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• Hollywood to Stand Up to Cancer tonight
The aim of Stand Up to Cancer is to raise funds for "translational research," Ziskin said, which encourages scientists to collaborate rather than compete, translating basic science into applicable therapies for patients.
• ABOUT COSMIC LOG
Quantum fluctuations in space, science, exploration and other cosmic fields... served up regularly by MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle since 2002. Alan Boyle covers the physical sciences, anthropology, technological innovation and space science ...
• Palin has not pushed creation science as governor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin called for teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools. But after Alaska voters elected her, Palin, now Republican John McCain's presidential running mate, kept her campaign ...
• Environmentalists can't corral Palin
Months later she sued Kempthorne, arguing that the Bush administration didn't use the best science in concluding that without further protection, the polar bear faces eventual extinction because of disappearing sea ice as the result of global warming
• Gene map shows no two cancers alike
The three studies, published in the journals Science and Nature, mark a milestone in cancer genetics. “This is the next wave,” said Dr. Phillip Febbo of Duke University’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, who was not involved with the ...