WASHINGTON. Lungless frog discovered in Borneo. A rare and primitive frog living in a remote Borneo stream has no lungs and apparently absorbs oxygen through its skin, researchers reported recently. The aquatic frog has evolved backwards, re-acquiring a primordial trait, David Bickford of the National University of Singapore and colleagues reported.

LONDON. How to identify the look of love or lust. Members of the opposite sex can spot whether someone is after a one-night stand or something more permanent just by looking at their face, scientists said on Wednesday. On men, a square jaw, large nose and small eyes are more likely to betray the look of lust than of love.

MADRID. Smallest planet outside solar system found. The smallest planet discovered outside our solar system has been found by Spanish scientists. ?I think we are very close, just a few years away, from detecting a planet like Earth,? team leader Ignasi Ribas told a news conference recently.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Global space spending up 11 percent to $251 billion. Revenues from worldwide government and private spending on space projects rose to $251 billion last year, up 11 % from 2006 despite slowing growth in many countries, an analysis released recently said.

More than half of global space economic activity stemmed from purchases of commercial satellite-based products and services. Another 25 % came from US government spending, according to The Space Report 2008 released by the Space Foundation, a Colorado Springs, Colorado,nonprofit advocacy group.

WASHINGTON. Stem cells from skin treat brain diseasein rats. Skin cells re-programmed to act like embryonic stem cells eased symptoms of Parkinson?s disease in rats, researchers reported recently in a first step toward tailored treatments for people that bypass concerns about using human embryos. The experiment suggests it may be possible to take a small sample of skin and turn it into a transplant perfectly matched to patients with Parkinson?s and other diseases, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.