Friday, December 12, 2008

Science and environment news from the L.A. Times

The Science Files

Science, Health and Environment

Friday, December 12, 2008

California adopts the most sweeping curbs on greenhouse gas emissions in U.S.
The state air board orders a 15% cut in emissions over the next 12 years, bringing them down to 1990 levels. >>

Obama and Congress may reverse last-minute changes, which could accelerate potentially harmful federal projects and allow drilling in Alaska's polar bear habitat. >>

Bettie Page dies at 85; pinup queen played a key role in the sexual revolution of the 1960s and later became a cult figure
Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85. >>

But Assemblyman Mike Villines denies sources' reports that he raised the possibility of increasing the fee in budget talks last month. >>

The breakdown of the country's healthcare infrastructure is behind the large number of deaths. >>

Roughly 2.8 million children use herbal remedies, a study suggests. Adults play a key role: Kids are five times more likely to use nontraditional therapies if a parent or other relative did. >>

Gilbert Mendoza was badly beaten Nov. 24 by a fellow patient at the Patton facility. He died Monday. >>

In Western Australia's Shark Bay area, many spend a disproportionately large amount of time using sponges to root for prey on the ocean floor. >>

The drug maker tells analysts it plans to become a leader in generic versions of biotech medicines. >>

American and European researchers put together the most thorough look yet of the mass at the heart of the Milky Way. >>

Changes in social standing such as falling below the poverty line or going to jail made people more likely to be perceived as black and less likely to be seen as white, researchers say. >>

For 55 years, he was known to the world at large only as HM or Henry M., the survivor of brain surgery that went catastrophically wrong, leaving him with a form of amnesia that prevented him from collecting any new memories and living in a pre-1953 world. >>



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