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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Science News Iridium says in dark before orbital crash February 12, 2009 at 8:19 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iridium Satellite LLC said Thursday it had no advance warning of an impending collision between one of its communications satellites and a defunct Russian military satellite above Siberia. Study ties passive smoking to dementia February 12, 2009 at 7:10 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Passive smoking appears to significantly raise a person's risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive problems, British and U.S. researchers said on Friday. Obesity may raise migraine risk, U.S. study finds February 12, 2009 at 5:14 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity may raise the risk of getting migraines, the latest health problem to be associated with being much too heavy, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Babies who gesture have bigger vocabularies: study February 12, 2009 at 3:24 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Babies who use many gestures to communicate when they are 14 months-old have much larger vocabularies when they start school than those who don't, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Cold's "family tree" may lead to cure: study February 12, 2009 at 2:38 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who mapped the DNA of more than 100 different cold viruses said on Thursday they discovered a shortcut in their life cycle, which may explain why they can inflict misery so quickly. World celebrates Darwin's 200th anniversary February 12, 2009 at 2:08 pm CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - His beetle cabinet is back in his old college rooms, his home is a national treasure and the islands that led Charles Darwin to evolutionary theory are under threat from tourism two centuries after his birth. Migrating songbirds get home fast in spring: study February 12, 2009 at 2:04 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Migrating songbirds can get back up north to their breeding grounds in astonishingly quick time, with some traveling up to 360 miles a day, researchers reported on Thursday. Scientists get first draft of Neanderthal genome February 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Gene sleuths who have come up with a rough draft of the Neanderthal DNA code said on Thursday the ancient relatives of modern humans shared with us one gene for speech, but little else. Scientists aware satellite paths would be close February 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm PARIS (Reuters) - European space scientists were aware of the potential for a close encounter between Russian and U.S. satellites before they crashed. Physics lab allays Angels & Demons antimatter fear February 12, 2009 at 12:59 pm GENEVA (Reuters) - The European physics laboratory that reassured us it wouldn't destroy the Earth in a "Big Bang" experiment last year is now telling people not to fret about antimatter. France defends GM ban after report says safe in food February 12, 2009 at 12:10 pm PARIS (Reuters) - A report by the French food safety agency that says genetically modified maize is safe for humans does not call France's ban on the crop into question, Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said on Thursday.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.