What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl, Satya P. Chattopadhyay, or Phil Yevics
April 23rd, 3:00pm, Brennan 205
Science, Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Satellite
to test Einstein predictions - Apr 2, 2004
- UCLA
research explores biology of fear
- Discovery
Channel :: Women-Only Language Reemerges
- Women look
best once a month: A woman's face is most alluring at the height of her cycle.
- Study
claims dogs and their owners look alike...
- Scientist:
Life on Mars could be from Earth - Mar 25, 2004
- The Brain?
It’s a Jungle in There
- Huge
waves on Titan move slowly
- Enigma of
Namibia's 'fairy circles'
- Satellite
to test Einstein theory
- Einstein and
Newton 'had autism'
- Rat's
'life code' read by science
- Fossil
may be earliest arm bone
- Report:
Cattle Farming Biggest Threat to Amazon
- Bush Science Adviser Denies
Policy Agenda
- Approaching
Saturn
- Scientist
mulls Anglo-Scottish split
- Scientists
seek 'map of science'
- Probe
sees storms merge on Saturn
- New
telescope in Chile to scan universe - Apr 12, 2004
- Book's
Critique of Psychology Ignites a Torrent of Criticism
- Study:
Exercising to music pumps up brain power - Mar 25, 2004
- Study:
Mild iron deficiency affects thinking - Apr 20, 2004
- Dust
storms may bedevil Mars explorers - Apr 20, 2004
- Vast
and Deadly Fleets May Yield Secrets at Last
- Using
M.R.I.'s to See Politics on the Brain
- Caution urged
over bio research
- Scientists
decipher 21,000 genes
- Young
female chimps upstage males
- Migrating
birds rely on sunsets
- Genome
reveals limb number recipe
- Trilobite
was ancient snack food
- 'Einstein'
probe heads into space
- Dolly scientists
to clone embryos
- ScienCentral:
Bird Brain Gene
- Prenatal
Nicotine Primes Adolescent Brain for Addiction
Medicine Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
- Brawl
breaks out at anger management assembly - Apr 2, 2004
- Vampire
bats kill 13 people in Brazil - Apr 3, 2004
- Brain surgery
may cure Tourette's
- The Accidental Addict
- Clearing away the myths surrounding the OxyContin "epidemic." By Maia Szalavitz
- The
Case of the Cherry Hill Cluster
- Of Mice
and Men: Why Test Animals to Cure Human Depression?
- Autism
Theory Controversy
- Cannabis
'damages male fertility'
- Gym 'not
necessary' to stay fit
- Pill may
prevent post-op strokes
- Viagra use
'may damage fertility'
- No
asthma link' to cough jab
- Computer games
could aid hearing
- Fish may
provide heart care clue
- Southern Indian
females have the highest reported suicide rate on Earth
- Vitamin fights
prostate cancer
- Zinc 'helps
hyperactive children'
- Baby walkers
outlawed in Canada
- Drug 'stops
sudden cardiac death'
- Penicillin
warning to doctors
- Stem cells
'fail in cancer care'
- Test 'assists
dementia treatment'
- Defibrillators
now required on airliners - Apr 12, 2004
- Surprises
found in gene variation associated with schizophrenia
- Soy 'stops
cancer and baldness'
- CDC
plans flu vaccine stockpile for kids
- The
New York Times > Health > New Treatments Turn Off the Tap for People
Who Sweat Too Much
- Drug
Makers Hope to Kill the Kick in Pain Relief
- HIV link to
dementia 'explained'
- Move to end
need for injections
- Wife
divorces husband over Viagra
Technology Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
- Metallic
sound heard again by space station crew - Apr 2, 2004
- Supermarket
giant promotes Linux
- Bush
wants cheap high-speed Internet access for all by 2007 - Mar 26, 2004
- Giants ballpark
becomes WiFi hub - Mar 31, 2004
- NASA
jet breaks speed record - Mar 29, 2004
- New
DVD burners double capacity - Mar 26, 2004
- Google
launches e-mail service - Apr. 1, 2004
- Broadband
prepares to take off
- Sales soar
for Blackberry maker
- Intel moves
towards greener chips
- File-sharing
to bypass censorship
- DVD
format war looms - Apr 19, 2004
- Companies
race to build a better toilet - Apr. 16, 2004
- Mattel
recalls more than 300,000 Batmobiles - Apr. 15, 2004
- 'Toothing' craze
goes underground - Apr 18, 2004
- Survey:
Denmark leads e-commerce use - Apr 20, 2004
- Live,
digital video heading to U.S. police cars - Apr 20, 2004
- NASA
rejects 12-month space missions - Apr 20, 2004
- Macs get
their voices back
- Paper DVDs
on the horizon
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology