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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Texas OKs experimental stem cell therapy rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies such as the one Gov. Rick Perry underwent during back surgery last year, despite objections they don’t do enough to protect patients and could led to an explosion of doctors promoting unproven, expensive treatments.The rules require patients to give their consent, and a review board must approve the procedure before doctors use stem cell treatments.Supporters say establishing formal rule
April 19, 2012
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Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism
LONDON (AP) ― More than three decades after Britain produced the world’s first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments. And recent court rulings suggest nothing’s likely to change anytime soon.France and Italy forbid single women and lesbian couples from using artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to conceive. Austria and Italy are among those
April 19, 2012
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Fatty liver disease afflicts obese youths
ST. LOUIS ― Jake Watters is a typical teenager who loves listening to music, playing video games and annoying his parents. But he also faces a health challenge that used to only be seen in much older people.Fatty liver disease, a condition historically diagnosed in adults with diabetes or alcoholism, is increasingly diagnosed in obese children and teens.About 6 million young people in the U.S. have the chronic condition that can lead to liver scarring, inflammation and failure. Nearly all of the
April 19, 2012
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Dentists a stop for beauty business too
Your teeth and jaw are hugely important to your appearance. Think of the many TV personalities and sports stars whose appearances have benefitted from corrective jaw bone surgery. Though your eyes, nose, forehead, eyebrows and lips may be perfect, a simple protrusion or retrusion of your teeth or asymmetrical jaw line can make a huge difference to how you look, says Dr. Lee Jin-gew, oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist at M Dental Clinic.“From an aesthetic point of view to health reasons, o
April 19, 2012
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Pollen-induced allergic rhinitis
In spring when all things come to life, buds appear on the trees and pollen fills the air. But there are some patients who fear going outside during this good season. These patients have allergies that include allergic rhinitis, or inflammation of the nasal passage, conjunctivitis and allergic asthma. Allergic rhinitis is defined as the specific response of the nose to a variety of stimuli. In addition, pollen-induced allergies are defined when the pollen acts as an antigen and triggers allergy
April 19, 2012
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Computers learn to “read” emotions
A group of scientists from Massachusetts Institution of Technology are developing computers that can recognize facial expressions, the BBC reported Tuesday. Using this technology, computers can identify basic emotions such as like, dislike, confusion by taking information about people’s faces via camera and analyzing how they move over time.Researchers said they can apply this technology in many ways. For example, it’s possible to gather information on people’s responses to advertisements by loo
April 19, 2012
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Japan study raises hopes of cure for baldness
Japanese researchers have successfully grown hair on hairless mice by implanting follicles created from stem cells, they announced Wednesday, sparking new hopes of a cure for baldness.This handout picture taken on April 13, 2012 and released by the Tsuji Lab Research Institute for Science and Technology of the Tokyo University of Science shows a hairless mouse with black hair on its back at the la
April 19, 2012
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Outdated security software plagues Korean Internet
Nine years ago when Kim Kee-chang came back to his native country of South Korea, he had no idea he was coming back to start a tech war. But when he booted up Linux on his computer something strange happened: he couldn’t use Korean websites. “Basically I couldn’t do anything,” said Kim, the founder of OpenWeb, an organization dedicated to expanding web accessibility in Korea. “Pages were not adequately displayed on the screen, links didn’t work, menus didn’t work. Nothing worked.” Kim had discov
April 18, 2012
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Convergence tech offers new growth boost: report
Green biotechnology, intelligent robotics and value added telecom services take the lead in the sectorNew technologies and services are rapidly converging, fueling the growth of South Korea’s high-tech industries such as green biotechnology, intelligent robotics and value added telecommunications services, the Hyundai Research Institute said. In a report titled “Emergence of New Technology Convergence,” Hyundai said a host of convergences are taking place here, prompting policymakers and busin
April 18, 2012
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Will robot prostitution become a reality?
Robot prostitutes could become commonplace in the future.In their paper “Robots, men and sex tourism,” published in the journal Futures, Ian Yeoman and Michelle Mars of the Victoria Management School in Wellington, New Zealand, explore a science-fiction prospect of android prostitutes being legalized in Amsterdam by 2050, and how it would impact the economies of countries, as well as on global sex trafficking and the exploitation of sex workers.The possible production and availability of such pl
April 18, 2012
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Dinosaurs put eggs in wrong evolutionary basket: scientists
The fact that land-bound dinosaurs laid eggs is what sealed their fate of mass extinction millions of years ago while live birthing mammals went on to thrive, scientists said Wednesday. Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buerhle has a chuckle with "Baby T Rex" animated figure which threw out the first pitch before the game against the Detroit Tigers at at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, Augu
April 18, 2012
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Intel still looking to buy after Olaworks takeover
Global chip maker continues eyeing tech start-ups for acquisitions, source saysIntel, a leading global chip maker, remains in buying mode and will continue to eye promising venture start-ups regardless of geographical location following its first takeover of a Korean tech firm, a source said on Tuesday.The Korean firm Olaworks, a tech start-up that develops facial recognition technology for smartphones, was founded by KAIST graduate Dr. Ryu Jung-hee in 2006. Olaworks, which has 60 employees,
April 17, 2012
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Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun
The M1.7-class solar flare (NASA/GSFC/SDO)The sun unleashed a beautiful prominence eruption from its east limb on Monday, sending out super-heated plasma.The solar flare occurred at 1745 GMT and registered as a moderate M1.7-class on the scale of sun storms.From news reports<관련 한글 기사>화려한 태양 표면 폭발 '플레어' 발생화려한 태양 플레어가 그리니치표준시로 16일 오후 5시 45분(한국시간 17일 오전 1시 45분)경 발생했다. 플레어는 태양 표면에서 일어나는 폭발로 강력한 방사능이 다
April 17, 2012
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Beyond drowsy, too little sleep ups diabetes risk
Increased numbers of workers pull the night shift. Teenagers text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack cheaper overnight flights.Nodding off behind the wheel is not the only threat from a lack of sleep. Evidence is growing that people who regularly sleep too little and at the wrong time suffer long-lasting consequences that a nap will not cure: increased risk of diabetes, hea
April 17, 2012
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Martian impact craters may be hiding life
If there is life on Mars it may be lurking in craters formed by asteroid impacts on the planet's surface, as has happened on Earth, Scottish scientists say.This undated image provided by NASA shows the Gale Crater on Mars. (AP-Yonhap News)Researchers at the University of Edinburgh said organisms have been found living deep beneath a site in Chesapeake Bay in the United States where an asteroid cra
April 17, 2012
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Apple iPad arriving in Korea, 11 more countries
Apple said Monday it would start marketing its new iPad on Friday in South Korea and 11 other countries, and the hot-selling tablet would be available in more than 50 countries by the end of the month.The April 20 launch of the third-generation iPad will be in South Korea, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela.By Ap
April 17, 2012
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Gene links to memory, brain size found
An international effort to understand the genetic building blocks of the human brain and its functions found patterns of DNA that may be linked to memory and intelligence. The research for the first time tracked genes that affect the size of infants’ heads, and the volume of the cranium and the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped organ crucial for memory. More than 200 researchers at 100 medical center
April 16, 2012
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Blood type matters in some diseases: study
People with blood type A may be susceptible to certain strains of rotavirus infections, Science Daily reported Sunday.Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas have found that strains of the virus seem to find their way into human cells by recognizing antigens found in blood type A. Rotavirus is most common cause of severe dehydration and diarrhea in infants, from which about half a million people die every year.The strains of the virus known as P14 and P9 were observed to bind
April 16, 2012
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Chin implant surgery skyrockets in U.S.
Cosmetic surgery to make the chin look more prominent has soared in popularity in the course of a year, making it the fastest growing trend among men and women, U.S. plastic surgeons said on Monday.Chin implants are particularly popular among those over 40, said the report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.A total of 10,593 men had the operation done in 2011, a 76 percent increase over t
April 16, 2012
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Word-spotting baboons leave scientists spell-bound
Baboons can recognize scores of written words, a feat that raises intriguing questions about how we learn to read, scientists reported on Thursday.In a specially-made facility in France where they could come and go at will, monkeys learned to differentiate between a real word, such as KITE, and a nonsense word such as ZEVS.The baboons had access to a large enclosure with several touch-sensitive co
April 16, 2012