Friday, September 02, 2005

Day-After Pill Exposes FDA Rift. Although scientists have determined that the so-called morning-after pill is safe enough to be sold without prescription, the head of the Food and Drug Administration overrules them, prompting the women's health chief to resign. [Wired News] 10:03:04 AM      Google It!.

Sonic 'Lasers' Head to Flood Zone. Experimental speakers that can send audible messages up to a mile away or disperse a crowd with ear-splitting pulses could face one of their biggest tests yet in the Katrina disaster zone. Xeni Jardin reports from Edwards Air Force Base, California. [Wired News] 10:01:41 AM      Google It!.

DNA Comparison Finds Chimps, Humans Pretty Darned Similar. The first comprehensive comparison of the genetic blueprints of humans and chimpanzees shows that our closest living relatives share perfect identity with 96 percent of our DNA sequence, an international research consortium reported today. In a paper published in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Nature, the Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, which is supported in part by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), describes its landmark analysis comparing the genome of the chimp (Pan troglodytes) with that of human (Homo sapiens). [Science Blog - Science News Articles from Medicine, Space, Physics and More] 9:41:22 AM      Google It!.