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)
November 16th, Brennan 205
11:30am - 12:45pm
Science,
Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Mate-Attracting Chemicals
- Genome Buzz: Honeybee DNA raises social questions
- Why Play Dead?
- Oil company funds polar bear study / Research examines animals' hearing, sensitivity to noise
- Hunting 'has conservation role'
- Global warming 'threat to growth'
- Climate change 'hitting Africa'
- Zoo celebrating rare dove birth
- Honeybee Genome May Shed Light on Social Evolution
- Cave an Ice Age time capsule
- Bee fossil, DNA generate a buzz
- Elephants not fooled by mirrors - New addition to the animal elite that can recognize themselves.
- An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong
- Greenhouse gases hit record high
- Sun probe sends back first data
- Chaotic world of climate truth
- 'Only 50 years left' for sea fish
- Become scientists, PM urges young
- World risks 'dirty' energy future
- Africa focus for climate summit
- Mercury pass delights skygazers
- Mars rover may get one-way ticket
- Spiny creature's genome insight
- Huge 'hurricane' rages on Saturn
- Hubble, NASA’s Comeback Kid, Survives to See a New Dawn - New York Times
- Drilling Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
- Archer Daniels to Look Beyond Corn for Fuel Sources
- Neanderthals in Gene Pool, Study Suggests
- Beijing passes 'one dog' policy
- Call for post-Kyoto climate deal
- Contact lost with Mars spacecraft
- Europe | Roman ship thrills archaeologists
- Study hopeful for world's forests
- Climate insurance urged for poor
- Rustlike Crystals Found to Cleanse Water of Arsenic Cheaply
- Bill Allowing More Drilling Along Coasts Appears Dead
- ‘Sonic Hedgehog’ Sounded Funny, at First
- A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues
- Did Modern Humans Get a Brain Gene from Neandertals?
- Looking for Smarts Between the Genes
- Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami?
- U.S. to Crack Down on Animal Terrorists
Medicine
Top, Science, Medicine,
Technology
- Experts crack cancer 'gene codes'
- Bowel cancer pill offers new hope
- Doctors warned over pain drug use
- KFC cuts out unhealthy trans-fats
- 'Sperm-stopping' male pill hope
- Technology Review: More effective alcoholism treatment
- Bodies of Evidence - washingtonpost.com
- In Most Comprehensive Study Yet, Two-Week Regimen Helps Stroke Survivors Regain Arm Control
- Sport injury link to menstruation
- Call for children's food ad curbs
- Russians dying for a drink
- Alzheimer's progress 100 years on
- Indian sues over 'fake' HIV tests
- Flat keyboard 'could reduce MRSA'
- Father jailed for US mutilation
- Sharp rise in tuberculosis cases
- South Dakota rejects abortion ban
- Japan hospital plans 'baby hatch'
- HIV gene therapy 'shows promise'
- Jetlag 'can damage your health'
- Cell transplants 'restore sight'
- Plan to create human-cow embryos
- Stem cell jabs for heart patients
- Smoking 'may block embryo's path'
- Nature 'can help people keep fit'
- Concern over chemicals brain risk
- Bird flu expert to head up WHO
- Bladder cancer early smoking link
- Millions 'hit by toilet phobia'
- 3D computer map pinpoints pains
- Google 'aids doctors' diagnoses'
- Immune boost tackles skin cancer
- Vaccine 'tackles kidney cancer'
- Church enters euthanasia debate
- Chocolate 'cuts blood clot risk'
- Condom call for young 'on pull'
- Super scan reveals brain secrets
- Vitamin link to bone loss probed
- Test to expose sports drug cheats
- Natural chemical 'beats morphine'
- 3D system 'moves' phantom limbs
- Red meat could double breast cancer risk
- FDA Posts New Tamiflu Warning
- Artery procedure unnecessary?
- Life Expectancy Increases for H.I.V. Patientss
- Iron-deficient infants have lower cognitive scores at 19, especially in lower socioeconomic levels
- New brain-chemistry differences found in depressed women
- FSU study links anxiety sensitivity to future psychological disorders
- Duct tape no magical cure for warts, study finds
- Young to test artificial pancreas
Technology Top, Science,
Medicine, Techno
logy
- Thrills and spills at the X-Prize Cup
- Browsers go head-to-head
- World discusses internet future
- Copying own CDs 'should be legal'
- Aerial imagery inspires industry
- Web inventor fears for the future
- Britain is 'surveillance society'
- 'Top technology' woman announced
- Computer bug study wins top prize
- The birth of a quieter, greener plane
- Vista to hit the shops in January
- Virus creators target Wikipedia
- Company fined $3m for adware use
- Xbox Live to offer TV downloads
- 'Enemies of the internet' named
- Websites face four-second cut-off
- PlayStation 3 launch due in Japan
- User paid to uninstall Windows XP
- Sun 'releases' Java to the world
- Free broadband users 'less happy'
- Zune goes head to head with iPod
- Physics promises wireless power
- Air guitar T-shirt rocks for real
- Airlines to add iPod
- connection to seat-back screens
- Intel rolls out quad-core processors, ratchets up horse race with AMD
- Microsoft takes a bite of Apple's iPod market
Top, Science,
Medicine, Technology