Some experts advise iPhone buyers to wait
If you’re thinking about plunking down $500 to buy an Apple iPhone on Friday, here’s some advice: Wait a few months. Some tech experts say the iPhone, on sale at Apple and AT&T phone stores at 6 p.m. local time Friday, probably will be refined after Apple designers get feedback from the first wave of users. The hefty price also could drop.

EU mobile phone users poised to benefit from roaming caps
BRUSSELS (AFP) – European business travellers and holidaymakers can look forward to lower rates on mobile phone calls while abroad in the EU once new price caps go into effect across the bloc starting on Saturday.

Robot soldiers to be armed with Tasers
RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled ‘bots for police and the Pentagon.
My robot can beat your robot.  Instead of body counts, future wars will have destroyed robot counts.  Hey, I have an idea.  Why don’t we just stop having wars?

Replacing a genome boosts race to develop designer bugs: study
CHICAGO (AFP) – Researchers transformed one bacterial species into another by swapping their genomes, a move that will accelerate the race to develop custom-built synthetic bugs, a pioneer on genetics said Thursday.
Um, don’t inflict a Franken-bacterium on us, please.

Exercise Grows New Brain Cells
Exercise stimulates the growth of new brain cells, a new study on rats finds. The new cells could be the key to why working out relieves depression.

It’s Never Too Late to Get Healthy
THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) — Adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle makes a difference, even if the change doesn’t come until middle age. In fact, people who eat right and exercise more can substantially reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease and death even if they’re in their 50s or 60s, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina report.

Toxin detected after one shift in smoky bar: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke in bars and restaurants can result in measurable levels of a toxin in workers’ bodies that is known to cause lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Squash Seeds Show Andean Cultivation Is 10,000 Years Old, Twice as Old as Thought
The findings about Peru are evidence that some farming developed in parts of the Americas nearly as early as in the Middle East, considered the birthplace of agriculture.

House Cats’ Wild Ancestor Found
Domestic cats have been traced back to a single wild ancestor whose relatives still live in the remote deserts of the Middle East today.

Satellite launched to test space hotel concept
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia launched Thursday a satellite designed to test the feasibility of the world’s first space hotel, the brainchild of a Las Vegas hotel tycoon who hopes to begin construction in 2011, officials said. Bigelow aims to build the hotel, which would consist of several inflatable modules, by 2015 at an estimated cost of 500 million dollars (370 million euros)