What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
Now we have our own blog!!
If you want to suggest a link for inclusion here, please post it on the blog; we'll take care of it.
You can also post your thoughts about any What's News article on the blog.
Let's get blogging!


(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon,  Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl,
Declan Mulhall, Phil Yevics, or Sarah Sitoski)
Thursday, February 24th--11:30am, Brennan 205

All participants are encouraged (not required) to choose a topic (or topics)
about which they would like to facilitate a discussion.
Support materials, if needed, can be on the web or hard copy -
we have a document camera available.  We'll start
each What's News event with these facilitated discussions
before moving to our free ranging
ramblings.


Science, Medicine, Technology
Science

  1. Stressed to Death: Mental tension ages cells: Science News Online, Dec. 4, 2004
  2. Article: Teenagers fail to see the consequences | New Scientist
  3. Japan sounds alarm on birth rate
  4.  Eggs 'fertilised' without sperm
  5. Rover data makes return a must
  6. Mission cleared for Titan plunge
  7. New dinosaur uncovered in Brazil
  8. Rare bird falls to avian malaria
  9. Beware! Sand in This Physics Lab May Eat You Alive
  10. Scientists find natural human mosquito repellent - Jan 20, 2005
  11. Intelligent design' taught in Pennsylvania - Jan 19, 2005
  12. Why the Sun seems to be 'dimming'
  13. Pain used to uncover brain secret
  14. Dolphins fix their roles in hunts - Florida foraging packs consist of specialist operators.
  15. Swordfish heat their eyes for better vision
  16. Grip Minus Grime: Consider the Gecko
  17. God (or Not), Physics and, of Course, Love: Scientists Take a Leap
  18. New Scientist Breaking News - Rats show off language skills
  19. Nose 'more complex than jet wing'
  20. New Scientist Big bird brains make for healthy males - News
  21. Scientists: Volcano Could Swamp U.S. with Mega-Tsunami
  22. Researchers Alarmed by Bat Deaths From Wind Turbines (washingtonpost.com)
  23. Imaging study shows brain maturing
  24. Famous sex theory questioned
  25. Bird's eye views earth's magnetic lines
  26. Summer Sun Can Put Older Eyes at Risk, Study Says
  27. Loss of bamboo threatens rare animal species - May 10, 2004
  28. Students split on taking old or new SAT - May 10, 2004
  29. Bat evolution linked to warming
  30.  'Collapse': How the World Ends
  31. Science sceptics meet on climate
  32. Turin shroud 'older than thought'
  33. Scent 'restores youthful allure'
  34. Cosmic birth theory gets support
  35. Stem cell contamination worries
  36. Chimps have 'sense of fair play'
  37.  Bad driving 'linked to hormones'
  38. Fly-wing secret: Push me, pull you
  39. The pseudo-feminist show trial of Larry Summers. By William Saletan
  40. Rover Microscope Detects Puzzling Thread-Like Features
  41. Birdbrain Doesn't Equal Stupid, Scientists Argue
  42. Texas Teens Increased Sex After Abstinence Program
  43. Cretaceous duck ruffles feathers
  44. Motherhood is a Drug -- Beckman 2005 (104): 1 -- sciencenow
  45. Left-handers flourish in violent society
  46. Plastic eye mimics octopus vision
  47. Impulsive behavior may be relict of hunter-gatherer past
  48. ScienCentral: Lying Faces
  49. Research Identifies Proteins Crucial to Construction of Brain’s Information Superhighway, February 10, 2005 Press Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  50. Ear-splitting discovery rocks mammal identity - Triple bone structure arose independently in platypus and humans.
  51. Non-sex genes 'link to gay trait'
  52. Cosmic birth theory gets support
  53. Pilfering crab has insect's nose
  54. Gray Matter and the Sexes: A Scientific Gray Area
  55. Life flourishes at crushing depth
  56. Nasa plans to bring down Hubble
  57. Titan winds pummelled Huygens
  58. Crick's first DNA doodle released
  59. Science intends to tag all life
  60. Skulls may be oldest known human remains - Feb 16, 2005
  61. Scientist at Work: Origami as the Shape of Things to Come
  62. Laughter plays tricks with your eyes - 03/02/2005
  63. Rats Infected As Newborns Grew Up Vulnerable To Memory Problems During An Immune Challenge
  64. New neurons born in adult rat cortex
  65. Think Fast: Reaction Time and IQ May Predict Long Life
  66. A gene's fist 'kiss' sets off that affair known as puberty
  67.  Mums-to-be face healthy dilemma
  68. Cassini in fourth flyby of Titan
  69. Nuclear fusion 'put to the test'
  70. Age of ancient humans reassessed
  71. New research questions basic tenet of neuron function
  72. Animal parenting, personality and pair-ups
  73. Fish shrinkage threatens survival
  74. Dying Star Flares Up, Briefly Outshining Rest of Galaxy
  75. Biological clock may shut down long-term memory at night
  76. Mars pictures reveal frozen sea
  77. 'Animal clue' to teen pregnancies
  78. Scientists feel stifled by Bush administration - Feb 21, 2005

Medicine
 Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
 
  1. Antidepressant Use By U.S. Adults Soars (washingtonpost.com)
  2. Article: Spine-damaged canines made to heal | New Scientist
  3. Tofu mends broken bones and teeth
  4. Ultrasound scans 'safe for baby'
  5. Red meat link to arthritis risk
  6. Water 'helps low blood pressure'
  7. Politics | BSE cattle ban to be phased out
  8. Sex patch decision could slow research - Dec 3, 2004
  9. Waxman report: Abstinence courses flawed - Dec 2, 2004
  10. news @ nature.com - Booze boosts brainpower - Moderate alcohol consumption protects women from cognitive decline.
  11. Improved recipe for magnetic brain stimulation
  12. Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcohol use
  13. Pet therapy 'helps schizophrenia'
  14. Epilepsy drug may delay ageing - Treatments lengthen worm lives, but proving human effect will be tricky.
  15. Study Finds Doctors' Hours Affect Risks on Road
  16. 'vCJD timebomb' fears discounted
  17. Antibiotics 'block nerve damage'
  18. Study: Leukemia pill has 86 percent remission rate - Dec 5, 2004
  19. Scientists endorse Atkins diet
  20. Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Psychological Stress Better Predictor of Back Pain Than Standard Diagnostic Techniques
  21. Statins may curb multiple sclerosis : Human trial gives thumbs up to heart drug.
  22. Magnetic treatment may help people with spinal cord injuries
  23. Impotence Drug Could Offer Long-Term Help -Study
  24. Survey: U.S. Children Not Wearing Bike Helmets
  25. Stay Cool, Baby
  26. Gates' $750m vaccination pledge
  27. Celiac disease is a risk factor for schizophrenia
  28. Deal Could Lead to Male Birth Control Pill
  29. Peanuts rich in 'good chemicals'
  30. Diet and Lose Weight? Scientists Say 'Prove It!'
  31. MS risk 'linked to birth month'
  32.  Tracking Stress and Depression Back to the Womb
  33. TB 'may have killed off leprosy'
  34. Study: Less liver cancer in coffee drinkers - Feb 16, 2005
  35. The Search for the Killer Painkiller
  36. A broken heart harms your health - Emotional stress causes an unusual type of heart disease.
  37. Focus Narrows in Search for Autism's Cause
  38. Marijuana makes blood rush to the head
  39. Warning as sex disease reaches UK
  40.  Listen to music to help you sleep
  41. Hope of saliva tests for cancers
  42. Bird flu cases 'underestimated'
  43.  Study Urges Early Painkillers in Labor for First Deliveries
  44. Our Preferred Poison - Discover Magazine - science news articles online technology magazine articles Our Preferred Poison
  45. FDA Scientist Questions Need for COX-2 Pain Drugs (washingtonpost.com)
  46. Epilepsy and depression - A two-way street?
  47. Children 'harmed' by vegan diets
Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. Web 'may fuel suicide pact rise'
  2. Plastics created from orange peel
  3. Graduate Cryptographers Unlock Code of 'Thiefproof' Car Key
  4. Bead 'slashes mobile radiation'
  5. IBM, Sony and Toshiba to unveil advanced 'Cell' microchip - Feb. 7, 2005
  6. Nanotech takes aim at transistors
  7. US plans 'robot troops' for Iraq
  8. Missile Defense System Fails 2nd Test in a Row
  9. In Computer Years, Apollo Replica's an Antique
  10.   Fossett ready for non-stop tour
  11. Security scares spark browser fix
  12. Europe's super-rocket rides high
  13. Boeing unveils new 777 aircraft
  14. Intel unveils laser breakthrough




     
     
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