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Date: Fri Jul 09 2004 - 06:19:12 PDT
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week reveals the millions of people who may have been exposed a
polio vaccine linked to cancer, the terahertz technology for
spotting concealed weapons and an orange banana that can prevent
blindness
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Orange banana to boost kids' eyes
Lifestyle causes myopia, not genes
Hi-fi failure helps to brighten beer
Handheld terahertz wand to unmask terrorists
High-tech messages from the grave
Milk may protect against bowel cancer
World AIDS crisis deepens and spreads
Evolution could speed net downloads Figuring out where to store data
Gene silencing prevents hereditary brain disease in mice The
Cassini finds a mystery in Saturn's rippling rings
Drug boosts egg numbers in mice ovaries
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Many millions more people than previously thought might have been
given a polio vaccine contaminated with a monkey virus that has been
linked to cancer, reveal US researchers. Around 30 million people
were exposed to the virus, SV40, through the vaccine between 1955
and 1963, after which the problem was thought to have been
eliminated. But a new study suggests the Soviet polio vaccine,
exported to China, Japan and Africa could have been contaminated
until the early 1980s....MORE
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996116
A naturally orange banana, rich in precursors to vitamin A, is to be
given to children on a Micronesian island to prevent blindness
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996120
Epidemics of short-sightedness in East Asia are due to children's
lifestyles, not their genes, suggest researchers
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996117
Failed music technology has been harnessed to make ultra-fine
filters to produce super clear beer
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996121
The device could reveal weapons under people's clothes without
trespassing upon their privacy and stripping them naked on screen
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996118
Tombstones with flat screens and computer memory could broadcast
last words in a parting video message
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996119
Drinking at least one big glass of milk a day can cut the risk of
colon cancer, suggests a large study
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996122
More people than ever contracted HIV in 2003, as the epidemic takes
hold in new regions, warns a major UN report
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996114
and for how long is a complex problem - but "evolved" algorithms
could find solutions
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996113
technique could eventually be used to treat people with
Huntington's, Alzheimer's and other diseases, researchers say
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996109
The unique close-ups reveal a peculiar clumping within the rings -
it could help scientists understand how the solar system formed
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996108
If the approach worked in women, it could protect the fertility of
cancer patients or even delay the menopause in healthy women
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996104
itself using a candle and a miniature water boiler, you may have
wondered about the physics behind this remarkable toy. Find out
precisely how they work in this week's Last Word section.MORE
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1111
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NATURAL BORN CANNIBALS
Few doubt humans have a history of sporadic cannibalism, but was it
ever widespread? The answer is written in our genes
If the world's biggest waves just aren't doing it for you, grab your
board and head for the outer planets
Using drugs to treat mental illness in adults is tricky, but can
giving the same drugs to children do more harm than good?
RADIO REVOLUTION
It's free, anarchic, and is already threatening to blow traditional
radio licensing out of the water
Supernova early warning system
Finding dark energy in the lab
Selenium helps protect babies
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