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Add IQ points: be breast-fed as a baby and have the FADS2 gene PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Children who were breast-fed as babies and possess the fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene were found by British, U.S., and New Zealand researchers to be more intelligent that other children.        
 
Japanese Selene takes first HDTV video of Earth-rise, Earth-set from Moon PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 November 2007
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).        
 
Smoke-smelled shuttle/station spacesuit scuttles spacewalks PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
A pressure-chamber test at the NASA Johnson Space Center on Friday, November 9, 2007, in which an astronaut smelled smoke inside his spacesuit, continues to prevent any further spacewalks until the problem is resolved.          
 
Curvy women smarter and give birth to higher-IQ children PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Universities of Pittsburgh and California (Santa Barbara) researchers found that women with “hourglass” figures are more intelligent than women with round or straight bodies, and tend to give birth to children who are more intelligent.         
 
Universe goes on diet of electrons, weight may stay off PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Astronomers at the University of Alabama (Huntsville, U.S.A.) and the Helsinki Observatory (Finland) found that X-rays coming from galaxy cluster Abell 3112 originate from electrons and photons. If this conclusion holds with other galaxy clusters, it will considerably reduce the mass of the universe.             
 
Space Station’s Whitson & Tani attach docking port to Harmony PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
On November 12, 2007, U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to remove the Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 (PMA-2) from the forward hatch of the Destiny laboratory and to place it on the forward hatch of the Harmony module.           
 
Healthy diet found by Canadian researchers to reduce dementia risk PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Carol E. Greenwood and Matthew D. Parrott conducted a study whose November 2007 conclusion finds a substantial relationship between a healthy diet of fruit, vegetables, cereals, and fish, and a reduced risk from dementia.           
 
Space shuttle Atlantis back on launch pad PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 November 2007
NASA's space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

 
2006 CDC report says smokers in U.S. still about 21% PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 November 2007
According to 2006 figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of adult smokers in the United States remains at 20.8%, pretty much the same as in 2004 and 2005.             
 
GalaxyZoo finds most galaxies in universe are left-handed PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 November 2007
Based on conclusions from over one-hundred-thousand GalaxyZoo volunteers as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey project, most galaxies seem to be rotating counterclockwise in relation to the Earth. Astronomers wonder why?          
 
Annual Taurid meteor shower to peak November 12, 2007 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 11 November 2007
The Taurid meteor shower, which is caused by the Comet Encke is expected to show its best display in the eastern sky just before dawn on Monday, November 12th.            
 
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