From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 18:24:32 PDT
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Subject: Sprinter's gene means some are born to run
NewScientist.com newsletter, 28 August 2003
welcome to the New Scientist newsletter, which this week
unveils the gene that might determine whether you are a sprinter or
a marathon runner, the computer game that boosts children's
listening skills and the technology set to make picture-messaging
cellphones even more intrusive...
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EDITOR'S CHOICE:
BORN TO RUN
There could be a reason why you were never any good at the 100-metre
dash at school. A study of elite sprinters has shown they are much
more likely to possess one form of a specific gene. The gene variant
produces actinin-3, a protein found only in fast muscle fibres.
These fibres help to produce the explosive bursts of speed and power
that sprinters need. People with the other variant are more likely
to be better at endurance events. The discovery reopens the debate
about whether top athletes could be screened and nurtured from
birth... MORE
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994092
TOP STORIES:
Origami helps cellphone cameras to focus
A novel and ultra-cheap micromotor technology should soon allow
picture-messaging phones to zoom and focus with much greater
precision
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994096
Computer game boosts childrens' language skills
The game, based on distinguishing between sounds, is claimed to
deliver the equivalent of two years improvement in just a few weeks
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994093
Electricity grid left wide open to hackers
Experts say much of the electricity grid's critical infrastructure
is too accessible to the virus-ridden public internet
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994094
Trawling seamounts threatens ocean's biodiversity
Hundreds of deep-sea species new to science are disappearing before
they can be even be identified, oceanographers warn
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994097
Fatigued neurons explain waterfall illusion
If you watch a waterfall, then look at the bank beside it, the bank
appears to drift upwards - now scientists demonstrate why
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994095
Uncertainty clouds Canada's SARS declaration
A fatal disease outbreak is not SARS say officials - but conflicting
laboratory test results are worrying
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994099
NASA culture key to Columbia shuttle disaster
The hard-hitting final report of investigators reveals a trail of
management failures that leads all the way to the top - NASA chief
Sean O'Keefe
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994089
Silent pump for water-cooled PCs developed
The system, developed by a Californian start-up company, aims to
silently solve the problem that the faster chips get, the hotter
they become
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994086
Red wine chemical extends life - in yeast
The findings could help explain the drink's beneficial effects in
humans, and even one day be used to slow age-related diseases
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994085
Humans trained to hunger like Pavlov's dogs
People can be conditioned to crave foods at the sight of abstract
images - but a brain 'brake' stops them overindulging, research
reveals
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994083
AND FINALLY...
How high would an Olympic high jumper be able to leap if they were
on the Moon? Would it be far enough to escape gravity? Find out in
this week's Last Word section...
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1035
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FEATURES
THE HIGH LIFE
Fancy a vacation where you can literally take the weight off your
feet and leave the world behind? With the US government now taking
it seriously, space tourism is getting ready for lift off
EAT YOUR CRUSTS
How do you get a stubborn planet to swallow millions of cubic
kilometres of brittle rock? A little something to wash it down might
help, but be sure to stand well back
RENEGADE CODE
The letters of the DNA code are supposed to mean the same thing to
every living cell, and the idea that mavericks could make up their
own interpretation was unthinkable - until now
LETHAL IMPACT
A baseball to the chest can kill without leaving a bruise. Blame the
heart's Achilles heel...
NEWS
T-rays spot cancer under the skin
Nanoparticles extend life of brain cells
Cocaine's long-lasting ill effects
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