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Science, Medicine and Technology
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                                Science, Medicine, Technology
Science

  1. Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' - Britain - Times Online
  2. That Famous Equation and You
  3. In Conservation Effort, U.S. Bans Caspian Beluga Caviar
  4. Mind the Gaps - Intelligent design as an answer to all life's great conundrums. By Dahlia Lithwick
  5. Grow Some Testables - Intelligent design ducks the rigors of science. By William Saletan
  6. WSJ.com - Science Journal
  7.  'Intelligent design' goes on trial - Sep 27, 2005
  8. Early Primates Saw the Light -- Pennisi 2005 (926): 4 -- sciencenow
  9. Wild gorillas seen to use toolshttp://academic.scranton.edu/organization/whatsnews/october05.html
  10. Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion
  11. Plans for Euro-Russian spaceplane
  12. Probe set for asteroid touch down
  13. Arctic ice 'disappearing quickly'
  14.  Liars' brains 'are not the same'
  15. Photos get the flavour of science 
  16. Live giant squid caught on camera
  17. Spider 'is 20 million years old'
  18. ScienCentral: Evolving Brain
  19.  Snails' pace 'clue' to behaviour
  20. Oldest noodles unearthed in China
  21. Bird-like dinosaur forces rethink
  22. Storm record equalled in Atlantic
  23. Team widens search for 'Hobbits'
  24. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plesiosaur bottom-feeding shown
  25. Brits asked to count common frogs
  26. Winners of the Ig® Nobel Prize
  27. Great white's marathon sea trek
  28. Colliding Stars Behind 35-year-old Mystery - Yahoo! News
  29. Japan's Asteroid Sample-Return Mission Has Problems - Yahoo! News
  30. To Prevent Mad Cow Disease, F.D.A. Proposes New Restrictions on Food for Animals
  31. In Pennsylvania, It Was Religion vs. Science, Pastor vs. Ph.D., Evolution vs. the Half-Fish
  32. For the Anti-Evolutionists, Hope in High Places
  33. New evolution spat in schools goes to court
  34. Out-of-body or all in the mind?
  35. Balls of Fire: Bees carefully cook invaders to death: Science News Online, Sept. 24, 2005
  36. Experiment ends in wild rat chase
  37.  Icy Dione captured in close-up
  38.  'Zombie worms' found off Sweden
  39.  Penguin poo wins Ig Nobel prize
  40. The mystery of the Moon
  41. Snake bursts after gobbling gator
  42. One side can be wrong
  43. Nobel for stomach ulcer discovery
  44. Cerebellum found to be important in cognition and behavior
  45. The Evolution Debate
  46. Long-Ago Rivals Are Dual Impresarios of Darwin's Oeuvre - New York Times
  47. Amazon 'stealth' logging revealed
  48. Candy Out of Sight Is Out of Mind - Yahoo! News
  49. Scientists Bridle at Lecture Plan for Dalai Lama
  50. The Intelligent Design Trial - Neo-creationists and their embarrassing ancestors. By Hanna Rosin
  51. Out-of-this-world sex could jeopardise missions
  52. Mars rover begins descent from summit - Oct 25, 2005
Medicine 
 
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  1. Which of These Foods Will Stop Cancer? (Not So Fast)
  2. Researchers Find How One Genetic Variation May Leave Some People Vulnerable To Addiction
  3. Bats a 'likely source' of Sars
  4. Aids virus 'could be weakening'
  5. More gay men having 'risky sex'
  6. Clean hands the way to stop flu
  7. Pomegranates 'slow tumour growth'
  8. Music training 'good for heart'
  9. Suicide warning over ADHD drug
  10. Anxiety disorder 'infection link'
  11. Bird flu 'could kill 150m people'
  12. Gene link to Tourette's syndrome
  13. 'Cannabis' acts as antidepressant
  14. New test in prostate cancer cases
  15. Cannabis cancer risk played down
  16. WHO warns against bird flu panic
  17.  Bird flu is confirmed in Greece
  18. New tissue 'grown within minutes'
  19. Painkillers Understocked in Minority Areas, Study Says
  20. news @ nature.com - Prions found in urine - Mystery of infections in deer and elk may have a solution.
  21. New Scientist Breaking News - Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain
  22. Flip-Flopped Chromosome Reveals a First Clue to Tourette Syndrome
  23. Eating fish regularly delays dementia: study - Yahoo! News
  24. Eyes May Provide Window to Future Strokes
  25.  Warning over aspirin-type drugs
  26. Cervical cancer jab 'in a year'
  27. Pet rodents 'a salmonella risk'
  28. Windpipe defect repaired in womb
  29. 1918 killer flu 'came from birds'
  30. CNN.com - It's a 'new era' of hurricanes - Sep 23, 2005
  31. In California, Agriculture Takes Center Stage in Pollution Debate
  32. A Web of Faith, Law and Science in Evolution Suit
  33. Breast Cancer, Handedness Could Be Linked
  34. As Injuries Mount, Boxing Looks Within
  35. Experiment ends in wild rat chase
  36. HBNS: Testosterone Therapy Improves Sexual Function in Post-Menopausal Women
  37. Mild infections protect from vCJD
  38. Novel Alzheimer's Test
  39. Novel Alzheimer's Test - more info
  40. Memory loss link to early stress
  41. Does smoking cloud the brain?
  42. Study finds surprising links between depression, suicide, and epilepsy
  43. BBeans and soya beat lung cancer
  44. BPodcasting cries out for content
  45. Nobel for stomach ulcer discovery
  46. Malaria drug potency is restored
  47. Drug halves breast cancer returns
  48. Female twins risk early menopause
  49. Genetic cause of speech defect discovered


  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. Google and Nasa in space venture
  2. US rejects changes to net control
  3. Technology | Spielberg takes film magic to EA
  4. AOL to buy leading blog company
  5. Race promises more than one winner
  6. Gates cheers on computer museum
  7. Broadband net goes stratospheric
  8. Is 'Wi-Fi on steroids' really the next big thing? - Oct 18, 2005
  9. US school swaps books for bytes
  10. Yahoo backs digital library plan
  11. Sony wins major DVD studio ally
  12. Wi-fi cities spark hotspot debate
  13. Power boosts for future gadgets

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