{"id":90,"date":"2007-05-31T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T03:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2007-05-31T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T03:19:45","slug":"some-press-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Some press headlines&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/6699893.stm\">Planet hunters spy distant haul<\/a> (BBC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/sci_tech\/article2591501.ece\">Astronomers eagerly await potential birth of &#8216;super&#8217; sun<\/a><br \/>\nAstronomers have pinpointed two massive stars, orbiting close to each other in space, that could merge to create a &#8220;super&#8221; sun, 100 times bigger than our own. The massive &#8220;binary&#8221; star system, located in a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, has been captured by NASA scientists using satellite and ground-based telescopes. (Independant)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/04\/24\/earthlikeplanet_spa.html?category=space&#038;guid=20070424164530&#038;dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000\">New Earth-like planet &#8216;habitable&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nAstronomers have found the first Earth-sized world circling its mother star at a distance suitable for life. It also has good prospects for liquid surface water \u00e2\u20ac\u201d believed to be a key ingredient for life. (Discovery)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/scienceNews\/idUKN2443203420070424?feedType=RSS\">Scientists find most earth-like planet yet<\/a> (Discovery)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/6563003.stm\">Indian herbal remedy cancer hope<\/a><br \/>\nAn Indian herbal remedy could one day be used to help fight pancreatic cancer, scientists hope. (BBC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/6362183.stm\">Brain creates new nerve cells<\/a><br \/>\nResearchers have discovered a type of brain cell that continuously regenerates in humans. (BBC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/6368089.stm\">Trials for bionic eye implants<\/a><br \/>\nA bionic eye implant that could help restore the sight of millions of blind people could be available to patients within two years. (BBC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/02\/12\/chimphammer_ani.html?category=animals&#038;guid=20070212173030&#038;dcitc=w19-506-ak-0001\">Chimps used stone hammers<\/a><br \/>\nChimpanzees may have been using stone &#8220;hammers&#8221; as long as 4,300 years ago. (Discovery)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/02\/07\/turkanaboy_arc.html?category=archaeology&#038;guid=20070207153030&#038;dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000\">Turkana Boy skeleton stirs debate<\/a><br \/>\nDeep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya&#8217;s national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind&#8217;s oldest relics: Turkana Boy, as he is known, the most complete skeleton of a prehistoric human ever found. (Discovery)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planet hunters spy distant haul (BBC) Astronomers eagerly await potential birth of &#8216;super&#8217; sun Astronomers have pinpointed two massive stars, orbiting close to each other in space, that could merge to create a &#8220;super&#8221; sun, 100 times bigger than our own. The massive &#8220;binary&#8221; star system, located in a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}