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November 16th, Brennan 205
11:30am - 12:45pm

                                Science, Medicine, Technology
Science

  1. Mate-Attracting Chemicals
  2. Genome Buzz: Honeybee DNA raises social questions
  3. Why Play Dead?
  4. Oil company funds polar bear study / Research examines animals' hearing, sensitivity to noise
  5. Hunting 'has conservation role'
  6. Global warming 'threat to growth'
  7. Climate change 'hitting Africa'
  8. Zoo celebrating rare dove birth
  9. Honeybee Genome May Shed Light on Social Evolution
  10. Cave an Ice Age time capsule
  11. Bee fossil, DNA generate a buzz
  12. Elephants not fooled by mirrors - New addition to the animal elite that can recognize themselves.
  13. An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong
  14. Greenhouse gases hit record high
  15. Sun probe sends back first data
  16. Chaotic world of climate truth
  17. 'Only 50 years left' for sea fish
  18. Become scientists, PM urges young
  19. World risks 'dirty' energy future
  20. Africa focus for climate summit
  21. Mercury pass delights skygazers
  22. Mars rover may get one-way ticket
  23. Spiny creature's genome insight
  24. Huge 'hurricane' rages on Saturn
  25. Hubble, NASA’s Comeback Kid, Survives to See a New Dawn - New York Times
  26. Drilling Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
  27. Archer Daniels to Look Beyond Corn for Fuel Sources
  28. Neanderthals in Gene Pool, Study Suggests
  29. Beijing passes 'one dog' policy
  30. Call for post-Kyoto climate deal
  31. Contact lost with Mars spacecraft
  32. Europe | Roman ship thrills archaeologists
  33. Study hopeful for world's forests
  34. Climate insurance urged for poor
  35. Rustlike Crystals Found to Cleanse Water of Arsenic Cheaply
  36. Bill Allowing More Drilling Along Coasts Appears Dead
  37. ‘Sonic Hedgehog’ Sounded Funny, at First
  38. A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues
  39. Did Modern Humans Get a Brain Gene from Neandertals?
  40. Looking for Smarts Between the Genes
  41. Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami?
  42. U.S. to Crack Down on Animal Terrorists
Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Experts crack cancer 'gene codes'
  2. Bowel cancer pill offers new hope
  3. Doctors warned over pain drug use
  4. KFC cuts out unhealthy trans-fats
  5. 'Sperm-stopping' male pill hope
  6. Technology Review: More effective alcoholism treatment
  7. Bodies of Evidence - washingtonpost.com
  8. In Most Comprehensive Study Yet, Two-Week Regimen Helps Stroke Survivors Regain Arm Control
  9. Sport injury link to menstruation
  10. Call for children's food ad curbs
  11. Russians dying for a drink
  12. Alzheimer's progress 100 years on
  13. Indian sues over 'fake' HIV tests
  14. Flat keyboard 'could reduce MRSA'
  15. Father jailed for US mutilation
  16. Sharp rise in tuberculosis cases
  17. South Dakota rejects abortion ban
  18. Japan hospital plans 'baby hatch'
  19. HIV gene therapy 'shows promise'
  20. Jetlag 'can damage your health'
  21. Cell transplants 'restore sight'
  22. Plan to create human-cow embryos
  23. Stem cell jabs for heart patients
  24. Smoking 'may block embryo's path'
  25. Nature 'can help people keep fit'
  26. Concern over chemicals brain risk
  27. Bird flu expert to head up WHO
  28. Bladder cancer early smoking link
  29. Millions 'hit by toilet phobia'
  30. 3D computer map pinpoints pains
  31. Google 'aids doctors' diagnoses'
  32. Immune boost tackles skin cancer
  33. Vaccine 'tackles kidney cancer'
  34. Church enters euthanasia debate
  35. Chocolate 'cuts blood clot risk'
  36. Condom call for young 'on pull'
  37. Super scan reveals brain secrets
  38. Vitamin link to bone loss probed
  39. Test to expose sports drug cheats
  40. Natural chemical 'beats morphine'
  41. 3D system 'moves' phantom limbs
  42. Red meat could double breast cancer risk
  43. FDA Posts New Tamiflu Warning
  44. Artery  procedure unnecessary?
  45. Life Expectancy Increases for H.I.V. Patientss
  46. Iron-deficient infants have lower cognitive scores at 19, especially in lower socioeconomic levels
  47. New brain-chemistry differences found in depressed women
  48. FSU study links anxiety sensitivity to future psychological disorders
  49. Duct tape no magical cure for warts, study finds
  50. Young to test artificial pancreas
  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Techno
logy
  1. Thrills and spills at the X-Prize Cup
  2. Browsers go head-to-head
  3. World discusses internet future
  4. Copying own CDs 'should be legal'
  5. Aerial imagery inspires industry
  6. Web inventor fears for the future
  7. Britain is 'surveillance society'
  8. 'Top technology' woman announced
  9. Computer bug study wins top prize
  10. The birth of a quieter, greener plane
  11. Vista to hit the shops in January
  12.  Virus creators target Wikipedia
  13. Company fined $3m for adware use
  14. Xbox Live to offer TV downloads
  15. 'Enemies of the internet' named
  16. Websites face four-second cut-off
  17. PlayStation 3 launch due in Japan
  18. User paid to uninstall Windows XP
  19. Sun 'releases' Java to the world
  20.  Free broadband users 'less happy'
  21.  Zune goes head to head with iPod
  22.  Physics promises wireless power
  23. Air guitar T-shirt rocks for real
  24. Airlines to add iPod
  25.  connection to seat-back screens
  26. Intel rolls out quad-core processors, ratchets up horse race with AMD 
  27. Microsoft takes a bite of Apple's iPod market
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology