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To Start off Science
'Hobbits' found on Flores island are not Homo sapiens, but mystery remains.
Diminutive humans who died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.
Homo floresiensis found on Flores island are not Homo sapiens Fossils of Homo floresiensis, dubbed "the hobbits" due to their tiny stature, were discovered on the island of Flores in 2003.
But other researchers argue that Homo floresiensis was in fact a modern human whose tiny size and small brain, no bigger than a grapefruit, was caused by a genetic disorder.
For while the scientists could not exclude the possibility that the "hobbit" was a scaled-down version of Homo erectus, which arrived on the neighbouring island of Java some million years ago, nor could they be sure that it was not a species it its own right.
'Extraordinary' Cancer Breakthrough Revealed - Terminally ill patients are left symptom free after treatment with modified cells - described as a "potential paradigm shift".
Tests of a potentially revolutionary cancer therapy have had "extraordinary" results on terminally ill patients, scientists have revealed.
Lead scientist Professor Stanley Riddell, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, US, said the results were among patients who were projected to have two to five months to live.
The technique involves removing immune cells called T-cells from patients, tagging them with "receptor" molecules that target cancer, and putting them back into the body in an infusion.
Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Washington DC, Prof Riddell described the results as a "potential paradigm shift" in cancer treatment.
Prof Riddell hopes to try the therapy on patients suffering from cancers with solid tumours, but said they would present challenges.
Sea Shepherd says it can’t find Japan’s whaling fleet.
"Sea Shepherd was expecting that Australia or New Zealand would uphold their obligations as responsible members of the International Whaling Commission, to send a ship to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet," Watson said.
He called on Canberra to provide Sea Shepherd with the exact coordinates of the whaling fleet "so that Sea Shepherd can do the job that Australia and New Zealand refuse to do." "If Australia or New Zealand can kindly provide the coordinates, Sea Shepherd can stop the continuing illegal operations of the renegade outlaw Japanese whaling fleet," he said.
First 'Silk Road' train arrives in Tehran from China.
Tehran (AFP) - The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian railway company said.
The ancient 'Silk Road' is back in business as new train connects China to Tehran The Verge First Chinese train arrives in Tehran to revive Silk Road Associated Press A container on the first train connecting China and Iran pictured upon its arrival at Tehran Railway The Silk Road is an ancient network of commercial land and sea routes, named for the lucrative Chinese silk trade, that were central to business across the Asian continent connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Final warning to Facebook.
The company has been given three months to stop collecting data on the internet use of people who visit Facebook pages but do not sign in to the network.
Cnil also suggested Facebook give users the chance to opt out of measures it currently uses to combine data it has collected on their habits from different sources.
There you have it our Top 5 News of the day.
That's all for today, Thank you.
To Start off Science
'Hobbits' found on Flores island are not Homo sapiens, but mystery remains.
Diminutive humans who died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.
Homo floresiensis found on Flores island are not Homo sapiens Fossils of Homo floresiensis, dubbed "the hobbits" due to their tiny stature, were discovered on the island of Flores in 2003.
But other researchers argue that Homo floresiensis was in fact a modern human whose tiny size and small brain, no bigger than a grapefruit, was caused by a genetic disorder.
For while the scientists could not exclude the possibility that the "hobbit" was a scaled-down version of Homo erectus, which arrived on the neighbouring island of Java some million years ago, nor could they be sure that it was not a species it its own right.
'Extraordinary' Cancer Breakthrough Revealed - Terminally ill patients are left symptom free after treatment with modified cells - described as a "potential paradigm shift".
Tests of a potentially revolutionary cancer therapy have had "extraordinary" results on terminally ill patients, scientists have revealed.
Lead scientist Professor Stanley Riddell, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, US, said the results were among patients who were projected to have two to five months to live.
The technique involves removing immune cells called T-cells from patients, tagging them with "receptor" molecules that target cancer, and putting them back into the body in an infusion.
Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Washington DC, Prof Riddell described the results as a "potential paradigm shift" in cancer treatment.
Prof Riddell hopes to try the therapy on patients suffering from cancers with solid tumours, but said they would present challenges.
Sea Shepherd says it can’t find Japan’s whaling fleet.
"Sea Shepherd was expecting that Australia or New Zealand would uphold their obligations as responsible members of the International Whaling Commission, to send a ship to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet," Watson said.
He called on Canberra to provide Sea Shepherd with the exact coordinates of the whaling fleet "so that Sea Shepherd can do the job that Australia and New Zealand refuse to do." "If Australia or New Zealand can kindly provide the coordinates, Sea Shepherd can stop the continuing illegal operations of the renegade outlaw Japanese whaling fleet," he said.
First 'Silk Road' train arrives in Tehran from China.
Tehran (AFP) - The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian railway company said.
The ancient 'Silk Road' is back in business as new train connects China to Tehran The Verge First Chinese train arrives in Tehran to revive Silk Road Associated Press A container on the first train connecting China and Iran pictured upon its arrival at Tehran Railway The Silk Road is an ancient network of commercial land and sea routes, named for the lucrative Chinese silk trade, that were central to business across the Asian continent connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Final warning to Facebook.
The company has been given three months to stop collecting data on the internet use of people who visit Facebook pages but do not sign in to the network.
Cnil also suggested Facebook give users the chance to opt out of measures it currently uses to combine data it has collected on their habits from different sources.
There you have it our Top 5 News of the day.
That's all for today, Thank you.
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