Review: After smoke clears, FiOS a hit
NEW YORK - If the installers hadn’t almost burned my house down, I’d say Verizon’s new cable television and high speed Internet service was fantastic.

EditGrid Launches iPhone Optimized Spreadsheets
EditGrid, the online spreadsheet service, has launched its iPhone Edition at the Office 2.0 Conference today in San Francisco. You’ll now be able to access and use your EditGrid spreadsheets from your mobile phone. One particular feature that stands out for EditGrid’s iPhone optimization is the real-time updates, which lets users get information right away without syncing files.

Britain to allow creation of human-animal embryos
LONDON (AFP) - Britain’s fertility regulator decided in principle Wednesday to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes, as experts downplayed ethical concerns.

High Co-Pays Cause Seniors to Go Without Meds
Steep fees lead to tough choices for older Americans, researchers find

Experimental Antidepressants Offer Faster Relief
But initial research involved only rats; clinical trials involving people are next step

Knee Pain May Signal Lung Cancer
It could give an early warning and improve treatment success, researchers say

The Truth Behind Early Puberty
[N]ot all scientists are convinced of an actual rise in precocious puberty; reports have been anecdotal, and studies have been small or inconclusive. And while [many] possible causes to this possible problem are plausible, doctors say the likely cause, if any, is childhood obesity

Genes Boost Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus
Discoveries could lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases, scientists say.

Bad Memories Stick Better Than Good
We remember the bad times better than the good because our emotions influence how we process memories, a new review of research shows.

Parents’ PTSD May Boost Stress in Offspring
Adult children of affected Holocaust survivors showed hormonal changes, study found

Leafing Through Magazines, Chimps Exhibit Self-Control
When attempting to avoid temptation, chimps resist their urges by distracting themselves, a new study suggests. The finding could shed light on the evolution of human self-control, researchers said.

Why do grizzlies rub against trees?
Grizzly bears that rub their backs against trees aren’t trying to scratch that unbearable itch.  They’re actually doing it to communicate with each other, one scientist says.

Bugs used chemical warfare during dino era
The discovery of a bug that roamed with the dinosaurs has shown that insects were equipped with chemical weapons much earlier than thought.

Traced: The asteroid breakup that wiped out the dinosaurs
PARIS (AFP) - The extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago can be traced to a collision between two monster rocks in the asteroid belt nearly 100 million years earlier, scientists report on Wednesday.

Panel Urges NASA to Study Dark Energy
A proposed NASA mission to study a mysterious force thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe should be the first in the agency’s “Beyond Einstein” program to be developed and launched, the National Research Council recommended today.