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, Phil Yevics, or Sarah Sitoski)
Thursday, October 27th, 11:30am, Brennan 205
Science, Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Societies
worse off 'when they have God on their side' - Britain - Times Online
- That
Famous Equation and You
- In
Conservation Effort, U.S. Bans Caspian Beluga Caviar
- Mind the Gaps -
Intelligent design as an answer to all life's great conundrums. By
Dahlia Lithwick
- Grow Some Testables
- Intelligent design ducks the rigors of science. By William Saletan
- WSJ.com
- Science Journal
- 'Intelligent
design' goes on trial - Sep 27, 2005
- Early
Primates Saw the Light -- Pennisi 2005 (926): 4 -- sciencenow
- Wild
gorillas seen to use
toolshttp://academic.scranton.edu/organization/whatsnews/october05.html
- Cassini
pictures spongy Hyperion
- Plans
for Euro-Russian spaceplane
- Probe
set for asteroid touch down
- Arctic
ice 'disappearing quickly'
- Liars'
brains 'are not the same'
- Photos
get the flavour of science
- Live
giant squid caught on camera
- Spider
'is 20 million years old'
- ScienCentral:
Evolving Brain
- Snails'
pace 'clue' to behaviour
- Oldest
noodles unearthed in China
- Bird-like
dinosaur forces rethink
- Storm
record equalled in Atlantic
- Team
widens search for 'Hobbits'
- BBC
NEWS | Science/Nature | Plesiosaur bottom-feeding shown
- Brits
asked to count common frogs
- Winners
of the Ig® Nobel Prize
- Great
white's marathon sea trek
- Colliding
Stars Behind 35-year-old Mystery - Yahoo! News
- Japan's
Asteroid Sample-Return Mission Has Problems - Yahoo! News
- To
Prevent Mad Cow Disease, F.D.A. Proposes New Restrictions on Food for
Animals
- In
Pennsylvania, It Was Religion vs. Science, Pastor vs. Ph.D., Evolution
vs. the Half-Fish
- For
the Anti-Evolutionists, Hope in High Places
- New
evolution spat in schools goes to court
- Out-of-body
or all in the mind?
- Balls
of Fire: Bees carefully cook invaders to death: Science News Online,
Sept. 24, 2005
- Experiment
ends in wild rat chase
- Icy
Dione captured in close-up
- 'Zombie
worms' found off Sweden
- Penguin
poo wins Ig Nobel prize
- The
mystery of the Moon
- Snake
bursts after gobbling gator
- One
side can be wrong
- Nobel
for stomach ulcer discovery
- Cerebellum
found to be important in cognition and behavior
- The
Evolution Debate
- Long-Ago
Rivals Are Dual Impresarios of Darwin's Oeuvre - New York Times
- Amazon
'stealth' logging revealed
- Candy
Out of Sight Is Out of Mind - Yahoo! News
- Scientists
Bridle at Lecture Plan for Dalai Lama
- The
Intelligent Design Trial - Neo-creationists and their embarrassing
ancestors. By Hanna Rosin
- Out-of-this-world
sex could jeopardise missions
- Mars
rover begins descent from summit - Oct 25, 2005
Medicine
Top, Science, Medicine,
Technology
- Which
of These Foods Will Stop Cancer? (Not So Fast)
- Researchers
Find How One Genetic Variation May Leave Some People Vulnerable To
Addiction
- Bats
a 'likely source' of Sars
- Aids
virus 'could be weakening'
- More
gay men having 'risky sex'
- Clean
hands the way to stop flu
- Pomegranates
'slow tumour growth'
- Music
training 'good for heart'
- Suicide
warning over ADHD drug
- Anxiety
disorder 'infection link'
- Bird
flu 'could kill 150m people'
- Gene link
to Tourette's syndrome
- 'Cannabis'
acts as antidepressant
- New
test in prostate cancer cases
- Cannabis
cancer risk played down
- WHO
warns against bird flu panic
- Bird
flu is confirmed in Greece
- New
tissue 'grown within minutes'
- Painkillers
Understocked in Minority Areas, Study Says
- news
@ nature.com - Prions found in urine - Mystery of infections in deer
and elk may have a solution.
- New
Scientist Breaking News - Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the
brain
- Flip-Flopped
Chromosome Reveals a First Clue to Tourette Syndrome
- Eating
fish regularly delays dementia: study - Yahoo! News
- Eyes
May Provide Window to Future Strokes
- Warning
over aspirin-type drugs
- Cervical
cancer jab 'in a year'
- Pet
rodents 'a salmonella risk'
- Windpipe
defect repaired in womb
- 1918
killer flu 'came from birds'
- CNN.com
- It's a 'new era' of hurricanes - Sep 23, 2005
- In
California, Agriculture Takes Center Stage in Pollution Debate
- A Web of
Faith, Law and Science in Evolution Suit
- Breast
Cancer, Handedness Could Be Linked
- As
Injuries Mount, Boxing Looks Within
- Experiment
ends in wild rat chase
- HBNS:
Testosterone Therapy Improves Sexual Function in Post-Menopausal Women
- Mild
infections protect from vCJD
- Novel Alzheimer's Test
- Novel
Alzheimer's Test - more info
- Memory
loss link to early stress
- Does
smoking cloud the brain?
- Study
finds surprising links between depression, suicide, and epilepsy
- BBeans
and soya beat lung cancer
- BPodcasting
cries out for content
- Nobel
for stomach ulcer discovery
- Malaria
drug potency is restored
- Drug
halves breast cancer returns
- Female
twins risk early menopause
- Genetic
cause of speech defect discovered
Technology Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
- Google and Nasa
in space venture
- US
rejects changes to net control
-
Technology
| Spielberg takes film magic to EA
- AOL
to buy leading blog company
- Race
promises more than one winner
- Gates
cheers on computer museum
- Broadband
net goes stratospheric
- Is
'Wi-Fi on steroids' really the next big thing? - Oct 18, 2005
- US
school swaps books for bytes
- Yahoo
backs digital library plan
- Sony
wins major DVD studio ally
- Wi-fi
cities spark hotspot debate
- Power
boosts for future gadgets
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology