The drug apparently mimics the effects on the body of the only known animal Planet.
Experts say the findings might indicate genes in humans that could be targeted to increase lifespan and possibly to identify additional genes important in ageing.
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It’s rush hour in Apalachicola, Fla., where the workday begins at sunrise and the only factory in town is out on the water.
Like hundreds of others in this panhandle town, John Richards earns his living scraping oysters from the bottom of the bay. Lately, it’s become a lot harder to make a decent wage.
Usually we could come out and one man catch 15 to 18 bags a day, he told CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella. (Read content ‘Florida”s Oyster Industry Drying Up?’…)
We aren’t about to believe that Axiom Audio’s Audiobyte is actually the first made for the PC, but it’s pretty swank, regardless. The setup consists of a pair of ultra-compact speakers, a dedicated stereo amplifier and an optional (but totally necessary) subwoofer. Additionally, the firm offers ‘em up in seven different finishes including lacquered, real-wood Burled Walnut, and the standalone amplifier pushes some 55-watts to each 6.5- x 5.5- x 4-inch speaker. (Read content ‘Axiom Audio reveals real-wood PC speakers with plenty of oomph’…)
NEW YORK - A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection. ADVERTISEMENT
The Beta 1 version of Firefox 3 released this week still has problems, including the inability to run newer Web-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. (Read content ‘Bookmark improvements new to Firefox 3 (AP)’…)
At this point, it’s not clear if the interest around Sony’s ultra-thin, XEL-1 OLED TV is plain ol’ first-gen technology, gawker enthusiasm or valid consumer interest. As such, it’s hard to say whether an initial production run of just 2,000 units spread across 700 stores in Japan is going to be a problem or not. However, if you’re lucky enough to stumble across this storefront display you’d best not dawdle and dig deep for that ¥200,000 (about $1700 US) MSRP right then and there. (Read content ‘Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV limited to 2000 units’…)
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit against Apple Inc. over its backdating of stock options said Tuesday they plan to refile some of the claims. ADVERTISEMENT
The shareholders claimed in the June 2006 lawsuit that company directors and officers, including Chief Executive Steve Jobs, committed fraud when they backdated some awards made between 1997 and 2001 to time the options when prices were low and boost later payouts. (Read content ‘Shareholders to amend Apple options case (AP)’…)
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "What to Give, What to Get?" asked a sign in the Sony storefront window at the conglomerate's Madison Avenue headquarters. Some 150 Writers Guild of America picketers who braved the rain with their own signs outside the building Tuesday had a quick answer: a share of Internet revenues for their work. (Read content ‘New York writers brave rain at Sony protest (Reuters)’…)
Although the Rumbler, conceived and sold by Federal Signal, has been helping cops grab the attention of citizens for a few months, its shock waves are just now getting the publicity they demand. The setup is being installed on patrol cars in locales such as Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and New York, and it serves the purpose of moving crowds / vehicles out of the way when an officer is headed to an emergency. (Read content ‘Police Rumbler grabs your attention, rattles your teeth’…)
ROME (AFP) - The quintessentially low-tech murder of a British exchange student in Italy has turned up a preponderance of hi-tech clues, from cell phone technology to everything the Internet has to offer. ADVERTISEMENT
Detectives probing the November 1 stabbing death of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher have closed in on their suspects in the sex-and-drugs whodunnit with the help of text messages and web-based telephony. (Read content ‘Sex, drugs and the Internet: Briton’s murder probed in cyberspace (AFP)’…)