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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells

2013-05-15 17:43:00

For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...

Posting calories: 'So yesterday' already?

2013-05-08 16:17:00

At chain restaurants across the country, the ink is scarcely dry on new menus posting the calorie counts of food and beverage options. But already, public health experts are debating whether there might be better ways to influence Americans' nutritional...

Stephen J. Ryan dies at 73; longtime dean of USC medical school

2013-05-05 17:55:00

While USC conducted a nationwide search for a dean for its school of medicine, Dr. Stephen J. Ryan stepped in as interim dean in 1991, expecting to serve for six months. He held the job a record 13 years. During his tenure as dean, it became known as...

Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt

2013-04-29 16:37:00

I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...

Bionic eye maker has vision of the future

2013-04-27 10:14:00

Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...

Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy

2013-04-25 17:39:00

WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...

Circumcision study supports HIV theory

2013-04-15 23:16:00

Circumcision is known to reduce a man's risk of HIV infection by at least half, but scientists don't know why. A new study offers support for the theory that removing the foreskin deprives troublesome bacteria of a place to live, leaving the immune system...

Kurt Braunohler's kind of comedy hits streets, heights

2013-04-14 08:00:00

Comedian Kurt Braunohler has promised, within a matter of minutes, to rearrange the downtown Los Angeles sky. It's 2:23 p.m. and half a dozen people on a recent Saturday crane their necks and squint into the sun as they wait outside a Hill Street high-...

Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians

2013-04-08 10:52:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...

Slain diplomat in Afghanistan 'felt she was making a difference'

2013-04-07 18:53:00

CHICAGO — Members of Anne Smedinghoff's family consoled themselves Sunday with the thought that the young U.S. diplomat died in the service of a cause that mattered deeply to her. "She was doing what she loved," her father said, "and she was doing...

What FDR said about Jews in private

2013-04-07 00:00:00

In May 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the White House. It was 17 months after Pearl Harbor and a little more than a year before D-Day. The two Allied leaders reviewed the war effort to date and...

'Cosmic yardstick': Record-setting supernova is from early universe

2013-04-04 13:47:00

Talk about a long trip: The explosion that created Supernova UDS10Wil, the oldest supernova discovered to date, took place more than 10 billion years ago, but light from the explosion only recently became visible to the Hubble Space Telescope....

Recent Johns Hopkins University graduates Eric Conner, left, and Manik Bhat, are the chief operating officer and CEO, respectively, of new startup Healthify.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Eric Conner, left, and Manik Bhat are recent Johns Hopkins University graduates and the founders of Healthify, which is a startup company that creates electronic health records.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Kathryn Ledwell, 22, of Baltimore had just finished the race when she heard a boom, turned and saw people screaming and running in different directions.

2013-04-19 00:00:00