Morning News Run
May 1, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Pentagon to Merge Next-Gen Binoculars With Soldiers’ Brains – WIRED
In a new effort dubbed “Luke’s Binoculars” — after the high-tech binoculars Luke Skywalker uses in Star Wars — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is setting out to create its own version of this science-fiction hardware.
Gene therapy first for poor sight – BBC
A team at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital has made the world’s first attempt to treat a sight disorder using gene therapy.
What is Sugar, Really? – NPR (Audio)
The makers of Equal and NutraSweet are suing the makers of Splenda over its slogan: “Made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar.” When does a sugar cease to be a sugar? And what is a sugar?
Lesbians twice as likely to be obese – Daily Telegraph
Lesbians are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death, US researchers said.
Arming The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria – Science Daily
Chemist Helen Blackwell and her research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a more deliberate method to tackle a new bacterial conundrum – resistance to commonly used antibiotics.
