Nautiloids are the sole surviving family of externally-shelled cephalopods that thrived in the tropical oceans 450–150 million years ago. However, in the intervening years their modern soft bodied…

Can one ever hear too many stories about Richard Feynman? Cosmic Variance brought my attention to a great piece from Physics Today by Daniel Hillis (who worked with Feynman in the 80's to build a…

WHITEHOUSE STATION, New Jersey, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck & Co., Inc. said today that it is gratified that a Texas appeals court overturned the August 2005 verdict of a state court jury in…

PARIS, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) annual ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on May 30, 2008 approved all the proposed resolutions.…

STOCKHOLM, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Report Benchmarks the Current State of Lung Cancer Care Across Europe The fragmented organization and management of lung cancer diagnosis and care in many…

It's no surprise that a woman in a bikini can increase a man's sexual appetite but research in the Journal of Consumer Research says that men who watched sexy videos or even handled lingerie had…

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) (hereinafter: "Delek Group" or "The Group") announced today its results for the three month period ending March 31, 2008. The…

CHICAGO, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Results presented at major U.S. cancer conference Agendia BV, a world leader in the rapidly evolving field of molecular diagnostics, announced today that data from…

From Slashdot, a physics professor gets upset that undergrad physics majors at his school aren't required to learn any programming. (Check out the comments for an interesting discussion.) To make…

BASEL, Switzerland, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Tolerability is an Increasingly Important Factor When Selecting Treatment Options for Patients - ABSTRACT No: 5110 (Poster 6H) Data presented at the…