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Circus charmsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:47AMHands-on exhibitry gets new shadings with the first display as you walk in the door of "Circus! Science Under the Big Top," Bishop Museum's latest visiting extravaganza. "Who Dung It: Deduce the Species from the Feces" features trays of -- well -- animal poop.

Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearingFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:37AMIllegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday.

Space/time manipulation, tantric sex for hours, highs more powerful than any drug...Only a gay genius could have ...Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:25AMMarianne Faithfull is a devotee. House music pioneer (and trans-human) Genesis P-Orridge recommends it. William Burroughs tried it and enthused: "We will storm the citadels of reason." Kurt Cobain dabbled in it before his death... What do all these cultural...

Problem may delay shuttle's last flightFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:22AMAntimatter-detector flaw could complicate plans to retire orbiter fleet this year WASHINGTON — Possible problems with a $2 billion physics experiment could delay the space shuttle's final flight and further complicate White House plans to retire the orbiter fleet this year.

Dilute a G&T to get best effect?Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:14AMBEN Goldacre is a doctor whose book, Bad Science, has brought much happiness to those of us unconvinced by the shenanigans of quackery and hocum within the therapeutic, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

Crazy Horse: And the real victim is...Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:07AMI WAS in the middle of wolfing down a chunk of chicken sandwich when the next news item rolled in on TV3’s Buletin Utama.

Molecular basis for Pseudomonas aeruginosa persistent infections in CF patientsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:06AMNew research reveals Small Colony Variants (SCVs) of P. aeruginosa to be a hallmark of chronic infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Results, published March 12th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, suggest that SCV-mediated persistence might be a good target for antimicrobial chemotherapy.

NCKU Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Inspired INNOVA Studio in Developing Functional MasksFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:05AMTAINAN, Taiwan----The Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, has inspired the thinking and imagination of many students. Four students, Yi-Cheng Chen and Kuan-Ting Tsai of the NCKU Department of Physics, together with Ya-Ju Chang of the Department of Applied Music, Tainan National University of the Arts, and Hsiang-Ting Lin of the ...

Research sheds light on the inner workings of the inflammatory response to LeishmaniasisFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:51AMThe secret world of inflammation is slowly being revealed by the application of advanced techniques in microscopy, as shown in a study published March 12 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. Researchers at the Hull York Medical School and the University of York used 2-photon microscopy to identify how killer T lymphocytes behaved when they enter sites of inflammation caused by the parasite ...