Brainicane

Cancer cells are able to escape death by reversing a process which triggers suicide in normal cells, scientists have shown.

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Products that claim to help the body “detox” are often based on meaningless claims, scientists warn.

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Burj Dubai Tower, still under construction Via:TagPuan
TreeHugger has posted many times on Dubai’s sometimes “green,” sometimes wretchedly-excessive building boom (please pardon one last requiem use of the now much out-of-favor “green”). The boom is over; and a crash looms for Dubai landlords and credit holders. Falling oil prices have a lot to do […]

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Image courtesy of Wired
The smallest possible regional nuclear war would unleash around 700 tons of carbon dioxide—about as much as a country like England emits every year. The stat comes from a new paper called “Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security” by Marc Z. Jacobson, a professor of environmental engineering […]

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

ABC Foreign Correspondent Postcard (5:18)
The New Years holiday is a time to visit a shinto shrine in Japan. When I went to Ise Shrine, I made a real fool of myself when I talked to a guard and compared the structure to the pyramids of Egypt. He immediately replied: “No,…

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Scientists working towards pancreatic cell transplants as a cure for diabetes have taken the first step to getting around the problem of immune rejection

Posted on January 4th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None