46 Million Nokia Cell Batteries Defective
The cellphone maker was offering to replace the batteries, which were made in China, at no cost to consumers.

Google Health Is Coming to Digitize Your Records
Google’s latest project is in tackling the growing issue of storing patient health information as computerized records.

Major League Umps Call More Strikes for Pitchers of Same Race
Major League Baseball umpires are more likely to call strikes for pitchers of the same race or ethnicity, a new study finds… Just as discrimination in the labor market can affect disparities in wages, promotion and performance evaluation, the researchers said, possible discrimination by umpires could affect the outcome of games and careers.

Decline in U.S. Breast Cancers Tied to Drop in Hormone Use
Mammogram trends played no role in recent lower numbers, study finds

Total Cholesterol, HDL Good Predictors of Heart Disease Risk
There’s no added benefit to measuring other lipids, researchers say

Guiding Kids to Better Diets Boosts Health
Learning about saturated fat improved children’s cholesterol, study found

Short Bouts of Exercise Pay Off
3 half-hour walks per week shed pounds, lowered blood pressure, study found

Healthy Diet Guards Against Return of Colon Cancer
Patients who ate high-fat foods were three times more likely to see recurrence of disease, study finds.

Humane farming eases pangs for some vegetarians
TORONTO (Reuters) – Vegetarianism is a popular choice for those whose personal politics extend to their diets. But “compassionate carnivores” see an option that allows them to eat meat without abandoning their principles, focusing on small farms with sustainable and humane practices.

Greatest Mysteries: Why Are There Transitional Animals?
Evolution is a tale of gradual change, but some animal alterations appear to have advanced by leaps and bounds. Ancient four-limbed fish crawled out of the sea. Dinosaurs, insects and mammals took to the air. Our closest relatives straightened their backs and began walking upright on two legs. But what made them do it?

Key plant hormone regulated by internal clock: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists may be able to better understand how plants respond to changes and environmental stresses, now that researchers have discovered a link between a plant’s internal time-keeper, called a circadian clock, and a hormone that is key to its survival. 

Pimp My Blimp: New Luxury Airship Planned
It’s a blimp. It’s a plane. No, it’s an airship with 5,000 square feet of living and/or cargo space, according to plans announced by a company that makes surveillance and advertising dirigibles… It can be finished as a personal yacht, a business commuter craft or cargo carrier… [I]t’s basically a low-maintenance, non-buoyant airship that could operate from any airport, carrying anywhere from two to maybe 20 people.

Space shuttle commander says ship safe to return
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The shuttle Endeavour astronauts are confident their spaceship is safe to return to Earth without a repair to its heat shield, which early analysis shows likely won’t be needed, the shuttle’s commander and a NASA manager said on Tuesday.

Space teacher conducts first orbital lesson
Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan transformed the space shuttle and space station into a classroom Tuesday for her first education session from orbit, fulfilling the legacy of Christa McAuliffe with joy and also some sadness.

Hot gas in space mimics life
Electrically charged specks of interstellar dust organize into DNA-like double helixes and display properties normally attributed to living systems, such as evolving and reproducing, new computer simulations show.