Immodest Proposals On Leap Year Day
Leap year day, February 29, is just around the corner. Traditionally the day which comes around just once every four years is when women may propose marriage.
Oh, I thought that was Sadie Hawkins Day.

Dell Builds Out Web-Hosted Support Services
Among the services Dell plans to make available are patch management, anti-virus, anti-spam, online backup and recovery, asset discovery, asset tracking, e-mail continuity, e-mail archiving, and image management.

Google gets into Web site building biz
SAN FRANCISCO – Google, already the world’s most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too.

Google Goes After Another Microsoft Cash Cow
The Internet search giant on Wednesday is rolling out a rival to Microsoft’s SharePoint, a program used for collaboration among teams of workers.

Killer robots could pose latest militant threat
Killer robots could become the weapon of choice for militants, a British expert said on Wednesday. Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield said he believed falling costs would soon make robots a realistic option for extremist groups

NASA says moon south pole more rugged than thought
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The moon’s south pole region, a possible future landing site for human or robotic lunar missions, is far more rugged than had been thought, with towering peaks and deep craters, NASA said on Wednesday.

Georgia-Led Team Wins Cash for Space Rock Tracking Plan
A boxy spacecraft and its Georgia-based design team are $25,000 richer after winning an international competition to devise the best plan for tracking a space rock that will swing past Earth twice in the next 30 years.

CDC Panel Urges Extending Flu Vaccine Coverage for Kids
Children up to 18 years of age would be encouraged to get inoculated.

By Sixth Grade Nearly One In Six Children Are Alcohol Users, Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — Some of the oldest tales and wisest mythology allude to the snake as a mischievous seducer, dangerous foe or powerful iconoclast; however, the legend surrounding this proverbial predator may not be based solely on fantasy. As scientists from the University of Virginia recently discovered, the common fear of snakes is most likely intrinsic.

Biomarkers for Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments
Study finds blood can used to diagnose severity of bipolar illness

Common Heart Drug May Reduce Cocaine Cravings
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have found that diltiazem, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure, reduces cocaine cravings in a rat model.

Adult-Onset Obesity Seen In Mice When Gene Disrupted
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — Texas and California scientists who disrupted one type of the gene ubiquitin (Ubb) in mice observed neuronal death in the hypothalamus, impaired control of energy balance and adult-onset obesity in the rodents. The study hints at a method to treat obesity and neurodegeneration.

New Approach Stops HIV At Earliest Stage Of Infection
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a new two-punch strategy against HIV and they have already successfully tested aspects of it in the laboratory.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Doubles Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Eye disease carries same risk as other circulatory problems, experts say.

Oldest hominid discovered is 7 million years old: study
CHICAGO (AFP) – French fossil hunters have pinned down the age of Toumai, which they contend is the remains of the earliest human ever found, at between 6.8 and 7.2 million years old.

NASA says moon south pole more rugged than thought
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The moon’s south pole region, a possible future landing site for human or robotic lunar missions, is far more rugged than had been thought, with towering peaks and deep craters, NASA said on Wednesday.

Super Stars Require Right Environment to Rise
Mark Krumholz Princeton University in New Jersey and his colleague Christopher McKee of the University of California Berkeley used mathematical models to show how small stars can prime superstar formation. “Gravity tends to break interstellar gas clouds into small pieces, preventing massive star formation,” Krumholz said. “But little stars heating up a gas cloud can smooth it out, forcing gravity to create a huge star.”