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December 21, 2012

Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2012
For centuries, humans have been exploring, researching, and, in some cases, discovering how to stave off life-threatening diseases, increase life spans, and obtain immortality. Biologists, doctors, spiritual gurus, and even explorers have pursued these quests-one of the most well-known examples being the legendary search by Ponce de Leon for the "Fountain of Youth." Yet the key to longevity may not lie in a miraculous essence of water, but rather in the structure and function of cells within a pla ... read more

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Scientists construct first map of how the brain organizes everything we see Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that th ... more		Genomic frontier: The unexplored animal kingdom A new report in the journal Nature unveils three of the first genomes from a vast, understudied swath of the animal kingdom that includes as many as one-quarter of Earth's marine species. By p ... more		Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit NASA grant awarded to enhance AI-driven satellite weather forecasting Nick Sokol: Growing a sustainable future		Ozone levels have sizeable impact on worker productivity Researchers in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health assessed the impact of pollution on agricultural worker productivity using daily variation ... more
				Prehistoric ghosts revealing new details Scientists at The University of Manchester have used synchrotron-based imaging techniques to identify previously unseen anatomy preserved in fossils. Their work on a 50 million year old lizard ... more		WHO head warns diseases set to rise The head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday that infectious diseases will spread more easily in the future due to globalisation, changing lifestyles and rising population densities. ... more

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3 Palestinians dead from swine flu: health ministry Three Palestinians in the West Bank have died in the past week from the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday. ... more		Landslide bolsters Modi's chances of India premiership Controversial Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi secured a landslide poll victory in the Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, firming up his chances of running for prime minister in 2014. ... more		RTX's Raytheon secures $529 million contract to bolster Dutch Patriot air defense system Slingshot Aerospace to enhance USSF technology for GPS jamming and spoofing detection Hamas to free first 3 Israeli hostages Sunday if cease-fire takes effect		Fishing nations, campaigners split on new EU quotas European Union fisheries ministers Thursday struck a deal on 2013 quotas viewed as a "compromise" between efforts to protect endangered stocks while ensuring jobs for Europe's fishermen. ... more
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