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Discovery Channel's North America in pictures North America's diverse climate, geography and wildlife are the subject of an impressive new series on the Discovery Channel. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and spans the continent from the Canadian Rockies to the jungles of Belize
The Guardian | 4 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Major Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut to go into space for 20 years Major Tim Peake, 41, who was accepted into the European Astronaut Corps in 2009, will travel to the International Space Station in 2015. it is his first space mission since graduating.
Mail Online | 4 hours, 35 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Separating the recent from the ancient past Dr Dave Hone The ever changing landscape can cause some confusion when organic remains of different eras come togetherIt is not uncommon to come across claims of fossils being found in layers where we would not expect them to be, with combinations of anim
The Guardian | 4 hours, 42 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Major Tim Peake to become Britain's first official astronaut on mission to ISS Former Army helicopter pilot Major Tim Peake, 41, chosen from 8,000 for five-month mission to space station.
Telegraph.co.uk | 6 hours, 54 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Uptick in Whooping Cough Linked to Subpar Vaccines Newer shots are safer, but not as effective as older ones
ScienceNOW | 7 hours, 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

ER docs are key to reducing health care costs Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.
EurekAlert! | 7 hours, 54 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Genetic diversity within tumors predicts outcome in head and neck cancer A new measure of the heterogeneity -- the variety of genetic mutations -- of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer better than most traditional risk factors.
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Blame your parents for bunion woes A novel study reports that white men and women of European descent inherit common foot disorders, such as bunions (hallux valgus) and lesser toe deformities, including hammer or claw toe. Findings from the Framingham Foot Study -- the first to estimate th
EurekAlert! | 7 hours, 54 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Whole-cell vaccine was more effective than acellular vaccine during CA pertussis outbreak Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during a large recent outbreak, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics.
EurekAlert! | 7 hours, 54 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

High Plains Aquifer Dwindles, Hurting Farmers Parts of the vast High Plains Aquifer are so low that crops cant be watered and bridges span arid stream beds.
New York Times | 8 hours, 44 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

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