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A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

NEIL REYNOLDS Last updated on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 2:27AM EST r eynolds.globe@gmail.com When the Great Depression struck in 1929, Newfoundland was independent and democratic - indeed, like Canada, a dominion in its own right.

The national tour of "Legally Blonde - The Musical," starring Becky Gulsvig, opened in Providence in September 2008.

I've just found this interesting 1927 news item from Science magazine lambasting the rise of 'quack psychologists' that were apparently troubling the American public at the time.

In Elizabeth Warrena s world, credit card contracts would be so simple a teenager could read and understand them in four minutes.

A TINY skin implant that can destroy cancerous tumours has been unveiled by scientists.

The Collective Imagination is designed to explore some of the most compelling issues facing the world today and the ways that science and technology can help us address them.

DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it." The student places his hand on the disc.

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, and published in today's online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

Social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, help young users form their social identity as they grow into adulthood, U.S. sociologists said.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has received a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a new fellowship for business reporters.

The trip comes amid India 's always tense relationship with nuclear rival Pakistan, regional concerns over the Afghan war and the burgeoning trade relationship between the U.S. and India, a country of 1.2 billion people with a growing and influential diaspora in America.

The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS - about 33 million - has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday against a bishop who has acknowledged asking the Rhode Island congressman not to receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights.

Gordon became the CEO for The Discovery Museums in August after 14 years with the Boston Children's Museum, most recently as its chief operating officer and overseeing the museum's $47 million renovation project.

Children play basketball on a school playground. Child abuse can indelibly mark and alter genes in its young victims leaving them less able to cope with stress later in life, according to new Canadian research.

The 21-and-over show, directed by veteran standup comic Linda Smith, will be followed by a Q&A with Gambuto.

When President Barack Obama landed in Beijing on Monday on his first state visit to China, his first order of business was family business.

Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were awarded three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.

LET'S HOPE Mayor Tom Menino is recovering nicely from his recent knee surgery, and using the unexpected downtime to contemplate something he said shortly after his thumping victory to an unprecedented fifth term.