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Saturday, 19 February 2011
- Podcast: Will there be Fish by 2050?
Science reporter explores the fate of the world's oceans
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-will-there-be-fish-by-20.html?etoc
- Monkey Behavior May Provide Clues to Autism
Monkeys do best with lots of face time with mom as newborns
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/monkey-behavior-may-provide-clue.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Tom Kunz on Bats and the Atmosphere (Transcript)
Tom Kunz will discuss the emerging field of aeroecology
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---tom-kunz-on-bats-and.html?etoc
- Can Science and Religion Get Along?
Panelists try to bridge the gap on issues such as climate change and advances in neuroscience
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/can-science-and-religion-get-along.html?etoc
Friday, 18 February 2011
- As Tuna Vanish, Sardines Rise
Small fish are benefiting from the overfishing of predators, but that's not good news
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/as-tuna-vanish-sardines-rise.html?etoc
- Podcast: Does Speaking Two Languages Improve Your Brain?
Science Podcast host Robert Frederick explores the link between language and cognition
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-does-speaking-two-languages.html?etoc
- An Infant's Refined Tongue
Bilingual babies can tell the difference between two languages they've never heard before
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/an-infants-refined-tongue.html?etoc
- Scientists Use Weather Radar to Track Bats
Instruments reveal previously hidden bat behaviors
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scientists-use-weather-radar-to-.html?etoc
- The News About Egypt's Antiquities Is Good—and Bad
After weeks of denials, Egypt's top archaeologist admitted yesterday that several ancient tombs and "many" storerooms were damaged or looted during the recent chaos that swept Hosni Mubarak out...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/the-news-about-egypts-antiquities.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Bill Borucki and Sara Seager on Planetary Science (Transcript)
Sara Seager on the search for planets outside the solar system
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---sara-seager-on-plane.html?etoc
- War and Peace Over Holdren's Climate Testimony
A fleeting peace broke out yesterday on Capitol Hill over the contentious issue of climate change. For a few minutes it looked like a détente had been reached between...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/war-and-peace-over-holdrens-climate.html?etoc
- Japan's Research Whalers Head Home Early
TOKYO—Japan officially called an early halt to this year's research whaling expedition to Antarctic waters, blaming the activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for making it impossible to continue....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/japans-research-whalers-head-home.html?etoc
- Podcast: Outcast Planets, Vibrating Odors, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-outcast-planets-vibrating.html?etoc
Thursday, 17 February 2011
- Want to Fight Global Warming? Don't Just Focus on CO2
New report argues that targeting methane and soot could slow temperature rise
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/want-to-fight-global-warming-don.html?etoc
- The Secrets of Bear Hibernation
Study yields new insights into how these animals make it through long winters
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/the-secrets-of-bear-hibernation.html?etoc
- Fourteen More Senators Question NIH Reorganization
A group of senators has registered concerns about the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) plan to abolish its National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to make way for a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/fourteen-more-senators-question-.html?etoc
- U.K. Start-Up Aims to Cash in on Small Fusion Reactor
A company in Oxfordshire, U.K., is aiming to make a business out of fusion with a design for a super compact fusion reactor, or tokamak, that it hopes to...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/uk-start-up-aims-to-cash-in-on.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Bill Foster on Electing Scientists to Office (Transcript)
Bill Foster talks about scientists running for office
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---bill-foster-on-scien.html?etoc
- First U.S. Cowpox Infection: Acquired From Lab Contamination
A student laboratory worker at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is the first person in the United States to come down with cowpox, a less dangerous relative of smallpox,...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/first-us-cowpox-infection-acquired.html?etoc
- Nobel Insults, Radical Departures, and Budget Battles
A conversation with E.U. Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/MGQ-nobel-insults-radical-departures.html?etoc
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
- Ancient Britons Used Skulls as Cups
Gruesome goblets were carefully fashioned, may have been used to serve up enemies' brains
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/ancient-britons-used-skulls-as-c.html?etoc
- DOE's Chu Says Proposed House Cuts Could Trigger Brain Drain
Energy Secretary Steven Chu warned today that proposed cuts to energy research as part of a spending plan by House of Representatives Republicans for the rest of 2011 could...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/does-chu-says-proposed-house-cut.html?etoc
- Physicist-Politico Pursuing Fund to Elect Scientists
Having lost his seat in a tough election in November, physicist and former Representative Bill Foster is telling his fellow scientists: You should run for office, too. Foster, a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/physicist-politico-pursuing-fund.html?etoc
- Rising Temperatures Bringing Bigger Floods
Study suggests that CO2 emissions have boosted risk of intense precipitation and consequent flooding
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/rising-temperatures-bringing-big.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Olaf Blanke and Jose del R. Millan on Robotics
Dr. Andrew Schwartz talks about his work using brain activity to drive prosthetics
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---andrew-schwartz-on-r.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Ancient 'Seaweed' Rewrites History
Chinese fossils suggest earlier rise for complex life
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-ancient-seaweed-rewr.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Ian Baldwin on "Talking Trees"
Ian Baldwin will discuss his studies of how plants use chemical signals to fend off hungry insects or attract helpful pollinators
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---ian-baldwin-on-plant.html?etoc
- Foreign Scientists Will Move to Front of U.K. Visa Line
Fleshing out the details of its controversial new immigration cap, the UK Border Agency announced today that it will give priority to scientists and engineers. This represents a partial...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/foreign-scientists-will-move-to.html?etoc
- India May Join U.S. MoonRise Mission
NEW DELHI—India hopes to join the United States on a sample return mission to the moon, according to K. Radhakrishnan, chair of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/india-may-join-us-moonrise-mission.html?etoc
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
- Survey Says: War Is the Irrational Choice
New study suggests that we don't weigh costs and benefits when we choose violent action
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/survey-says-war-is-the-irrationa.html?etoc
- The Genetics of Long-Distance Flying
Researchers discover first gene linked to migratory behavior in birds
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/the-genetics-of-long-distance-fl.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: A Spider That Likes Stinky Socks
Arachnid's curious fetish may help it catch mosquitoes
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-a-spider-that-likes.html?etoc
- Video: World's Fastest Moving Carnivorous Plant
Hungry bladderworts engulf prey in less than a millisecond
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/video-worlds-fastest-moving.html?etoc
- Proposed Rise for Oceans' Agency Budget as Satellite Costs Mount
Although 2012 budget documents for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) are still being vetted by the Department of Commerce and the White House, the big picture has...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/proposed-rise-for-oceans-agency.html?etoc
- Frustrated Researchers to Petition NIH to Change Rule on Resubmitting Grants
A draft petition urging National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders to rescind a recent rule limiting the number of times a grant application can be submitted is generating a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/frustrated-researchers-to-petition.html?etoc
- Valentine's Day Encounter Yields Fresh Comet Views
High-res shots of Tempel 1 may shed light on formation of solar system
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/valentines-day-encounter-yields-.html?etoc
- Grad Student to Serve Six Months for Freeing Ferrets
Scott DeMuth, a sociology graduate student at the University of Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday to 6 months in federal prison for his role in a 2006 raid on a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/grad-student-to-serve-six-months.html?etoc
- Study Questions Government Case on Anthrax Attacks
The science behind the U.S. government's investigation into the 2001 anthrax mailings does not rule out the possibility that the spores used in the attacks came from a source other...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/study-questions-government-case-.html?etoc
- Will Obama's SunShot Initiative See the Light of Day?
Applied and basic energy research was proposed to receive big increases in the 2012 budget released today. Underscoring the nearly exalted status of energy research in a budget that...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/will-obamas-sunshot-initiative.html?etoc
Monday, 14 February 2011
- White House Proposes Modest Funding Increase for Global Health Programs
In the face of a Republican-led effort to slash funding for global health programs, the Obama Administration proposed budget for 2012 calls for slightly increasing the investment on its Global...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/white-house-proposes-modest-fund.html?etoc
- Energy Science: Obama's Darling, Congress's Target
It's a comforting idea for many scientists but may prove to be only a fantasy: The Obama Administration has requested a healthy increase for the Department of Energy's (DOE's)...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/energy-science-obamas-darling.html?etoc
- In 2012 Drama, Science an Early Budget Winner ... But Fight Has Just Begun
Do big proposed increases for science in today's budget mean Obama cares more about it than other programs, like support for the needy? On today's 2012 budget request to...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/in-2012-drama-science-an-early.html?etoc
- EPA Research Would Be Cut—But Not As Much as Other Programs
A steady rise in research funding at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Obama Administration would come to an end in the FY 2012 budget, according to the...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/epa-research-would-be-cutbut-not.html?etoc
- NIST Picked for Healthy Increase to Support Advanced Manufacturing and Measurement Research
If you want to see budget fireworks in the coming months, keep your eye on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This lesser known science agency has...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/nist-picked-for-healthy-increase.html?etoc
- FDA's Expanded Mandate in Limbo
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could get a big budget boost this year, with the president requesting $4.3 billion, more than a third of it from regulatory...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/fdas-expanded-mandate-in-limbo.html?etoc
- In Budget Drought, USDA Aims to Fertilize Competitive Grants
Lean times won't stunt the peer-reviewed research grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, if Congress grants the Obama Administration's request for its FY 2012 budget. Although the...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/in-budget-drought-usda-aims.html?etoc
- Climate Science, Asteroid Detection Big Winners in NASA Budget
NASA will have to live with a stagnant budget—again. The $18.7 billion proposed by the Administration is the same amount as 2010 and 2011, and science funding would continue...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/climate-science-asteroid-detection.html?etoc
- President Would Give NIH Slight 2.4% Boost in 2012
The president's budget would give the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a modest 2.4% raise in 2012 of $745 million over the 2010 level, bringing the total to $31.8...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/president-would-give-nih-slight.html?etoc
- CDC's Pinched Budget Focuses on Chronic Disease Prevention
The purse strings are getting tighter at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has already seen budget drops in recent years. The agency's discretionary budget...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/cdcs-pinched-budget-focuses.html?etoc
- Energy Budget Slashes Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Research
What one hand giveth, the other taketh away. In the president's 2012 budget proposal released today, the Administration recommends spending $8 billion on "clean energy and technology programs." But...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/energy-budget-slashes-hydrogen.html?etoc
- Smithsonian 'Grand Challenges' Move Ahead in Slow Motion
The Smithsonian Institution fares well under President Barack Obama's proposed budget for 2012, but it won't be moving forward very fast on its scientific grand challenges, part of a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/smithsonian-grand-challenges.html?etoc
- Do Vibrating Molecules Give Us Our Sense of Smell?
Controversial new study flies in the face of a century of physiological research
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/do-vibrating-molecules-give-us-o.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Too Sexy? Too Bad
Natural selection limits how many attractive males can exist in a population
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-too-sexy-too-bad.html?etoc
- Yale Agrees to Return Machu Picchu Artifacts to Peru
Ending a bitter dispute over the repatriation of archeological artifacts, Yale University will return to Peru thousands of items excavated from Machu Picchu by 20th Century explorer Hiram Bingham,...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/yale-agrees-to-return-machu-picchu.html?etoc
- NSF Budget Would Grow by 13%, Adding Science and Education Programs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) would receive a 13% increase in President Barack Obama's 2012 budget, to $7.77 billion. That huge jump in the document that Obama submitted today...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/nsf-budget-would-grow-by-13.html?etoc
- Chinese Technology Prize Revoked Over Fraud
For the first time, the Chinese government has revoked a major technology award because the prize-winning work turned out to be fraudulent. Bloggers on a popular science site, ScienceNet.cn,...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/chinese-technology-prize-revoked.html?etoc
- House Spending Panel Makes Deep Cuts to Research
The appropriations committee in the House of Representatives has proposed cutting $62 billion from current spending across the government, including large reductions at the three leading agencies funding basic...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/house-spending-panel-makes-deep.html?etoc
Saturday, 12 February 2011
- After the Revolution, Who Will Control Egypt's Monuments?
As Egypt struggles to lay the foundations of a new government in the wake of its revolution, archaeologists around the world are closely watching the fate of the nation's...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/after-the-revolution-who-will-co.html?etoc
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