I wrote a few days ago about Google hosting terabytes of scientific data for free. But its not all sunshine and lollipops for scientific data, a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times by Andrew Vickers some of the most important data, that of cancer studies, is not being shared as readily as one would like.

Its not all doom and gloom though, a consortium has announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an initiative to sequence the genomes of at least 1,000 people to create a detailed picture of genetic variation.

If you’re, on the other hand, up for a little controversy, UK regulators have recently given scientists the green light to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research, and while not directly related to scientific discovery the FDA has given the A-OK to consume cloned animals.

Now for the round-up:

System Created To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism By Sensors in Cell Phone Network(At My Alma Mater Purdue)

Scientists Find Active Volcano in Antarctica

Study Shows Seawater Effective Treatment for Colds

Daily Exercise Shown to Lower Men’s Death Rates

Obesity Surgery Shown to Cure Diabetes

Regular Long-Term Aspirin Use Shown to Reduce the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Link Between Caffeine and Miscarriage Firmed

Study Suggests Sleep Needed to Refresh Learning Potential

Researchers Use Stem Cells to Save Patient’s Legs

Scientists Make Inert Compound React: Possible Solution to Uranium Contamination Around Power Plants

Scientists Find Fitness Gene in Sheep

Ebola Virus Disarmed Through Excising One Gene

Suppressing One Gene Shown to Make Wounds Heal Faster and Scar Less

And my favourite link of the few days:

LOLCats Control Your Mind: Blame it on Evolution(and Genes)

Lesson Learned: Its all about the genes.

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