What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology?
(a monthly brownbag series)
Science
  • Earthquakes: A Matter of Luck, Most of It Bad
  • 6 Scientists Named as Winners of Lasker Awards
  • Observatory: Bees Buzzing With Data
  • With a Step Back, a Telescope Propels Japan Ahead
  • Stellar nursery in nearby galaxy teems with activity - September 29, 1999
  • Galaxies dance before merger - September 6, 1999
  • Hubble captures celestial 'hourglass' - August 24, 1999
  • Three panels to investigate Mars orbiter loss - September 28, 1999
  • NASA gives up search for missing Mars orbiter - September 24, 1999
  • Conditions ripe for more hurricanes, satellites show - September 27, 1999
  • Telescope finds 'power lines' in stellar remnant - September 28, 1999
  • First Chandra images show stellar explosion, X-ray jet - August 26, 1999
  • Launch from ocean platform set for October 10 - September 24, 1999
  • Technology - Universe is expanding faster than expected -- study - September 22, 1999
  • Frosty Mars 'mountain' poses mystery - September 22, 1999
  • Technology - Astronomers find 3 new moons for Uranus - September 21, 1999
  • Next shuttle launch delayed nearly a month - September 17, 1999
  • NASA probes for tiny life at Yellowstone - September 17, 1999
  • Instrument falling short on X-ray telescope - September 15, 1999
  • Gaia
  • Smart Mice
  • The Science of Addiction
  • The Ig-Nobel Awardsl
  • Trends in Science Education
  • Scientists Criticize Textbooks
  • Migrating Planets: September 1999

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    Medicine

  • Encephalitis Virus Kills Five in NY
  • The Doctor's World: Encephalitis Outbreak Teaches an Old Lesson
  • Bird migration could spread rare encephalitis strain - September 29, 1999
  • New vaccine reduces risk of severe pneumonia in children - September 29, 1999
  • Death Leads to Concerns for Future of Gene Therapy
  • A Debate Over Safety of Softeners for Plastic
  • Scientist at Work: In the Ethics Storm on Human Embryo Research
  • Vital Signs: New Blood to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
  • New Vaccine Approach May End Need for Annual Flu Shot
  • Baby in Parents' Bed in Danger? U.S. Says Yes, but Others Demur
  • Folic acid may help prevent Down Syndrome - September 29, 1999
  • Food Central - U.N. conference focuses on tea's health benefits - September 29, 1999
  • Nose-blowing may make colds worse - September 29, 1999
  • Fake fingernails harbor germs, study finds - September 29, 1999
  • Cancer vaccine teaches body to fight off disease - September 28, 1999
  • New AIDS drug may help when standard treatments fail - September 28, 1999
  • Food Central - Antibiotic resistance seen as risk in food supply - September 28, 1999
  • New drugs help prevent flu, shorten common cold - September 27, 1999
  • Too little sleep as bad as too much booze, study says - September 27, 1999
  • The mammogram screening controversy: When should you start? - September 27, 1999
  • New Pox

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    Technology

  • Building Robot Aides to Follow Astronauts
  • Missile smashup over Pacific seen as test on nuclear defense - September 30, 1999
  • Diamond shines with new Rio MP3 player - September 24, 1999
  • Download tunes to a Walkman - September 28, 1999
  • James Bond's palmtop PC - September 27, 1999
  • Visor maker expects Springboard to jump-start new PDA - September 14, 1999
  • Visor maker expects Springboard to jump-start new PDA - September 14, 1999
  • Intel delays high-end PCs -
  • Army Web site ditches NT for security reasons - September 15, 1999
  • G4 chips beef up Power Macs - August 31, 1999
  • Apple tries to get G4 export ban lifted - September 17, 1999
  • Robot Emotions
  • DSL: Broadband by Phone : October 1999