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On the basis of preliminary evidence, researchers stated that a new class of experimental drugs, one being developed by Amgen and the other by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, might be able to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

These drugs are said to be already known to significantly reduce bad cholesterol. In fact, there are some cases in which these drugs have reduced the cholesterol level to an extent not even achieved by statins.

However, earlier it was not known whether these drugs are able to protect heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems. The early results do indicate that they might be able to do so. The manufacturers have sponsored small studies.

Bruce the mosasaur was the only member at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) in Morden. According to reports, the lonely extinct underwater giant just got a new friend. The museum CFDC, formally known as Morden and District Museum, has unveiled Suzy the mosasaur. The extinct large reptile is the newest marine reptile fossil in CFDC.

According to reports, Suzy’s skeleton is about nine meters in length. The mosasaur was introduced to the public on Sunday and has taken a place near Bruce, Manitoba's star of the Cretaceous. Currently, Bruce holds the Guinness World Record for the largest publicly displayed mosasaur fossil across the world. The mosasaur is over 13 meters long, as per the reports.

A new program has been started to find out the best way to tag the endangered whales for satellite tracking. Under this program, scientists tagged three right whales this past winter.

To get closer to whales to tag them, the researchers held a federal permit. Others who do not have the permit have to maintain a distance. On Friday, federal officials warned that spring breakers and others should not come closer than 500 yards of a right whale.

A right whale comes under endangered species. It is considered that its number would be around 450 to 500 whales around the world. This year, right whales have given birth to 17 calves. Right whales and their calves continue to migrate along Southeastern Florida, including the Space Coast News.

Once again, the FCC has decided to pause the 180-day "shot clock" on its regulatory reviews for the prospective mergers of Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and AT&T and DirecTV.

The agency has again mentioned the pending court decisions on how to handle the disclosures of information related to deals made by the MVPDs with programming companies as the main reason behind the move.

In the announcement, the FCC said, "At this time, we believe it is prudent to pause the informal 180-day transaction clocks because the commission would be advantaged by knowing the resolution of the pending Petition for Review before the transaction clocks reach the 180-day mark, which both are slated to do by the end of March".

Senator Ted Cruz believes that NASA is unnecessarily focusing more on studying earth science instead of spending more of its limited resources on space exploration. Cruz said NASA must not forget that the main reason behind its establishment was space exploration.

However, NASA chief Charles Bolden responded by saying that earth science and space exploration are interconnected. He added that the core mission of NASA is to gain knowledge of earth and space environment and provide means of making the planet we live in a better place.

Both the respected personalities were giving their opinions about what the outlook of NASA should be during hearing on Obama’s $18.5 billion budget (fiscal year 2016) request for NASA.

According to a NASA scientist, only one year of water is left in California because of a decreasing ground water supply.

According to UC Irvine hydrologist professor and JPL water expert Jay Famiglietti, "The situation is probably worse than we all think, and we need to really tighten our belts when it comes to water and really try to use a lot less".

He said that groundwater and snowpack levels are at record low and this could lead to drought conditions. Famiglietti said that the situation is much worse than what is thought and it has to be taken seriously and people should try to use less quantity of water.