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China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm 8 May 08, 23:43 ET Reuters - A deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed two more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 32, state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted authorities to the epidemic. more Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home 8 May 08, 23:11 ET AFP - A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. more People value equity over efficiency: study 8 May 08, 21:59 ET AFP - Confronted with distributing food rations to hungry orphans, people would rather be fair than efficient, even if it means letting some of the food go to waste, a US study shows. more New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye 8 May 08, 21:00 ET AP - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. more Dutch study unlocks key to firm tomatoes 8 May 08, 19:14 ET Reuters - Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt. more First Space Lawyer Graduates 8 May 08, 19:01 ET SPACE.com - A student at the University of Mississippi will leap into the final frontier of the legal system Saturday when he receives the first-ever space law certificate in the United States. more World to End in 2012 (Check Back for Updates) 8 May 08, 16:55 ET LiveScience.com - Three children were recently removed from a remote church compound called Strong City in New Mexico. There had been allegations that children at the cult may have been sexually abused, though the matter remains under investigation and charges have yet to be filed. more Study confirms ancient Chile settlement is 14,000 years old 8 May 08, 16:53 ET AFP - Scientists have confirmed that the famed Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile is about 14,000 years old, making it the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, the journal Science reported Thursday. more Sugarcane biofuel becomes Brazil's second energy source 8 May 08, 16:51 ET AFP - Biofuel and other derivatives from sugarcane have for the first time overtaken hydroelectric power as an energy source in Brazil, according to an annual official study released Thursday. more Station Astronaut Laughs it up for 'Colbert Report' 8 May 08, 16:31 ET SPACE.com - NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman squeezed in some laughs amid his busy day aboard the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday during an orbital call from comedian Stephen Colbert. more Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas 8 May 08, 16:11 ET AP - Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas. more Saturn's Atmosphere Does the Wave 8 May 08, 16:02 ET SPACE.com - The planet Saturn does the wave in its atmosphere, but it's only visible from Earth every 15 years, a new study finds. more Mother Nature Still in Charge 8 May 08, 15:25 ET LiveScience.com - The Myanmar cyclone. The earthquake off the coast of Japan. The Chilean volcano. Has Earth gone bonkers? more Ancient seaweed chews confirm age of Chilean site 8 May 08, 14:34 ET Reuters - Bits of chewed-up or burned seaweed discarded more than 14,000 years ago confirm that people were in Chile at least that long ago and shed light on what their culture was like, researchers reported on Thursday. more Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt 8 May 08, 13:09 ET AP - Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted in. more UN sounds alarm over decline in migratory birds 8 May 08, 11:55 ET AFP - The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally, in what it said was an alarming sign of the state of world biodiversity. more Nigerian body backs jatropha as biofuels source 8 May 08, 10:43 ET AFP - A short and hardy tree that Nigerians have used for centuries to demarcate farmland could be the way forward for biofuels, the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) said Wednesday. more 114-Year-Old Man Takes Longevity Keys to the Grave 8 May 08, 09:10 ET LiveScience.com - A man who lived to age 114 died recently on a small Mediterranean island. Until age 102 he rode a bicycle every day to tend to his family's orchards. His 101-year-old brother, his two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85 all still live in a small town on the Spanish island of Minorca. more Researchers find neuroblastoma genes 8 May 08, 08:58 ET Reuters - An international team of researchers said they have pinpointed three variants of the genetic code that appear to set the stage for aggressive neuroblastoma, the deadliest solid tumor in early childhood. more Scientists map the genome of the platypus 8 May 08, 06:25 ET AP - Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus - one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. more Military evacuated as Chile volcano eruption flares 8 May 08, 04:30 ET Reuters - Chile evacuated the last of a small group of military personnel and civilians from the vicinity of an erupting volcano in its remote Patagonian south before dawn on Thursday, after it spat a surge of fiery material, officials said. more Go Speed Racer! Demons on Wheels Designed 8 May 08, 00:46 ET LiveScience.com - Was Speed Racer ahead of his time? Could a real version of his car be made? more Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested 8 May 08, 00:45 ET SPACE.com - Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria? more Why Don't They Do SETI? 8 May 08, 00:45 ET SPACE.com - A widespread and popular impression of SETI is that it's a worldwide enterprise. Well, it's not, and there's something modestly puzzling in that. more Australian platypus genome a link to evolution 8 May 08, 00:42 ET Reuters - Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map. more

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