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Science, Medicine and Technology
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                                Science, Medicine, Technology
Science

  1. Undergraduate Bioethics Journal (Can we contribute?)
  2. Reform School, Contd. - How to reinvent higher education.
  3. Scientists Find Fossils in Sexual Union - Yahoo! News
  4. NASA discovers interstellar 'chocolate' | csmonitor.com
  5. 'Intersex' Fish Found Off Calif. Coast
  6. Revealing Behavior in 'Orangutan Heaven and Human Hell' - New York Times
  7. Philosophers Notwithstanding, Kansas School Board Redefines Science - New York Times
  8. Brain memory area modifies its 'wiring diagram' during the female cycle
  9. Loneliness could be in your genes
  10. Discovery Channel :: News :: Squirrel-Speak Deciphered
  11. Leap second talks are postponed
  12. Moons captured in ring encounter
  13. Reptile fossil is 'early turtle'
  14. What would it be like to live to 175?
  15. Glowing meat alarms Australians
  16. ASU Web Devil - Prof's studies suggest life molded from clay
  17. Bat guano beats burgers for blind salamanders - For cave-dwelling salamanders, bat droppings are part of a balanced diet.
  18. The food you eat could change your genes
  19. Scientists engineer mice to mimic Alzheimer's therapy
  20. Science 'must teach experiments'
  21. CO2 'highest for 650,000 years'
  22. Montreal climate summit to begin
  23. Probe 'gathers asteroid material'
  24. How coal is cleaning up its act
  25. Hamsters Get the Winter Blueshttp://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051202/clf017.html?.v=33
  26. A prime minister's unlucky stars - Nov 21, 2005
  27. Butterfly wings work like LEDs
  28. Timid Mice Made Daring by Removing One Gene
  29. Nobelist Henry Taube is Dead at 89
  30. Enough to Make an Iguana Turn Green: Darwin's Ideas - New York Times
  31. Zeroing Out the Messenger
  32. Growth hormone levels' IQ 'link'
  33. Creativity determines sexual success, research suggests
  34. UK stargazers enjoy 'Lucky' break
  35. US rejects Blair's climate hopes
  36. CO2: This time it's personal
  37. Radar sees ice deep below Mars
  38. Study treads on footprint claim
  39.  Rock marks record water scorpion
  40. Dopamine blockers lead faithful voles astray
  41. Coffee Boosts Short Term Memory
  42. Creative people 'luckier in love'
  43. Radar sees ice deep below Mars
  44. Ocean changes to cool Europe
  45. A sea lily
  46. Climate change 'will dry Africa'
  47. Warm Oceans Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs - Los Angeles Times
  48. Battle Lines Set as New York Acts to Cut Emissions
  49. SCI-BYTES - What's New in Research - Year 2005
  50. Romantic love 'lasts just a year'
  51. Dinosaurs, evangelicals and the state
  52. Wiring up the 'Victorian internet'
  53. The first laugh: New study posits evolutionary origins of two distinct types of laughter
  54. Einstein equation marks 100 years
  55. Staff 'crisis' threatens physics
  56. Mass grave yields Mayan secrets
  57. Researchers Find Missing"Piece of the Pie"in Understanding Taste
  58. The Brontosaurus - Monty Python's flying creationism. By William Saletan
  59. Report Accuses EPA of Slanting Analysis
  60. In Mongolia, an 'Extinction Crisis' Looms
  61. The Claim: Never Drink on an Empty Stomach - New York Times
  62. The Hubris of the Humanities
  63. Love like a drug, scientists say
  64. Poison gas 'caused' great dying
  65. India joins nuclear fusion club
  66. Better Bananas, Nicer Mosquitoes 
  67. 'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods
Medicine 
 
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  1. Cannabis drug available in the UK
  2. A Self-Effacing Scholar Is Psychiatry's Gadfly
  3. Brain deficits found in relatives of autism sufferers - Unaffected family members show characteristic abnormalities.
  4. Ecstasy may damage the brain’s physical defences - Breaking News
  5. Why can't the Daily Mail eat humble pie over MMR? -- Fitzpatrick 331 (7525): 1148 -- BMJ
  6. Light exercise a tonic to keep the brain young
  7. 'Sharp' older brains are not the same as younger brains
  8. Cartilage grown from stem cells
  9. China has first bird flu fatality
  10. Could sneeze meters combat pandemics? - Researchers call for better ways to identify highly infectious individuals.
  11. How the NHS could learn from Sweden
  12. Zinc good for children with HIV
  13. Cranberries 'block tooth decay'
  14. Olive oil's heart effect located
  15. Worm eggs may tackle inflammation
  16.  Breastfeeding 'good for mothers'
  17. Crammed orphanages have lasting effects - Neglected babies show depressed hormones for years.
  18. Schizophrenics 'come off drugs'
  19. Decaf coffee linked to heart risk
  20. Cervical cancer risk 'lingers'
  21.  'Tourists' harming India's health
  22. New Scientist Breaking News - Anti-smoking drug may cut crystal meth craving
  23. Poisonings From a Popular Pain Reliever Are Rising - New York Times
  24. Drug disorder schizophrenia link
  25. Drug 'doubles' fatal crash risk
  26. Fruit bats may carry Ebola virus
  27. Alcohol's health benefits doubted
  28. Global Warming Trends Are a Current Affair, Study Finds - Los Angeles Times
  29. Study: U.S. Fisheries Discard 22% of Catch
  30. SUV Sales Down Sharply
  31. University cancels creationism class
  32. Beat Alzheimer's with exercise - Study shows how exertion keeps brain cells healthy in mice.
  33. 'Copying' nerves broken in autism
  34. Hot on Parkinson's Trail 
  35. Coffee reduces liver risk - Dec 5, 2005
  36. Obesity stops jabs hitting target
  37. Woman has first face transplant
  38. Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales - New York Times
  39. Lifestyle blamed for many cancers
  40. Breastfeeding cuts gut disorder
  41. New study is boost to homeopathy
  42. Roller-coasters 'can stop hearts'
  43. Number with HIV 'at highest yet'
  44. Aids may help spread of bird flu
  45. Molecule 'may offer Down's hope'
  46. 'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods 
  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. High-speed college network closes
  2. Sony recalls copy-protected CDs
  3. MIT maps wireless users across campus
  4. Technology News: Privacy : Internet Heavyweights Back Adware Whitelist Effort
  5. White phosphorus: weapon on the edge
  6. UN debut for $100 laptop for poor
  7. US army cuts teeth on video game
  8. Kazaa to install anti-piracy tool
  9. Clothes of 1924 head for Everest
  10. Intel deal for iPod memory chips
  11.  Skype adds in video to net calls
  12. GTX Global Develops the First True Artificial Intelligence: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
  13. Interactive 3-D atlas of mouse brain now available on web
  14.  Kazaa to install anti-piracy tool
  15. Net thinkers look to web's future
  16. Court blow for Blackberry maker
  17. Classic poets' voices go online
  18. Overhaul for Firefox web browser
  19. Scientists drill 'smallest holes'
  20. Open media to connect communities
  21. Xbox 360 to kick off console wars
  22. America takes world gaming crown
  23. Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia
  24. Data disasters dog computer users
  25. Wikipedia tightens online rules

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