A five year old girl, Emelia Fawbert unearthed the vertebra of an Ice Age woolly rhinoceros which roamed the area about 50,000 years ago during a fossil hunt with her family. The 16-inch long bone, described as a rare find by paleontologists, was poking up from the ground at Cotswold Water Park, Glos.
The girl was accompanied by her father James Fawbert, 33, and grandfather Geoffrey Fawbert, 61 of Cirencester, Glos.
The father said, “It was really exciting when she spotted it sticking out of the clay.....It looked really impressive but, to be honest, none of us had a clue what it was until the experts told us.Emelia, wants to be a paleontologist when she grows up and knows everything about dinosaurs, mammoths and such creatures.
With current FDA commissioner - Andrew von Eschenbach, who was appointed by President George Bush, planning to tender his resignation before Obama takes office, American drugmakers are lobbying President-elect Barack Obama to nominate Janet Woodcock, 60, a 22-year insider at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as either the agency’s acting or permanent chief. Andrew von Eschenbach and the agency, have both gained the ire of and been severely criticized by lawmakers for approving unsafe medications and not doing enough to block tainted food imports, including drugs.
With the intention to cater to an increasing European and North American clientele, Tech Mahindra, India's sixth largest software exporter, has opened up its sixth centre of excellence in South Tyneside, UK.
A recent research has shown that many African Americans avoid getting screened for cancer hearing public service announcements and cancer news stories that highlight the fact that African Americans are often diagnosed with cancer at a later stage and have a lower survival rate as compared to whites. 
There seems to be some truth in the fact that bullies make others feel miserable, just to make themselves feel better. US researchers studying the brain scans of teenagers with a history of aggressive bullying behaviours, indicate that inflicting pain or seeing someone in pain, actually gives them great pleasure. This may not surprise anyone who has been a victim of bullying, however, Dr. Benjamin Lahey from the University of Chicago and co-author of the study says researchers were dumbfounded by these findings, as they were not what they expected.
The question of difference between chimpanzee and human genomes, which are near identical at the DNA level will be answered very soon. In what is seen as the basis which will help in further research, scientists have found areas linked to cell differentiation and immune response. 
