A few stories caught my eye today.
The first is a well preserved find of suaropod footprints. This is the group of dinosaurs that include brachiosaurus and diplodocus...the giant 75 foot guys. Love dinosaurs even though I don't know much about them.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1315050/
I always wonder how Noah got those guys on the ark.
Speaking of the Bible...Scientists apparently recreated the Shroud of Turin. The vatican doesn't claim it's authentic and I'm sure those that think it's authentic will still do so. Just find it interesting thet they may have figured out how it was made.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...oud/index.html
Canadian researchers determined the genome of a patient's breast cancer. This could be a first step in personalizing treatments.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1315753/
Quote:
But the breakthrough didn't stop there. Once all of the tumour mutations of the developed cancer were identified – a total of 32 were found – scientists had the information to look back and see which of those mutations were present in the patient's original, primary tumour.
They discovered that only 11 of the 32 mutations were present in the original tumour, with only five of those present in all of the original cancer cells, meaning that even in the early stages, cancer cells aren't uniform. That's significant because it proves even from the outset, cancer cells contain different mutations which change over time.
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And a new giant ring was found around Saturn.
http://gizmodo.com/5376258/new-gigan...ing-discovered