    Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

  • Rodents return to Earth after space flight

    The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ...

  • Moon meteor blast visible to naked eye on Earth says NASA

    NASA has revealed that a boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, causing an explosion so bright that it was visible to the naked eye on Earth. Though about 300 lunar impacts have been logged over the years, NASA scientists consider this latest impact, from March 17, much brighter than anything else observed, News.com.au reported. "We have seen a couple of others in the 'wow' ...

  • Darker skin also prone to skin cancer

    Fair skinned people are known to be at higher risk for skin cancer and other problems associated with too much exposure to the sun, but experts say people of color also are vulnerable to the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun and indoor tanning beds. Darker skin has more pigment-making cells, which provide some inherent protection against UV rays, but not enough, said ...


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Summer of Sam [DVD]

Summer of Sam [DVD]

"Summer of Sam" finally lost me about two-thirds of the way through. As everyone probably knows, the "Sam" of the title refers to "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York for more than a year in the late 1970s, stalking people and shooting them with a .44-caliber handgun because, as he claimed at the time, his neighbor's dog told him to. ...

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  • UK Astronaut To Blast Off To Space Station

    The British space industry is being given a boost with confirmation that Britain's first official astronaut is to take part in a mission on the International Space Station in 2015. Major Tim Peake has undergone 14 months of rigorous training, which has included survival courses and exercises under water and underground. Now almost three years after graduating as an astronaut, the ...

  • Space-y Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2013

    Amateur rocketeer Ken Biba speaks at Maker Faire Bay Area on May 18, 2013. At left is the rocket he and his team built, which flew to more 104,000 feet in September ...

  • Bae over the moon with first PGA title

    (28 mins ago) South Korea's Bae Sang Moon won his first US PGA title yesterday, firing a one-under par 69 to win the US$6.7 million Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes over American Keegan Bradley in Irving, Texas, in the US. In windy conditions at the TPC Four Seasons Resort course, the 26-year-old South Korean finished on 13-under 267 to hold off 2011 PGA Championship winner ...

  • No shortage of hopefuls to replace MP Denis Coderre

    MONTREAL - Candidates vying to replace departing Liberal MP Denis Coderre have been jostling for position ever since it was only a rumour he was going to run for the Montreal mayor's job. Coderre made his mayoral bid official Thursday and won't leave his MP office until June 1, however, the Liberal party has already received at least 25 resumes from interested candidates, according to ...

  • Russia Mice return from space most of them dead

    Most of the mice, gerbils and other animals Russia sent to space a month ago died in the flight meant to test the effects of extended periods of time in ...

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