Resurrected Mammoth Blood

A team of scientists has brought the main component of mammoth blood back to life using ancient DNA that was preserved in the bones of specimens that are 43,000 years old. Studies show that mammoths were able to cool their extremities down in harsh Artic conditions so they could minimize heat loss. Professor Campell says it's extraordinary to be able to study an animal that hasn't lived for thousands of years.

Flaxseed-Fed Chickens Shed Light on Ovarian Cancer

There is always tests going on for different kinds of cancers but these scientists were studying ovaran cancer. They have discovered that a diet enriched with flaxseed decreases severity of ovarian cancer and increases survival in hens. Flaxseed is the richest plant source of alpha-linolenic acid. It is one type of omega acid
Flaxseed-Fed Chickens Shed Light on Ovarian Cancer

Scientists Alter Developing Fish Brain to Resemble That of Another Species

While studying fish the scientist found that applying chemicals to the embryo of the unborn fish they can make it resemble another fish. I am all for experimaents but i think that if a fish has a certain type of brain it has it for a reason. Such as it has to have defence mechanisms, tose of which the other fish may not have for various reasons.


Scientists Alter Developing Fish Brain to Resemble That of Another Species

Humans Have a Lot to Learn From Bonobos

http://www.livescience.com/animals/bonobos-sharing-bts-100423.html

Bonobos are often mistaken as Chimps or even monkeys at times. But the Bonobo is an ape that is very closely related to Humans. Bonobos have dark faces with pinks lips and have long black hair. Another difference they have from Chimps is their peaceful ways of dealing with problems. Bonobos are rarely violent and do not kill each other as Chimps often do. They use sexual activity as a way to maintain a calm peaceful relationship with each other. Chimps are male dominant, wage wars, and violent; Bonobos on the other hand are governed by females and peaceful.

A new trait of Bonobos observed recently is a tendency to share. As opposed to to Chimps who become increasingly more greedy with age, Bonobos remain generous. Bonobos were placed in a room with a door and food. The Bonobos along with young chimps would open the door to share the food with another. Older chimps though would not keeping the food for themselves.

New Species of Flying Reptile Discovered

http://www.livescience.com/animals/flying-reptile-pterosaur-100429.html


A new species of flying reptile, a pterosaur, was discovered in Northern Texas. During an excavation of a hillside next to a highway the creatures fossilized jaw was exposed. At first Lance Hall thought it was an oyster shell. After he noticed the color was more of a tan-like bone color, he exposed all of it to see it was indeed a fossil. Later he was told that it was a new species now named Aetodactylus Halli. The jaw was interesting to Paleontologist because it had teeth. All Pterosaurs were toothless except for Coloborhynchus.

Interaction With Nature Beneficial To Mental Health

http://www.livescience.com/health/nature-mental-health-100502.html

After 10 studies, totaling at 1,252 people, researchers have found that a five minute dose of outdoor activity boosts self-esteem. Such activities include walking, gardening, cycling, fishing boating, horse-back riding, and farming. Humans need outdoor activity for a relaxing, down time for the brain. Areas such as parks in urban areas can satisfy one's deep seated need for nature, but green areas with water do the best. The test was more effective on the young or people who are mentally ill, though all people do benefit. Researchers also say that humans should indulge in playing more often.

Multivitamins Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Multivitamins Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Study Shows Higher Risk of Breast Cancer Among Women Who Report Taking Multivitamins
By Denise Mann
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDApril 1, 2010 -- The message is hammered home every time we turn on the TV: Taking a daily multivitamin can help improve our overall health and well-being and may even protect against diseases like cancer. But now a new study suggests that this seemingly healthy habit may actually increase the risk of breast cancer.

The new findings appear online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In the study of more than 35,000 Swedish women aged 49 to 83, 25.5% said they took multivitamins. None of the women had cancer when the study began. During about 10 years of follow-up, 974 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 293 of these diagnoses occurred among the 9,017 women who reported using multivitamins.

Overall, women who reported taking multivitamins were 19% more likely to develop breast cancer than their counterparts who said they did not take daily multivitamins. These findings held after the researchers adjusted for other risk factors including family history, advancing age, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol use.

"The potential health benefits or adverse effects associated with multivitamin use are of great public health importance [and] the observed association is of concern and merits further investigation," conclude the researchers, who were led by Susanna C. Larsson, PhD, of the division of nutritional epidemiology at the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20100401/multivitamins-linked-to-breast-cancer-risk

19% more likely sounds like inconclusive data to me, there are far to many factors involved with cancer, therefore this data needs a higher percentage to hold true