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- After combat, citizen soldiers turning to alcohol
SummaryCHICAGO (AP) -- National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests. The authors speculate that inadequate preparation for the stress of combat and reduced access to support services at home may be to blame....
Hide summary - VA patients in Pa. fear prostate treatment error
SummaryPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia veterans hospital says it may have given insufficient radiation treatment to more than 100 prostate-cancer patients....
Hide summary - AP IMPACT: Bush to relax protected species rules
SummaryWASHINGTON (AP) -- Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants....
Hide summary - Half of overweight adults may be heart-healthy
SummaryCHICAGO (AP) -- You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people - about half - have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity....
Hide summary - Balancing brain time-out in concussion recovery
SummaryWASHINGTON (AP) -- Your brain needs more of a time-out than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active - not just on the field, but at home and school - may hinder their recovery....
Hide summary - Calif. lawmakers weigh chemical ban in baby items
SummarySACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans....
Hide summary - Global AIDS prevention gives short shrift to gays
SummaryMEXICO CITY (AP) -- Jorge Saavedra's moment of truth came in the middle of an impassioned speech to 5,000 people about the paltry amount of money being spent to stop the spread of AIDS among gay men....
Hide summary - Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths
SummaryCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other medical experts....
Hide summary - Gift cards key to new AIDS prevention strategy
SummaryATLANTA (AP) -- Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards? Desperate for a way to stop the escalating spread of HIV among young gay men, public health officials are looking to novel strategies, such as enlisting local gay opinion leaders to urge their peers to practice safe sex....
Hide summary - FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix
SummaryWASHINGTON (AP) -- Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday....
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BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site.
- UK 'lags behind' on DNA forensics
SummaryCross-border co-operation on terrorism and crime will be compromised unless the UK updates the technology it uses for DNA profiling, experts warn.
Hide summary - Vets 'raised concerns' over bute
SummaryA UK veterinary committee had raised concerns repeatedly about the presence of the drug phenylbutazone or "bute" in horsemeat destined for human consumption.
Hide summary - Earliest mammal ancestor pinpointed
SummaryResearchers using a vast database of physical and genetic data determine the ancestor of all placental mammals was small, furry and probably ate insects.
Hide summary - 'Closest' dinosaur extinction date
SummaryResearchers revisit the timings of a massive impact 66m years ago and the demise of the dinosaurs, finding firmer evidence that they coincided in time.
Hide summary - Mars rover spins its rock drill
SummaryThe US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover rotates its drill mechanism for the first time, as it builds towards taking a sample from inside a rock.
Hide summary - How salmon make long journey home
SummarySalmon use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate the ocean as they make the long journey home to spawn, research suggests.
Hide summary - UK 'can cope with solar superstorm'
SummaryIf a solar superstorm struck the Earth, the effects on the UK would be "challenging but not cataclysmic", says a Royal Academy of Engineering report.
Hide summary - Elephant poaching 'out of control'
SummaryMore than 11,000 elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in Gabon since 2004 according to new research
Hide summary - China 'smuggles' Mozambique timber
SummaryNearly half of the timber exported from Mozambique to China is illegal, with politicians and traders involved in smuggling, a pressure group says.
Hide summary - UK 'phone-sat' ready for orbit
SummaryThe world's first "smartphone satellite", assembled by British engineers, is sent to India for its launch into space at the end of the month.
Hide summary - Porpoise protection 'insufficient'
SummaryResearchers call for conservation improvements to save China's highly threatened Yangtze finless porpoise.
Hide summary - AUDIO: 'No practical use' for prime number
SummaryCurtis Cooper, who has discovered what is thought to be the largest prime number ever identified, admits he's not aware of "any practical application" for it.
Hide summary - Lenses could 'cure colour-blindness'
SummaryScientists say they have invented spectacle lenses that cure red-green colour blindness, which affects some women and one in every 10 men.
Hide summary - Earth-like planets just got closer
SummaryResearchers find that 6% of red dwarf stars host habitable, Earth-sized planets - meaning the closest may be just 13 light-years away.
Hide summary - 'Space jump' faster than thought
SummaryAustrian Felix Baumgartner fell even faster during his historic skydive last October than was originally thought.
Hide summary - Impending comet Ison caught on film
SummaryA comet that looks likely to dazzle in the night skies later this year is spotted by a spacecraft dedicated to much closer comet observations.
Hide summary - UK Antarctic base up and running
SummaryBritain's "space-age" Halley research station in the Antarctic - the sixth in a storied history of stations at the locale - goes into full operation this month.
Hide summary - Last-stand Neanderthals queried
SummaryRadiocarbon studies question whether a late Neanderthal population remained in southern Spain long after the species died out in the rest of Europe.
Hide summary - Rain tracked with mobile network
SummaryResearchers show that an idea to produce high-quality rainfall maps using nothing more than mobile phone mast signals works - across a whole country.
Hide summary - MEPs back major EU fishing reform
SummaryThe European Parliament approves a major reform of fishing to end the wasteful discarding of dead fish and help depleted stocks to recover.
Hide summary - Funding for shark drug research
SummaryA team developing anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs from research based on the immune systems of sharks receives a £1.5m funding boost.
Hide summary - Seabird substance 'identified'
SummaryA substance which has covered hundreds of birds on the south coast is an oil additive, a university says.
Hide summary - Elephants 'try to avoid' humans
SummaryAfrican elephants 'know' when they are in safe areas and become stressed when they leave them, according to a study.
Hide summary - Sea urchin 'trick' captures CO2
SummaryThe natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system, researchers say.
Hide summary - India and Nepal begin tiger census
SummaryIndia and Nepal begin their first joint survey of tigers in the Terai Arc, hoping to chart how many Royal Bengal tigers remain in the shared region.
Hide summary - Two hurt in giant lizard attack
SummaryTwo men are injured in an attack by a komodo dragon in a wildlife park in eastern Indonesia, park officials say.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Whale hits holidaymakers' canoe
SummaryA couple from Arizona got more than they bargained for when they went on a whale-spotting trip during a holiday in Hawaii.
Hide summary - Insects groom to improve smell
SummaryCockroaches groom their antennae to improve their sense of smell, scientists say.
Hide summary - AUDIO: Bee deaths 'not down to pesticides'
SummaryLast week the European Commission proposed that member states restrict the use of certain classes of pesticide that are believed to be harmful to bees. Today's science correspondent Tom Feilden reports, and Martin Taylor, chairman of Syngenta, explains how the pesticide industry is reacting.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Trainee cosmonauts in crash test
SummaryCandidates in the Russian space agency's cosmonaut training competition have been given their first real endurance test at Russia's specialist training centre.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Approval sought for potash mine
SummaryProposals to mine one of the world's largest deposits of potash - used to make fertiliser - under the North Yorkshire Moors have divided local opinion.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Music and the Universe in harmony
SummaryViolinist Daniel Hope on the link between music and the movement of planets.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Attenborough close up with blind rhino
SummarySir David Attenborough concluded his BBC One series about the wildlife of Africa with an extraordinary close up meeting with a blind baby rhinoceros.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Seabird killer 'glue' is identified
SummaryScientists have identified the mystery substance which caused hundreds of seabirds to be washed up off the south coast of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
Hide summary - VIDEO: Building a base in Antarctic extremes
SummaryAs the British Antarctic Survey celebrates its new base becoming fully operational, the BBC has been speaking to the architect behind the project to find out more about the Halley VI research station.
Hide summary - Is climate all about the weather?
SummaryDo we get more sceptical about climate because of the weather?
Hide summary - Extinction: Beyond dinosaurs and dodos
SummaryHow extinction has helped other creatures flourish
Hide summary - Sweden wolf cull divides opinion
SummarySweden resumes wolf hunting despite protests
Hide summary - Uncovering the dark side of the Universe
SummarySearching for part of the Universe deep beneath a mountain
Hide summary - How do you reconstruct a face from just a skull?
SummaryHow do they know what Richard looked like from his skull?
Hide summary - In pictures: New Antarctic station
SummaryHalley VI, the British Antarctic Survey's new research station
Hide summary - Scientists testing for 'giant gene'
SummaryHow common is genetic blip which can spawn giants?
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