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FDA warns public against e-cigarettes

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It would seem that electronic cigarettes, which is being promoted as a healthier substitute for tobacco, may just be as harmful as the real thing.

Posted: April 13th, 2013 in Latest Business Stories,Science and Health | Read More »

US space agency plans to capture, explore asteroid

In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1crew module is seen in the Operations and Checkout building during a media tour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Senate Science and Space subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon.  AP Photo

The U.S. space agency is planning for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator disclosed Friday.

Posted: April 6th, 2013 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

Letter from DNA discoverer to be auctioned in NYC

In this circa 1943 photo provided Michael Crick, Michael Crick sits on his father Francis Crick in Northampton, England. Christie’s Auction House plans to offer a March 19, 1953 letter written by Francis Crick, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, to his then 12-year-old son for auction on April 10, 2013. The letter explained to Michael that his father discovered something "very beautiful" and contained diagrams of the molecule's double helix structure. (AP Photo/Crick Family Photo)

Sixty years ago scientist Francis Crick wrote a letter to his 12-year-old son saying he and a colleague had discovered something “very beautiful” — the structure of DNA.

Posted: March 24th, 2013 in Latest Business Stories,Science and Health | Read More »

China solar giant Suntech falls back to Earth

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This picture taken on February 27, 2012 shows workers assembling solar panels on the factory floor of Chinese company Suntech in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. China's Suntech has made a painful journey from being the world's largest solar panel producer to flirting with bankruptcy in just a year, highlighting the woes of the industry it shaped.  AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS

China’s Suntech has made a painful journey from being the world’s largest solar panel producer to flirting with bankruptcy in just a year, highlighting the woes of the industry it shaped.

Posted: March 20th, 2013 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

Iranian space official: Photo shows wrong monkey

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In this picture obtained from the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, scientists surround a monkey ahead of a space launch in an undisclosed location in Iran. A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight. AP/ISNA, Mohammad Agah

One of two official packages of photos of Iran’s famed simian space traveler depicted the wrong monkey, but a primate really did fly into space and return safely to Earth, a senior Iranian space official confirmed Saturday.

Posted: February 2nd, 2013 in Latest Business Stories,Photos & Videos,Science and Health | Read More »

World won’t end Dec. 21, astronomers say

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A group of Filipino astronomers and planetary scientists pushing for the creation of a “Philippine Space Agency” is the latest members of the scientific community to debunk the Dec. 21, 2012, doomsday myth.

Posted: December 15th, 2012 in Latest Business Stories,Science and Health | Read More »

WHO: 2 more cases of new virus in Jordan

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International health officials have confirmed two more fatal cases of a mysterious respiratory virus in the Middle East.

Posted: December 1st, 2012 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

Tainted calcium tablets recalled

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Pascual Consumer Healthcare Corp. has recalled some stocks of its chocolate-flavored calcium supplement, CalChews, from the market after traces of microbes were found in certain stocks.

Posted: November 3rd, 2012 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

PH now a center of trials for new meds, docs say

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The Philippines has become one of the centers for clinical trials for new medicines in the Asia-Pacific region, providing indigent patients with access to cutting-edge medical treatment, according to members of the Philippine Society of Medical Oncology (PSMO).

Posted: November 3rd, 2012 in Latest Business Stories,Science and Health | Read More »

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A man holds a cigarette as he smokes in his house in Manila in this file photo. The Japan Tobacco International Philippines Inc. said a rise in tobacco tax would not curb the incidence of smoking but would only increase consumption of cheap, smuggled cigarettes.  AFP PHOTO/NOEL CELIS

Estimated number of Filipinos aged 15 and older who smoke, according to the 2009 Philippine Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

Posted: October 14th, 2012 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

Mars rover finds Earth-like rock

This image from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a scoop full of sand and dust lifted by the rover's first use of the scoop on its robotic arm. In the foreground, near the bottom of the image, a bright object is visible on the ground. NASA says a small bright object detected on Mars is likely a piece of plastic from the Curiosity rover. The six-wheel spacecraft captured an image of the puzzling object Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, after scooping up Martian sand and dust over the weekend. In a statement Tuesday, the space agency says the plastic bit that fell off the rover is "benign." While plans are continuing to positively identify it, NASA says it is not "Martian material." AP/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

A rock analyzed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) Mars rover Curiosity has a surprising and more varied composition that resembles rare rocks from the bowels of our planet, the US space agency said on Thursday.

Posted: October 13th, 2012 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

‘Diamond-rich super-Earth’ planet discovered

TWINKLE, TWINKLE. Artist’s rendition released by Yale University shows planet’s interior twice the size of Earth. In an Oct. 11 statement, Yale scientists say that a rocky planet orbiting a sun-like star is a diamond planet. AFP

Twinkling stars are not the only diamonds in the sky. Scientists reported on Thursday the existence of a “diamond planet” twice the size of Earth and eight times its mass, zooming around a nearby star.

Posted: October 13th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Latest Business Stories,Photos & Videos,Science and Health | Read More »

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