New hope for the paralysed: Breakthrough sees rats with broken backs able to run in just two weeks

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152812/Paralysed-patients-revolutionary-treatment-rats-severed-spinal-cords-taught-sprint-just-TWO-WEEKS.html By Tamara Cohen PUBLISHED: 13:14 EST, 31 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:18 EST, 31 May 2012 Paralysed patients have been given fresh hope after scientists enabled rats with severed spines to run again. Using a cocktail of drugs and electrical impulses, researchers ‘regrew’ nerves linking the spinal cord to the brain. After two weeks, […]

Paypal unveils new app that lets you pay in shops direct from any smartphone… without queuing at the till

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152118/Paypal-unveils-new-app-lets-pay-shops-direct-smartphone–queuing-till.html App generates barcode which is scanned by shop No financial information stored in phone Protected by PIN number ‘You won’t need a wallet by 2016’ says PayPal By Larisa Brown PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 20:11 EST, 30 May 2012 All that fun buying a new frock can often be ruined […]

Global warming sceptics are BETTER-informed about science than believers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152078/Global-warming-sceptics-better-informed-science-believers.html 57% of sceptics are science-literate vs 56% of believers Survey of 1500 U.S. adults Science-literate people are better at ‘fitting’ information to beliefs By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 05:40 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 05:40 EST, 30 May 2012 Climate change sceptics are often derided as uninformed – but a new study proves that […]

‘They’re a lot further along than people imagine’: Google co-founder reveals that hi-tech Project Glass techno-goggles could be on sale next year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152140/Googles-Sergei-Brin-reveals-Project-Glass-techno-goggles-sale-2013.html Google co-founder now working exclusively on glasses Could be released as early as 2013 Have been in development for 2-3 years Glasses have built-in camera, GPS and offer email and web searches on surface of glasses Prototypes now being tested outside Google’s offices Pictures taken while running and on trampoline Hi-tech Android glasses ‘layer’ […]

160 schoolgirls taken to hospital after second ‘Taliban poisoning of Afghanistan school in a week’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152113/Taliban-poison-attack-results-160-Afghan-schoolgirls-rushed-hospital.html Police say the school’s classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered Pupils complained of headaches, vomiting and dizziness before being admitted to hospital By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:57 EST, 30 May 2012 Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls were rushed to hospital after […]

Lost photos prove Greenland’s ice was melting FASTER 80 years ago than today

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152004/Lost-photos-prove-Greenlands-ice-melting-FASTER-80-years-ago-today.html 80-year-old photo plates from Danish polar explorer Prove that Greenland’s glaciers melted faster in 30s than they did today Brief cooling period mid-century re-froze ice Pre-satellite images of ice shelves are extremely rare By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:06 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:54 EST, 30 May 2012 The glacier named after Danish […]

Was Flame super-virus created in the US? Cyber weapon threatening to cripple entire nations has ‘hallmarks of the NSA’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152125/Flame-virus-Cyber-weapon-threatening-cripple-entire-nations-hallmarks-NSA.html Cyber experts: Spyware too sophisticated to have come from anywhere else By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:54 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:06 EST, 30 May 2012 The Flame computer virus which is threatening to bring countries to a standstill is too sophisticated to have been created anywhere other than the U.S., it […]

Was this girl murdered after being snatched for Vatican sex parties? Police try and solve the mystery of the 15-year-old who vanished in 1983

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151911/Was-girl-murdered-snatched-Vatican-sex-parties.html By Andrew Malone and Nick Pisa PUBLISHED: 18:58 EST, 29 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:58 EST, 29 May 2012 When forensic investigators opened a diamond-encrusted tomb in the heart of Rome a few days ago, bystanders gagged and recoiled as the whiff of death billowed into the summer air. Watched by priests in black […]

Tropical Storm Beryl is strongest May cyclone to hit in more than a century as 70mph winds and rain ruin Memorial Day

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150649/Tropical-Storm-Beryl-hits-Florida-70mph-winds-rain-ruin-Memorial-Day-2012.html Thunderstorms are expected to drench the Georgia coast, northern Florida and South Carolina Powerful thunderstorm caused flight delays at New York’s airports – including Newark and JFK on Saturday Temperatures set to reach 90 degrees in some states About 30.7m expected to drive more than 50 miles for Memorial Day trips By Daily Mail […]

Vatican says trust in Church hurt by scandal

http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-leakers-cardinals-among-plotters-scandal-113219179.html By Philip Pullella | Reuters – 33 mins ago VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican, engulfed in the worst crisis in Pope Benedict’s papacy, on Monday denied Italian media reports that cardinals were suspects in an investigation into leaks of sensitive documents that led to the arrest of the pope’s butler. But while denying the reports, […]