New Hope for the Saiga Antelope?
The Saiga Antelope, which is currently threatened with extinction, used to be much more flexible in its habitat and food choices in the past than previously assumed, scientists have discovered. Based on carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the collagen from the antelopes ’ bones, the scientists compared the diets of fossil versus modern-day Saiga. In their study, they reached the conclusion that today’s populations are not obligatorily bound to their current habitat. This insight offers new hope for this endangered species.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

Trump takes health care push to Capitol Hill amid GOP defections
President Trump made the trek to Capitol Hill Tuesday to drum up support from his own party members for his Obamacare replacement. The House is scheduled to vote on the bill on Thursday. Margaret Brennan has more.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The bangs, crackles and hums of Earth's seismic orchestra
Study gets to the bottom of ‘musical symphony’ produced in regions prone to mega-quakes as scientists work toward better quake hazard forecastingYou are at a classical music concert. There is an orchestra with three main sections. High up at the back, the percussion section has one very loud, large and moody-looking drum that gets struck very rarely. A handful of triangles produce occasional quieter “tings”. Further down, in the middle, there is a small band of violinists, but they are playing the strings so slowly the audience can barely hear them. Down at the front, a family of double bass instruments produces lo...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 15, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Dr Stephen Hicks Tags: Earthquakes Geology Natural disasters and extreme weather Science Source Type: news

People Are Losing It Over This NSFW Video Of Men Doing Yoga In Kilts
Picture yourself in the woods. You’re on a relaxing hike, when suddenly you hear the sound of chimes and the thumping of drums. Is it a drum circle? A circle of hippies? Nay ― it’s just two super zen men doing kilted yoga amidst the serenity of the forest.  The men, named Finlay and Tristan in real life, are the new stars of a BBC social video that’s taken the internet by storm with nearly 34 million views in three days. “Finlay is a yoga instructor from Dundee, and Tristan is one of his students,” reads the YouTube description of the clip. “Together, they took to the wilds of Sco...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study reveals which moves can take you from disco disaster to dancing queen
Hip-swings, leg moves, arm waggles and staying on the beat are the best moves for women who want to be admired on the dance floor, say psychologistsDisco divas looking to tear up the dance floor should ditch the soft sway and plump for the hip-swing, leg moves and an arm waggle or two – according to psychologists.The researchers used motion-capture technology to record the moves of women dancing to a drum beat, before turning them into featureless avatars and showing them to both men and women to rate.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Psychology Science Reproduction Biology Dance Source Type: news

Former Bio-Rad GC Wadler wins $11m in retaliatory firing suit
A federal jury in California yesterday reportedly awarded the former general counsel for Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO), Sanford Wadler, nearly $11 million in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit Wadler brought against his former employer. After a 3-hour deliberation, the jury in the U.S. District Court for Northern California awarded Sadler $2.9 million in back pay and stocks and $5 million in punitive damages; the back pay award is slated to be doubled, taking the total judgment to $10.8 million, according to The Recorder. Wadler, who was general counsel and executive vice president when Bio-Rad sacked him in June 2013, ...
Source: Mass Device - February 7, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Wall Street Beat Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Personnel Moves Source Type: news

In Brief News at a glance
In science news around the world, the critically endangered saiga antelope faces a new threat from a livestock virus in Mongolia, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives a global health trends institute at the University of Washington a big financial boost, Russia's health ministry decides the country cannot afford to spend $1.2 billion to ramp up the response to its burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic, a new Pew Research Center poll reveals that 82% of Americans think the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine should be required for public school entry, and more. Also, scientists remind U.S. President Donald Trump that tortur...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 2, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine (mailto:soleditor at aaas.org) Tags: SCI COMMUN Source Type: news

Squeezed light plays a quantum drum
Microscopic drum cooled below quantum limit
Source: PhysicsWeb News - January 18, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Physicists ' squeeze ' light to cool microscopic drum below quantum limit
Physicists have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible, below the so-called ' quantum limit. '
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 11, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

7 Psychiatrist-Backed Tips To Help You Manage Anxiety
People with anxiety disorders often face a sense of worry or dread and spend hours ruminating over worst case scenarios, which can get in the way of professional goals, personal relationships and a good quality of life. But there are ways to cope. Here, experts offer their best techniques to work through situations that might drum up anxiety, which may help you or someone you know keep worry or fear at bay: 1. Put your worrisome thoughts on a schedule. If you are going about your day and notice anxious thoughts, identify the thought stream and then postpone thinking about it until later, Ricks Warren, a clin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hunt: We must persuade doctors general practice is 'most exciting part of NHS'
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to 'bang the drum' to persuade medical students to choose general practice careers and told peers the government was 'not doing too badly' on meeting its target to recruit 5,000 extra GPs.
Source: GP Online News - December 14, 2016 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

Announcing the Hysteria Writing Competition 2016 Winners
Ta da …. and another drum roll please … it gives me great pleasure to be able to announce the overall Hysteria Writing Competition 2016 winners for each category. Their wins are very well deserved and perfectly capture some simple insights into the lives of women today. Short Story category – Sandra Crook with A ‘Ta Da’ Moment Flash Fiction category – Sharon Telfer with Sea Change Poetry category – Kathryn V Jacopi with Soapbox And I can also announce the winner of our cover competition; Ann Abineri was the first to guess that it was indeed inspired by Sharon Telfer’s entry ‘Sea Change...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 2, 2016 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Hysteria hysteria 2016 hysteria 5 Source Type: news

Dormancy relief, storage protocols for uhaloa seeds
(American Society for Horticultural Science) A study determined physical dormancy and evaluated dormancy relief methods for uhaloa seeds. The greatest practical dormancy relief was achieved with a mechanical electric drum scarifier lined with 80-grit sandpaper for 15 or 30 seconds, producing 95 percent and 99 percent germination, respectively. Nonscarified seeds exhibited minimal loss of viability during 10 months of storage at 5 ° C at 12 percent and 50 percent relative humidity, but a significant decline in viability of scarified seeds was detected.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Large metal cylinder crashes to earth in Myanmar
Strong possibility that 4.5m-long object which landed in northern mining area was part of Chinese satellite A large metal cylinder thought to be part of a Chinese rocket has crashed in a jade mining area in Myanmar.State media published images of the 4.5m-long (15ft) drum resting in mud on property owned by a mining company in Hpakank, in the northern state of Kachin.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 11, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Matthew Weaver and Ian Sample Tags: Myanmar Space China Asia Pacific South and Central Asia World news Science Source Type: news

11 Easy Moves That Make Running Way Less Miserable
Running can be polarizing--some people love it; others hate it. The most common reasons for shunning running are: it's boring, you feel slow, or you get injured. All of these are valid. (Seriously, who wants to slog through a bunch of slow, snooze-fest miles just to end up with a bum knee?) But the solution to them is simple: Improve your running form. "Once you learn how to properly run, how to plant your feet, and how to conserve energy, running isn't miserable," says Andia Winslow, a sports performance coach, master certified fitness professional, and professional athlete. "You get faster, you get more out of it, and yo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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