Newser - Science & Healthhttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:04:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74611/team-discovers-mini-monsters-of-the-deep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciA team of scientists have discovered thousands of incredibly bizarre new creatures living in the blackness of the deep Atlantic ocean. They range from "Jumbo Dumbo," an octopod that swims by flapping a pair of ear-like fins, to shining golden crustaceans. Most of the animals found are only a few...http://www.newser.com/story/74611/team-discovers-mini-monsters-of-the-deep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:12:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciWith all eyes on her last night, Blanche Lincoln cast the deciding vote to push health reform forward—and simultaneously swung herself soundly into the epicenter of the brouhaha. By warning fellow Dems she won't support a final bill with a public option, she guaranteed their attention. But in casting...http://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74576/mcconnell-dems-proceed-at-2010-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciThe morning after Harry Reid scored his 60 votes, many a senator headed for the talk shows to expound on their views of the Senate health bill. A look around the Sunday dial: There were 39 people unhappy with last night's outcome, and Mitch McConnell leads them, telling State of...http://www.newser.com/story/74576/mcconnell-dems-proceed-at-2010-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciSun, 22 Nov 2009 11:15:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciTwenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of 30, the threshold for obesity, must take a nutrition class...http://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74556/climate-skeptics-hacked-emails-prove-were-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciHackers have gotten their hands on a trove of emails from leading climate scientists, and global warming skeptics are rejoicing. They say the emails prove the crisis is overblown and are crowing about one in particular, from 1999, in which a scientist plans to add a "trick" to a graph...http://www.newser.com/story/74556/climate-skeptics-hacked-emails-prove-were-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74538/hadron-collider-restarts-briefly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciThe Large Hadron Collider roared to life today for the first time since September 2008. "The first tests of injecting subatomic particles" took just a fraction of a second, a CERN rep said, but the circulation of the proton beams confirmed that the repairs instituted 9 days after the collider...http://www.newser.com/story/74538/hadron-collider-restarts-briefly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciYou might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and endangered—bluefin....http://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciThe swine flu outbreak is slacking off in some areas, but don't get complacent, officials say: Pandemics naturally fluctuate. "There can be multiple ups and downs over the season," says a CDC doctor. "We have many weeks ahead of us where disease is going to be circulating." Infections in people...http://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74526/swine-flu-mutation-worries-norway-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciNorwegian scientists say they've discovered a mutated version of swine flu in two patients who died and another who is severely ill. The mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," said the nation's health institute. Bottom line...http://www.newser.com/story/74526/swine-flu-mutation-worries-norway-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:49 CST