Over 50 percent of companies fire workers for e-mail, Net abuse
San Francisco – Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.

Learn Beatles tunes via Web video
Help! Any Beatles fans who have struggled to learn to play guitar on “Revolution,” “A Hard Day’s Night” or other Fab Four megahits can now find assistance on the Web, while saving big bucks on private lessons.

Teen charged in cyber crime network
A New Zealand teenager allegedly at the center of an international cyber crime network appeared Friday in court where he was charged with computer hacking crimes.

Trawl of two groups’ genes shows differences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trawl through the genes of white people in Utah and Yoruba people in Nigeria shows a significant number of differences that can explain why some groups respond differently to drugs than others. 

Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once
Findings hint epidemic is not unique to present, afflicted humans’ primate ancestors

Spanking Raises Chances of Risky, Deviant Sexual Behavior
Review found physical punishment of kids linked to unprotected, masochistic sex as adults

Kids vaccine linked to fever, seizures
Children suffered higher rates of fever-related convulsions when they got a Merck & Co. combination vaccine instead of two separate shots, according to a new study presented Wednesday.

Baxter Recalls Rest of Heparin Products
Investigation into allergic reactions, deaths related to blood thinner continues.

Vitamin E Supplements May Raise Lung Cancer Risk
Study found a slight but significant association.

Broccoli Sprout Extract Hinders Bladder Cancer Development
Rats given concentrated dose had risk of growths cut in half, study says

Ginkgo Biloba Might Not Preserve Memory in Octogenarians
Study saw no clear benefit, but did see small number of strokes, mini-strokes

Family Of Liver Cancer Genes Discovered
ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center has identified a family of genes linked to the development of liver cancer.

Thalidomide Shows Promise For Treatment Of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — Thalidomide, a drug blamed in the 1950s for causing birth defects, is now showing promise as a safe and effective treatment for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to a study led by a University of Minnesota Cancer Center researcher.

Stress And Fear Can Affect Cancer’s Recurrence
ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — A scientist shows that mind may indeed affect matter. After the surgical removal of a malignant tumor, the chance that cancer will re-appear in a different location of the body remains high. But new research from Tel Aviv University, in a bold new field called Psychoneuroimmunology, may prevent those cancer cells from taking root again — and the key to the treatment is stress reduction.

Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son’s tooth in his eye
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.

Scientists See Deep Inside Human Brain
The human brainstem, the most primitive area of our brains, has been notoriously difficult to image because of its small size. Now researchers have devised a new experimental technique that produces some of the best functional images ever taken of the human brainstem.

What Separates You From Chimps
Scientists keep finding more similarities between humans and chimps. They share most of our genes, they seem to be able to handle tools, and they grasp some English pretty well, too. Now researchers have found that we share a similar brain pattern when communicating.

Electric Fish Advertise Their Bodies
Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, research now reveals.

Bats use same flying trick as insects: study
LONDON (Reuters) – Bats stay aloft by employing an aerodynamic trick previously thought unique to insects, researchers said on Thursday. 

Remote Canada town a hub for Northern Lights seekers
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (Reuters) – In the subarctic woods of Canada’s Northwest Territories, a quiet crowd searches the moonlit sky, a wave of concern creeping into hushed voices. Time is running out.

Graphite Whiskers, Rather Than Dark Energy, Could Explain Dimness Of Stellar Explosions
ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — Interstellar space may be strewn with tiny whiskers of carbon, dimming the light of far-away objects. This discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution may have implications for the “dark energy” hypothesis, proposed a decade ago in part to explain the unexpected dimness of certain stellar explosions called Type1a supernovae.