[ScienceDaily]
Human genome has four times more imprinted genes than previously identified.

[Telegraph.co.uk]
Human organs, bones and blood vessels in living patients are unveiled as never before by a new type of X-ray scanner.

[EurekAlert]
A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth.

[Yahoo! News]
Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. This work represents a tremendous scientific milestone—the biological equivalent of the Wright Brothers' first airplane, said Dr. Robert Lanza, chief science officer of Advanced Cell Technology. It's a bit like learning how to turn lead into gold.

[Wired]
23AndMe will decode your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics.

[ScienceDaily]
Scientists in Taiwan are reporting new insights into why diets rich in fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of obesity. Their study focuses on healthful natural antioxidant compounds called flavonoids and phenolic acids.

[Wired Autopia]
If there are any lingering doubts as to whether the age of oil is nearing its end, the International Energy Agency has put them to rest and made it clear that only a massive and immediate investment in sustainable energy will prevent a global crisis.

[Forbes]
Where do we stand with the future?

[BBC News]
Answers to the top 10 claims cited by "climate sceptics" who dispute the evidence that human activities such as industrial emissions of greenhouse gases and deforestation are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth's climate.

[Reuters]
A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas.

[Business Week]
Sprint and Clearwire have broken off plans to develop a national wireless network. Is it curtains for WiMAX?

[Guardian Unlimited]
New research suggests attraction is a narcissistic response based on sex and ego.

[Technology Review]
GM crops that shut down pests' genes: researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Shanghai, have made cotton plants that silence a gene that allows cotton bollworms to process the toxin gossypol, which occurs naturally in cotton. Bollworms that eat the genetically engineered cotton can't make their toxin-processing proteins, and they die. Researchers at Monsanto and Devgen, a Belgian company, have made corn plants that silence a gene essential for energy production in corn rootworms; ingestion wipes out the worms within 12 days.

[denialism blog]
Which parts of the human body could be designed better?

[National Geographic]
An antibiotic primarily used to treat pinkeye in humans rids frogs of the fungal disease that is wiping out amphibian populations around the world.