From the community: Stephen Hawking, the IMF, and stem cells
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IMF Head Charged with Raping Hotel Maid
Submitted by Dagum
The head of the IMF has been charged with the attempted rape of a hotel maid.
The incident is alleged to have happened in Mr Strauss-Kahn's luxury suite at the Sofitel hotel, not far from Manhattan's Times Square.
A 32-year-old maid told authorities she was attacked when she went into clean the room.
Stephen Hawking dismisses idea of a universal creator, calls heaven a ‘fairy story’
Submitted by unimatrix0
British scientist Stephen Hawking has dismissed the idea of heaven or a universal creator, saying that the idea of a deity has no place in theories on the creation of the Universe, in light of recent developments in physics.
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
Self-renewing human lung stem cell discovered
Submitted by onemalefla
For the first time, self-renewing lung stem cells have been identified, offering a possible clues for treating chronic lung conditions.
"The discovery of this stem cell has the potential to offer those who suffer from chronic lung diseases a totally novel treatment option by regenerating or repairing damaged areas of the lung."
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