today's news:

American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Florida lifelines: Groceries trip triclosan switch Shower gel and mustard may boost antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
physics: Market calms before storm Stock-market crashes are preceded by an eerie bout of predictability.
brain: Instant gratification centre found? Impulsive behaviour may be linked to a specific brain area.

Thursday 24 May 2001
environment: Sink hopes sink
Forests show little response to increased carbon dioxide.

lifelines: Mushrooms aid total recall
Flies can learn, but not remember, without active nerve cells.

space: Pluto has big shiny colleague
A close look at the Kuiper belt may tell us more about the early Solar System.

Wednesday 23 May 2001
American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Florida
lifelines: Double whammy could cause MS
Two viruses may cause the body to get on its own nerves.

lifelines: Blame Typhoid Mary's gallstones
The bacteria that cause typhoid fever cling to gallstones.

other news:
chemistry: Drugs fill a gap
Molecular keys that lock enzymes out of harm's way can be moulded within the enzymes themselves.

lifelines: Match of the data
Information can make the world a happier place.

Tuesday 22 May 2001
American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Florida
lifelines: Virus crosses brain cancer
Blending the common cold and polio viruses may have created a brain cancer therapy.

lifelines: Genetics' Nod2 gut disease
Susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease identified

lifelines: Bees jail offenders
South African honeybees incarcerate parasites they can't control

technology: Nothing to it
A cross between paper and smoke takes a hammer to break

Monday 21 May 2001
brain: Jet-setting drains brains
Years of long-haul travel shrivels parts of the brain

medicine: Better diagnosis for brain transplants
A second opinion puts a positive spin on controversial fetal transplants for Parkinson’s disease.

lifelines: Blind mice see
New photoreceptor throws light on hidden workings of the eye.