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Percentage of women under 35 who said using a "cool phone" made someone appear more attractive, according to a recent survey by an electronics review and shopping site. More women said they were attracted to someone walking a dog than using a smartphone. Also: iPads were less sexy than books. [via Retrevo.com]
In a medical first, scientists in Haifa, Israel, took skin cells from two heart failure patients and reprogrammed them into stem cells that generated healthy, beating heart muscle cells in the lab.
A new study finds that despite equal levels of chemicals in their homes, nonwhite toddlers had more exposure to flame retardant toxins than their white peers.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
