MySpace’s fashionable child launches new designers
LONDON (Reuters) – Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world’s answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.

Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code
Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin

Hackers try to spur epileptic seizures
Hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation’s Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images.

Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Software training supplements counseling, could also treat other psychiatric disorders

Druze people are living ‘gene sanctuary’
The Druze people of Israel are a genetic sanctuary of ancient lineages of DNA, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Researchers find neuroblastoma genes
BOSTON (Reuters) – An international team of researchers said they have pinpointed three variants of the genetic code that appear to set the stage for aggressive neuroblastoma, the deadliest solid tumor in early childhood.

Decades of details flood woman with unmatched memory
Jill Price, 42, can recall in vivid detail every day of her life since age 14. She is the first person confirmed to have a superior memory.

Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings
Study say figures are most likely too conservative

Secret to Treating Tinnitus in Vets May Be Unlocked in Zebrafish
Researcher trying different drugs to ease condition in water creature.

Breast Cancer Tends to Grow Faster in Younger Women
Finding could affect how screenings are conducted, analyzed, researchers say.

Platypus proves even odder than scientists thought
The duck-billed platypus has finally given up its evolutionary secrets. The creature, considered one of the strangest mammals in the world, has become the latest to have its genetic code sequenced, revealing it to be a bizarre mix of mammal, bird and reptile, with very complex sexuality. While humans have two sex chromosomes, the X and Y, the platypus has 10, with five of each kind.

Seagulls: Are Males The Weaker Sex?
ScienceDaily (May 8, 2008) — Male seagulls may be more vulnerable to their environment during embryonic development than females, according to Maria Bogdanova and Ruedi Nager from the University of Glasgow in the UK. Until now, the sex differences in developmental rate and susceptibility to unfavorable conditions during the embryonic stage in birds have received little attention.

Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen — they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.