Munchies in space? Snack on a CANookie (Canada.com) Six months before he launched into space, Bob Thirsk tested the beef soup rations. A little runny, he felt. Drips might float around the zero-gravity space station and gum up the electronics. [News Source]

Local ranchers surviving beef industry (Whitecourt Star) Beeflink’s Brenda Schoepp told local ranchers they can survive in the beef industry at the sixth annual Pembina beef classic in Sangudo last Saturday, but that adjustments had to be made. [News Source]

Study reveals first direct information on prion structure (UC Newsroom) A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. [News Source]

South Florida Restaurants Admit to Serving Counterfeit Kobe Beef (Broward-Palm Beach New Times) Bova Prime is one of the busiest restaurants on Las Olas in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Chic, modern, cylindrical chandeliers loom over a two-story dining room that is paneled in long white curtains. The menu lists three items that, to devotees of fine food, might seem inexpensive: a $38 Kobe skirt... [News Source]

Prion study reveals first direct information about the proteins molecular structure (EurekAlert!) ( University of California - San Francisco ) A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs that scientists have created ... [News Source]

Contemporary art (Euronews) Is it art? Or is it a cash cow? A gigantic waste of money? Or just a joke? Every year the Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery in London provokes controversy and amusement as well as serious debate about contemporary art. [News Source]

Game Commission: Use of deer urine as hunting lure could spread CWD (York Daily Record) Thousands of hunters who took to Pennsylvania's woods and fields for the archery antlered deer season opener last Saturday may have unintentionally poisoned the state's deer herd. [News Source]

First Direct Information About The Prion’s Molecular Structure Reported (Medical News Today) A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs that scientists have created in the lab. [News Source]

The Turner prize trinity (Guardian Unlimited) This year's Turner prize show has brains, brawn and beauty – from bits of rendered cow to a giant gold-leaf wall drawing. Adrian Searle plunges in and picks his winner [News Source]

Use of deer urine as hunting lure could spread CWD OUTDOORS (The Morning Call) -- Thousands of hunters who took to Pennsylvania's woods and fields for the archery antlered deer season opener last Saturday may have unintentionally poisoned the state's deer herd. [News Source]