http://unfoxnews.com UnFox News is not a propaganda arm of the Republican Party.Science headlines from reliable sources en http://www.physorg.com/news202971244.html Japan on Monday said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:54:40 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news202921592.html (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most controversial questions in cosmology is why the fundamental constants of nature seem fine-tuned for life. One of these fundamental constants is the fine-structure constant, or alpha, which is the coupling constant for the electromagnetic force and equal to about 1/137.0359. If alpha were just 4% bigger or smaller than it is, stars wouldn't be able to make carbon and oxygen, which would have made it impossible for life as we know it to exist. Now, results from a new study show that alpha seems to have varied a tiny bit in different directions of the universe billions of years ago, being slightly smaller in the northern hemisphere and slightly larger in the southern hemisphere. One intriguing possible implication is that the fine-structure constant is continuously varying in space, and seems fine-tuned for life in our neighborhood of the universe. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:48 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58276/Scientists_find_link_in_humans_between_nerve_cell_production_memory.html Production of new nerve cells in the human brain is linked to learning and memory, according to a new study from the University of Florida. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58483/Iowa_State_chemists_discover_method_to_create_high-value_chemicals_from_biomass.html Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources. (2010-09-03) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58227/The_strange_case_of_solar_flares_and_radioactive_elements.html It's a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away. (2010-08-25) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58242/Why_fish_dont_freeze_in_the_Arctic_Ocean.html Together with cooperation partners from the U.S., the researchers surrounding Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (Physical Chemistry II of the RUB) describe their discovery in a so-termed Rapid Communication in the prestigious American chemistry journal, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). The journal's independent reviewers evaluated the work as one of the top 5% of all submissions. (2010-08-26) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58289/Attention_couch_potatoes_Walking_boosts_brain_connectivity_function.html A group of "professional couch potatoes," as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise - in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week - can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58302/Researchers_urge_reclassification_of_traumatic_brain_injury_as_chronic_disease.html Traumatic brain injury, currently considered a singular event by the insurance industry and many health care providers, is instead the beginning of an ongoing process that impacts multiple organ systems and may cause or accelerate other diseases and disorders that can reduce life expectancy. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58203/System_uses_electrical_trickery_on_the_brain_to_induce_realistic_spaceflight_effects.html What does it feel like to return to Earth after a long stay in space? Until now, it has been difficult during astronaut training to realistically simulate the dizzying effects the human body can experience. (2010-08-25) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58206/Scientists_Map_Origin_of_Large_Underwater_Hydrocarbon_Plume_in_Gulf.html Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (2010-08-25) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58285/Macrophages_The_defense_cells_that_help_throughout_the_body.html The term "macrophage" conjures images of a hungry white blood cell gobbling invading bacteria. However, macrophages do much more than that: Not only do they act as antimicrobial warriors, they also play critical roles in immune regulation and wound-healing. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58266/Supplement_produces_a_striking_endurance_boost.html Research from the University of Exeter has revealed taking a dietary supplement to boost nitric oxide in the body can significantly boost stamina during high-intensity exercise. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58268/Mayan_pool_in_the_rainforest.html Since 2009, researchers from Bonn and Mexico have been systematically uncovering and mapping the old walls of Uxul, a Mayan city. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58212/New_study_shows_how_giant_tortoises_alligators_thrived_in_High_Arctic_50_million_years_ago.html A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year. (2010-08-25) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58232/Doctors_religious_beliefs_strongly_influence_end-of-life_decisions.html Atheist or agnostic doctors are almost twice as willing to take decisions that they think will hasten the end of a very sick patient's life as doctors who are deeply religious, suggests research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. (2010-08-26) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58249/Growing_drought-tolerant_crops_inching_forward.html A collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, has used the tools of structural biology to understand how a synthetic chemical mimics abscisic acid (ABA), a key stress hormone that helps plants cope with adverse environmental conditions such as drought. (2010-08-26) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58497/Rutgers-Camden_Professor_Engineers_E_coli_to_Produce_Biodiesel.html One mention of E. coli conjures images of sickness and food poisoning, but the malevolent bacteria may also be the key to the future of renewable energy. (2010-09-03) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58307/Moms_who_dont_breastfeed_more_likely_to_develop_type_2_diabetes.html Mothers who did not breastfeed their children have significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes later in life than moms who breastfed, report University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Medicine. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58273/New_rules_of_engagement_for_older_people_and_climate_change.html A new study by researchers in the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York calls for better engagement of older people on climate change issues. (2010-08-27) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/58250/Evolution_writ_small.html A unique experiment at Rice University that forces bacteria into a head-to-head competition for evolutionary dominance has yielded new insights about the way Darwinian selection plays out at the molecular level. (2010-08-26) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:09 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news202967392.html A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:10:04 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news202967442.html Germany said it would extend the life of its nuclear reactors by 12 years on average Monday after marathon talks on the controversial issue that will shape the energy policy of Europe's top economy. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:10:01 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news202967172.html Against a backdrop of extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, a new report warns that increasingly erratic rainfall related to climate change will pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, especially in Africa and Asia, requiring increased investment in diverse forms of water storage as an effective remedy. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00:04 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/sep/06/archive-the-plague-glasgow-govan <div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.20.4/22202?ns=guardian&pageName=From+the+archive%2C+6+September+1900%3A+The+plague+in+Glasgow+and+Govan%3AArticle%3A1447797&ch=From+the+Guardian&c3=Guardian&c4=Scotland+%28News%29%2CUK+news%2CInfectious+diseases+%28Science%29%2CScience%2CSociety%2CHealth+%28Society%29%2CSanitation&c5=Society+Weekly%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CHealth+Society&c6=&c7=10-Sep-06&c8=1447797&c9=Article&c10=&c11=From+the+Guardian&c13=From+the+archive+%28series%29&c25=&c30=content&h2=GU%2FFrom+the+Guardian%2FScotland" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 September 1900</p><p>The outbreak of plague in Glasgow and Govan is one of the most remarkable events of recent years. The prevailing feeling of the average Englishman has been that however much this disease might ravage other parts of the globe, it had nothing more than a historical or philanthropic interest to his own country, except in so far as it interfered with commerce. The extent of this feeling is shown by the fact that when, in 1889, the Infectious Diseases Notification Act was passed, plague was not included in the list. It has, however, reached us, and we shall be fortunate indeed if the present small epidemic proves to be the full extent of its attack.</p><p>Plague has been absent from England since the year 1665, when the last epidemic was buried under the ashes of London.</p><p>This outbreak began apparently in India, or Western China, in 1893-94, and it became epidemic in Hong Kong in 1894. The ravages of the disease in that island, where it still remains, have been and are terrible. It spread from Hong Kong to Bombay, Calcutta, and Alexandria, arriving in Europe at Oporto last year; and it has now reached England. It has been remarkable for the slow but most persistent way in which it has steadily pushed forward in spite of every precaution taken to prevent it. Quarantine has failed to stop it, and it is at present to be found in Sydney and on the east coast of South America; and our own more reasonable system of inspection seems for the moment also to have failed to stop its extension.</p><p></p><p><strong>More hopeful position in Glasgow </strong></p><p>Our Glasgow correspondent telegraphs:—It may now safely be asserted that the authorities in Glasgow have successfully grappled with the bubonic plague, which has troubled the city for the last fortnight. No further cases have been admitted to the hospital since Monday, and of the 16 cases which were said to have been suffering from the plague two patients have now been declared to be free from that disease. The number under observation in the reception-houses has been increased to 111, but this very fact points to the carefulness with which the work of the medical and sanitary authorities is carried out. The second case which was suspected to have arisen in Govan has now turned out to be a case of another disease, and the minds of the people there have been greatly relieved. In that district, however, every care is being exercised, and the authorities yesterday resolved to secure and furnish a reception-house to which any suspected case might be taken.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/scotland">Scotland</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/infectiousdiseases">Infectious diseases</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/health">Health</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/sanitation">Sanitation</a></li></ul></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" /> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:32:02 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/life-and-physics/2010/sep/04/3 <div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.20.4/15106?ns=guardian&pageName=Notes+from+Chicago%3AArticle%3A1447569&ch=Science&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Science&c5=Not+commercially+useful&c6=Jon+Butterworth%2CLily+Asquith+%28contributor%29&c7=10-Sep-06&c8=1447569&c9=Article&c10=Blogpost&c11=Science&c13=&c25=Life+and+Physics&c30=content&h2=GU%2FScience%2Fblog%2FLife+and+Physics" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">I am Lily, a new postdoc at <a href="http://www.anl.gov/">Argonne National Lab</a>. I'm the one who thinks she can find the Higgs boson by <a title="lhcsound" href="http://lhcsound.hep.ucl.ac.uk/">listening to it</a>. Thanks Jon for letting me <a title="Brain Drained/Introducing Lily" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/life-and-physics/2010/aug/15/brain-drain-physics-cern-atlas">play on your blog</a></p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/lilypark1.jpg"><img title="LilyPark" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/lilypark1.jpg?w=468" alt="" width="468"/><br /></a><em>It's a walk in the park</em></p><p>I moved here just over a week ago to work on <a href="http://atlas.ch/">Atlas</a> physics analysis (Atlas is one of the detectors at <a href="http://www.lhc.ac.uk/">the LHC</a>). So far the closest I have got to doing any physics here is talking about ways to limit the shock a colleague gets from the carpet-humidity-doorknob setup in his office here. But that's a start.</p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/argonnechildcare.jpg"><img title="ArgonneChildcare" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/argonnechildcare.jpg?w=318" alt="" width="318"/></a><br /><em>Argonne have excellent childcare facilities</em></p><p>I'm loving it here so far. It was a tricky one deciding whether to move 4000 miles from London with an 11-year-old child and no driving license. I'm glad we did.</p><p><a href="http://www.anl.gov/">Argonne</a> is full of smart people doing interesting physics. My PhD was on the search for the Higgs boson, which is one of the few areas the people at Argonne aren't actively involved in. I'm giving a seminar about my research in the next couple of weeks which will either draw them in or put them off for life, or most likely a mixture of the two.</p><p>I have done no physics whatsoever in the last week, so here is an edited summary of our experiences so far, to be filed under "non-physics".</p><p></p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/deadbook.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1496 " title="DeadBook" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/deadbook.jpg?w=368" alt="" width="368"/></a><br /><em>DeadBook</em></p><p>My laptop died the night we arrived here. We fell asleep watching the Simpsons, and when I woke up the next morning the old girl had given up the ghost. I got the whrrr but no ping, and a black screen. I wrote at the time "<em>This kind of shit is almost enough to start me believing in god (one of the angry, vengeful ones that smites non-believers).</em>" I'm over it now though, madly in love with a younger, faster model. And a bit poorer, but having a working laptop in my situation is priceless.</p><p>The day after we arrived, around 50 soldiers checked in to our hotel, fresh from Afghanistan. Left to my own devices I would almost certainly have befriended them, but I was a bit scared. Blamed it on the jet lag. I didn't want them to laugh at my pyjamas. Which are definitely not Dr Who.</p><p>The following day I finally decided that the intense pressure in my face and head was possibly not psychosomatic, so I went to Target, a massive supermarket. I had to sign an affidavit in order to purchase Sudafed. Apparently Sudafed is what crystal meth is made from. Felt fantastic all day.</p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cookieface.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1491 " title="CookieFace" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cookieface.jpg?w="318" alt="" width="318"/></a><br /><em>Sweets from the soldiers</em></p><p>My sister has insisted (via the highly influential medium of video-skype) that I am not allowed to talk to the soldiers. This is difficult for the following reasons:<br />(a) there is nobody else here in the hotel.<br />(b) they gave my daughter Jessie a plate of cookies in the shape of a happy face.<br />(c) it is impossible to get a look inside their ravaged minds without talking to them just a bit.</p><p>The following day I spent the whole morning trying to spell my name to Illinois secretary of state voice recognition software. My daughter is registered at school, which she loved (phew). I couldn't sleep well that night because the following morning I had to put her on a school bus in the hotel car park at 7:20. Eek.</p><p>The school bus was a breeze. I have never seen Jessie so happy: "Mum, I was born to live here". And I slept well the following evening, due in part (I suspect) to locating an off license. It was the size of a small planet. Or perhaps a moon. Just thirty minutes walk up Kingery highway.</p><p>We're having a really good time.</p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/46486_10150266355560078_905145077_14724576_1858828_n.jpg"><img title="Binnys" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/46486_10150266355560078_905145077_14724576_1858828_n.jpg?w=368" alt="" width="368"/></a><br /><em>I wept a little, yes</em></p><p>People are much friendlier here than anywhere else I've been. The television is always on, everywhere. They have advertisements for antidepressants about every five minutes.</p><p>As vegetarians with no kitchen we are restricted to eating deep-fried cheese. There is no concept of waste- all the breakfast things in the hotel are throw-away polystyrene and plastic.</p><p><a href="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/jesshero1.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1497 " title="JessHero" src="http://lifeandphysics.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/jesshero1.jpg?w=468" alt="" width="468" /></a><br /><em>Jessie meets her hero at the Art Institute of Chicago</em></p><p>Every pond has a huge fountain on in the middle 24 hours a day. And people think we are insane for walking/cycling a couple of miles or even less. But they are really, really friendly. Must be the pills ;).</p><p><em>This post first appeared <a href="http://lifeandphysics.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/notes-from-chicago/">here</a>.</em></p><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/jon-butterworth">Jon Butterworth</a></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/lily-asquith">Lily Asquith</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" /> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:09:02 -0500 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/ak10076552.php September 06, 2010 06:26:44 GMT Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:26:44 -0500 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010awam.php September 06, 2010 04:02:28 GMT Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:02:28 -0500 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/nc71451315.php September 06, 2010 01:14:13 GMT Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:14:13 -0500 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010avbt.php September 05, 2010 23:48:26 GMT Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:48:26 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2010/sep/06/mosi-manchester-museum-redevelopment <p>A behind-the-scaffolding tour as MOSI in Manchester undergoes an £8m redevelopment</p><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andyduckworth">Andy Duckworth</a></div><br/><p style="clear:both" /> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:01:00 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2010/sep/06/science-weekly-podcast-feuds-joel-levy-stephen-hawking-god <p>What happens when fierce scientific rivals go head to head? <strong>Joel Levy</strong> discusses some of history's most epic battles to discredit the work of colleagues. Do these often petty quarrels help or hinder the progress of science?</p><p>Joel's book <a href="http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781847735140">Scientific Feuds: From Galileo to the Human Genome Project</a> is out now. </p><p>Museum director <strong>Tony Hill</strong> takes us on a tour as Manchester's <a href="http://www.mosi.org.uk/">Museum of Science and Industry</a> (MOSI) undergoes an £8m redevelopment. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2010/sep/06/mosi-manchester-museum-redevelopment ">Peek behind the scaffolding on our video tour</a>. </p><p>The Science Weekly team question why <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/02/stephen-hawking-big-bang-creator">Stephen Hawking's views on the existence or otherwise of God</a> are making headlines, again; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/30/bjorn-lomborg-climate-change-u-turn">they discuss the Guardian's Bjørn Lomborg climate change exclusive</a>; <a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/09/panel_recommends_tevatron_exte_1.html">a stay of execution for Fermilab's Tevatron atom smasher</a>; why the Higgs boson is causing a headache for the Nobel prize committee; and the problems of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11172239">carbon emissions "embedded" in imported goods</a>. </p><p>Check out <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science">our shiny new science front page</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science-blogs">meet our crack team of science bloggers</a>:</p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist"><em>The Lay Scientist</em> by Martin Robbins</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/life-and-physics"><em>Life and Physics</em> by Jon Butterworth</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium"><em>Punctuated Equilibrium</em> by GrrlScientist</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/political-science"><em>Political Science</em> by Evan Harris </a></p><p>Follow the podcast on <a href="http://twitter.com/scienceweekly">our Science Weekly Twitter feed</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/guardianscience">receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science</a>. </p><p>Email <a href="mailto:scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com">scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com</a>. </p><p>Join our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2261841960">Facebook group</a>. </p><p>Listen back through <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/scienceweekly">our archive</a>.</p><p>Subscribe free <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=136697669">via iTunes</a> to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science/rss">non-iTunes URL feed</a>).</p><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/nellboase">Nell Boase</a></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andyduckworth">Andy Duckworth</a></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/robinmckie">Robin McKie</a></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/iansample">Ian Sample</a></div><br/><p style="clear:both" /> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:01:00 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/fuse-thwarts-danish-space-launch <div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.20.4/54433?ns=guardian&pageName=Fuse+thwarts+Danish+space+launch%3AArticle%3A1447729&ch=World+news&c3=Guardian&c4=Denmark+%28news%29%2CWorld+news%2CSpace+%28Science%29%2CScience&c5=Not+commercially+useful&c6=Association+Press+in+Copenhagen&c7=10-Sep-05&c8=1447729&c9=Article&c10=News&c11=World+news&c13=&c25=&c30=content&h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FDenmark" width="1" height="1" /></div><p>Two Danish space enthusiasts failed in their first attempt to launch a privately built rocket. Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson had hoped to send the nine-metre-long rocket 18.6 miles into the sky from a barge near the island of Bornholm. Their spokeswoman, Sophie Dalgaard, said a fuse problem had prevented the launch, but that they would try again. They have permission to launch the 1.6-tonne prototype from a military test zone until 13 September as part of the €50,000 (£41,770) Danish project. It is the first step towards their dream of flying to the edge of space, 62 miles above sea level.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/denmark">Denmark</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/space">Space</a></li></ul></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" /> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:16:01 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news202911833.html One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur between different generations of people, is explained by new research published today by world-renowned scientist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:24:10 -0500 http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11181753 A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:20:42 -0500 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010avbe.php September 05, 2010 16:27:00 GMT Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:27:00 -0500