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SCIENCE: Gay Bombs, Randy Hamsters and Other Wondrous Items
Some of the world's most esteemed scientists paraded on stage in silly egg costumes as a researcher of airborne hamsters on Viagra was feted at the annual Ig Nobel science awards Thursday at Harvard University.HEALTH: UNAIDS Head Puts the Spotlight on Children and Teens
The executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is urging action as concerns the transmission of HIV to children through sexual abuse, incest and early teenage sex.HEALTH: Simpler AIDS Drugs to Benefit Children
A new form of AIDS treatment for children, targeted at families in rural areas, will be available within months, according to an official from the World Health Organisation (WHO).DEATH PENALTY-US: Ohio Abolitionists See Light at End of Tunnel
Support is slowly growing for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. Midwestern state of Ohio, considered by rights activists as a key state because of its historic, strong stand for the death penalty.
HEALTH-US: Tiny Town Demands Justice in Dioxin Poisoning
A U.S. health agency has made research subjects of people in tiny Mossville, Louisiana by repeatedly monitoring dangerously high levels of dioxin in their blood while doing nothing to get the community out of harm's way, residents say.
DEATH PENALTY-US: Retrial Possible for Most Famous Black Inmate
The talents and skills of leading U.S. lawyers, pathologists, scientists and independent criminal investigators are likely to be marshalled to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal if he is granted a new trial - and also to highlight the role skin colour may play in U.S. death penalty convictions.DEVELOPMENT: Poor Nations, States Dream of a Biotech Boom
Poor nations and U.S. states are offering huge financial breaks to biotechnology companies that agree to locate in their communities, but the belief that jobs and a better life will follow is often a pipedream - and one that comes at a high cost, critics say.RIGHTS-US: Professor Who Charged Racism Gets the Axe
A premier U.S. research institute agreed earlier this year to address possible racial bias in hiring, but now it is firing the person who raised the complaints.DEATH PENALTY: Young U.S. Lawyers Halting Executions
Youthful idealism and perseverance are helping to win the day against the U.S. conservative establishment and its huge law enforcement resources in the life and death legal struggle to halt execution by lethal injection - and with that the final end to the death penalty in the country.WORLD HEALTH DAY: Profits Soar, Along With U.S. Uninsured
The U.S. is said to offer gold-standard health care, but as the most expensive health system in the world, some here say that only people with a pot of gold can get that care.RELIGION-US: Who Says Halal and Kosher Don’t Mix?
If you happen to visit Fredericksburg, Maryland soon or other U.S. towns, you may find yourself invited to a local mosque for dinner - especially if you are Christian or Jewish.DEATH PENALTY-US: Abolitionists See Victory in View
Campaigners against the death penalty in the U.S. believe the momentum for a country-wide ban on executions is now unstoppable and some are predicting all their death rows will be closed down within 15 years.EDUCATION-US: Ivory Tower Still Blindingly White
A premier U.S. research institute has agreed to address possible racial discrimination in hiring, following a 12-day hunger fast by one of its African American scientists.« Previous Page
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