major impediment in the fight against cancer is that most research grants go to projects unlikely to break much ground.
* Revamping the Grant Process
* Graphic Graphic: Financing the War on Cancer
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Science News - The New York Times
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Tools are 'temporary body parts'
Posted by keyrun555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The brain represents tools as extensions to the body, according to researchers writing in Current Biology.
After the use of a grasping tool, participants asked to grasp
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Avoiding 'wheelies' slows animals
Posted by keyrun555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The acceleration of four-legged animals appears to be limited by their need to avoid tipping upward, thus losing traction as their legs miss the ground.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Evolution faster when it's warmer
Posted by keyrun555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Climate could have a direct effect on the speed of "molecular evolution" in mammals, according to a study.
Researchers have found that, among pairs of mammals of the same species, the DNA of those living in warmer climates changes at a faster rate.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Stone Age wells found in Cyprus
Posted by keyrun555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Archaeologists have found a group of water wells in western Cyprus believed to be among the oldest in the world.
The skeleton of a young woman was among items found at the bottom of one shaft.
Radiocarbon dating indicat
BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch
Posted by keyrun555 1063 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
At the International Whaling Commission meeting in Madeira
As Bill Clinton might say: "it's the politics, stupid".
Or perhaps Tony Blair would adopt the form of his statement of priorities for the 1997 UK general election to read "politics, politics, politics".
The conference hall here at the International Whaling Commission (IWC
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Whale chief mulls ending hunt ban
Posted by chetan555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Dr William Hogarth's remarks came at the end of this year's IWC meeting, which saw pro- and anti-whaling nations agree to further compromise talks.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Solar plane to make public debut
Posted by chetan555 1063 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The initial version, spanning 61m but weighing just 1,500kg, will undergo trials to prove it can fly at night.
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