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Silk Stretches Drugs' Shelf Life To New Lengths

Researchers have found a fridge-free way to store vaccines and antibiotics. Biomedical engineer David Kaplan, senior author of the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, discusses how heat-sensitive drugs wrapped in silk stay effective for months at high temperatures.

Tumors Evade Treatment With Help From Neighboring Cells

What makes some types of cancer resistant to drugs? Reporting in Nature, researchers write that cancer cells may be dodging treatment with help from seemingly innocent bystanders. Cancer researcher Todd Golub discusses how a tumor's microenvironment may affect its behavior.

In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, the bottom of the pond at the Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area is nearly dried up in Amarillo, Texas. A devastating drought across Texas turned rivers into sand, creeks into mud, springs into mere trickles and lakes into large puddles.

Poll Finds Most Americans Believe The World Is Warming

Most also believe the United States should play a significant role in addressing climate change.

Support group members Pamela Travis (from left), Dominique Martin, Yovanda Dixon, Shanna Chaney and Ramona Shewl hold a meeting as part of the Family Independence Initiative. The Oakland nonprofit encourages low-income families to form small groups to help each other get ahead.

Struggling Families Lift Themselves Out Of Poverty

An Oakland, Calif., nonprofit group encourages low-income families to figure out for themselves what they need to get ahead, and then helps them achieve their goals. Its pilot program for low-income families is proving to be a promising new approach to an old problem.

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, right, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, gestures next to Rabbi Avichai Appel, left, a board member of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany on Thursday.

Germany's Merkel Pledges To Protect Religious Circumcision

One top rabbi said a court ruling making the practice illegal meant there was "no future for Jews in Germany."

Texas Voter ID Law Now In Hands Of Three-Judge Panel

The judges are expected to make a decision by late August, and a lot of people outside Texas are interested in the outcome. A number of states have passed voter ID laws, and several await Justice Department "preclearance." If Texas loses, it will almost certainly appeal to the Supreme Court.

What Happens When Scientists Get It Wrong?

Reporting in Science, two teams of scientists say they were unable to replicate the results of a 2010 study claiming to have found 'alien life' on Earth--a bacterium that could build its DNA using arsenic. Science journalist Carl Zimmer talks about how the controversy played out online, and how science corrects itself.

Richard Zanuck, Producer Of 'Jaws' And 'Driving Miss Daisy,' Dies

Zanuck, along with Steven Spielberg, the young director he championed, ushered in the era of summer blockbusters.

Visa, MasterCard Come To More Than $6 Billion Settlement With Retailers

Retailers filed lawsuits against the credit card companies for placing restrictions on surcharges. The settlement eases those restrictions.

Police wait for protesters to appear at a branch of Barclays Bank in London on July 4.

Documents Lift Veil On Bank-Rate-Rigging Scandal

The New York Federal Reserve learned in 2007 that some banks might have low-balled the rates they expected to pay for loans from other banks. They may have manipulated the so-called LIBOR rate in an attempt to avoid appearing weak, which would have meant they'd have to pay higher rates, newly released documents show.

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