Study ties time shift, pedestrian deaths
WASHINGTON – After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate.

Japan turns away from PCs
The PC’s role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as other gadgets encroach on its once-awesome monopoly on processing power.

More lean, less cancer
A new study offers six steps you can take to help reduce your risk of cancer, including keeping lean and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables. The question is, how to get people to adopt these steps?

Chocolate Has Sweet Effect on Blood Flow
Arteries function better when the dark delight is consumed, study suggests

Artery disease rises among U.S. women: study
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – More U.S. women are developing a type of artery disease that raises the risk of death from heart disease and stroke, researchers said on Sunday.

Poorer Blood Pressure Control in Blacks With Heart Failure
Doctors need to do more to erase racial disparities, study suggests

New Measures Improve Heart Care
Programs that simplified treatment choices led to better outcomes, research shows.

Balloon Valve May Be Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery
It props open closed aortas in older patients, research suggests

Tutankhamun’s ‘beautiful’ face revealed
LUXOR, Egypt (AFP) – The true face of ancient Egypt’s boy king Tutankhamun was revealed on Sunday to the public for the first time since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago.

China dam plan threatens world’s oldest irrigation system
BEIJING (AFP) – The world’s earliest irrigation system is being threatened by a hydroelectric project to be built in southwest China, state press said Friday, citing critics of the project.

Guts of Ancient Spider Revealed in 3-D
Digital wizardry has allowed scientists to see the insides of a 53-million-year-old fossilized spider in 3-D. The male spider is about the size of a pinhead (or a stack of three salt grains) and lived during the early Eocene epoch, from about 55 million to nearly 34 million years ago.

Teary farewell for shuttle, station astronauts after successful repair
Still on “a major high” from their successful solar wing repair, the 10 astronauts aboard the linked shuttle Discovery and international space station cried as they hugged goodbye Sunday and closed the door between them.

China: Satellite Enters Moon’s Orbit
BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese satellite successfully entered lunar orbit Monday, a month after rival Japan put its own probe into orbit around the moon, but Chinese officials denied there was any competition between the two nations.

Comet draws scientific, amateur interest
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest.

Dead stars collide, explode
A massive explosion in the deep reaches of space stemmed not from one dying star, as is typical, but from two dead ones that collided as the climax of a long orbital dance, new research shows.