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Friday, 25 February 2011
- More Evidence Against Dark Matter?
Modified gravity theory alone explains key property of galaxies, one astronomer claims
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/more-evidence-against-dark-matte.html?etoc
- Visions of Africa Shaped Eye Evolution
New high-res image database could help explain why we see the way we do
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/visions-of-africa-shaped-eye-evo.html?etoc
- Neutron Star Provides Direct Evidence for Bizarre Type of Nuclear Matter
Neutrons pair up much like the free-flowing electrons in a superconductor
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/neutron-star-provides-direct-evi.html?etoc
- Podcast: Gruesome Goblets, Monkey Clues to Autism, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-gruesome-goblets-monkey.html?etoc
- UC San Diego Protest Over Foreign Postdoc's Dismissal
On Wednesday, campus police at the University of California, San Diego, broke up a protest outside the office of university Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. Police threatened to arrest a...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/uc-san-diego-protest-over-foreign.html?etoc
- U.S. Ocean Agency Mostly Unscathed on Climate E-mails Inquiry
The U.S. Department of Commerce inspector general appears to have given the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a clean bill of health after reviewing the East Anglia e-mails...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/us-ocean-agency-mostly-unscathed.html?etoc
Thursday, 24 February 2011
- Chu Asks Energy Maverick to Plug a Big Hole in the Department
From Tuesday’s The Hill: In a memo to staff Tuesday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that Acting Under Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi will leave the agency next month...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/chu-asks-energy-maverick-to-plug.html?etoc
- Report Calls for Broad Reforms in Managing California’s Water
If California hopes to prevent further extinctions of native species of endangered fish, the state should abandon efforts to take desperate measures to save individual species under the Endangered...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/report-calls-for-broad-reforms.html?etoc
- Indonesia's Infamous Mud Volcano Could Outlive All of Us
Study predicts mud will spew for decades
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/indonesias-infamous-mud-volcano-.html?etoc
- Child Burial Provides Rare Glimpse of Early Americans
Cremation of a 3-year-old reveals unique burial practices in the first Alaskans
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/child-burial-provides-rare-glimp.html?etoc
- Fire Ants Using U.S. as Staging Ground for Global Invasion
Nations struggle with how to slow spread
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/fire-ants-using-us-as-staging-gr.html?etoc
- A Fungal 'Vaccine' for Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes
Genetically modified fungus prevents parasite from maturing in insect host
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/a-fungal-vaccine-for-malaria-car.html?etoc
- How to Grow Your Own Army of Citizen Scientists
In 2007, astronomer Chris Lintott and colleagues were drowning under a data deluge—1 million images of galaxies to characterize and only one graduate student to do it. His student...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/how-to-grow-your-own-army-of.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: 'Keep It Down!' Says the Pygmy Killer Whale
Brain scans of cetaceans reveal that loud noises and pollution can harm their hearing
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-keep-it-down-says-th-1.html?etoc
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
- Research Center's Death Warrant Signed by NIH Advisers
A decision by National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders to abolish one of the agency's institutes ran into little opposition today from a key advisory board. One board member...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/research-centers-death-warrant.html?etoc
- Wolves Can Follow a Human's Gaze
Study questions central tenet of dog domestication
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/wolves-can-follow-a-humans-gaze.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Tough on Crime? Depends on the Metaphor
People who hear crime described as either a "beast" or a "virus" propose very different solutions
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-tough-on-crime.html?etoc
- Video: Organ Development in 3D
Movie lets viewers peer inside a developing mouse embryo
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/video-organ-development-in-3d.html?etoc
- Cancer Diagnosis by Smart Phone
Small device can detect cancerous cells faster and cheaper than current methods
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/cancer-diagnosis-by-smart-phone.html?etoc
- Three-Quarters of Coral Reefs Threatened, Report Says
The news for coral reefs just got worse. Today, 75% of the world's coral reefs are threatened, a new report says, an increase from 58% a decade ago. Local...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/three-quarters-of-coral-reefs.html?etoc
- A Marker for PTSD in Women?
Study may help explain gender difference in susceptibility to posttraumatic stress disorder
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/a-marker-for-ptsd-in-women.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: How Arthropods Got Their Armor
520-million-year-old "walking cactus" provides clues to the evolution of crabs, spiders, and their relatives
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-how-arthropods-got.html?etoc
- Dinosaur Munchies May Have Bulked Up Pine Cones
Once-slender seed carriers got bigger and spikier when long-necked dinos showed up
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/dinosaur-munchies-may-have-bulke.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Why Was the New Zealand Quake So Devastating?
Temblor hit a bad place at a bad time
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-why-was-the-new-zealand.html?etoc
- Native Son Returns to Guide Catalonia's Research Through Spain's Troubled Economy
Noted mathematical economist Andreu Mas-Colell, who resigned his position as secretary general of the European Research Council (ERC) last September, is returning to his native Catalonia to help the...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/native-son-returns-to-guide-cata.html?etoc
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
- Podcast: Thinking About Thinking
Science Online News Editor David Grimm explores metacognition in humans and other animals
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-thinking-about-thinking.html?etoc
- NSF and Energy Department Agree to Keep Pumps on for Underground Lab Site
A plan to convert an abandoned gold mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota into the world's largest underground laboratory remains afloat, but just barely. The National Science...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/nsf-and-energy-department-agree.html?etoc
- Dissent in NIH's Ranks
An institute director at the National Institutes of Health sounded off today about NIH's plan to abolish its infrastructure center in order to launch a new center for translational...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/dissent-in-nihs-ranks.html?etoc
- Meet the Mastermind Behind That E. coli Google Logo
In a cage match between basketball star Amar'e Stoudemire and a duo of microbiologists, who will emerge victorious? Only time and users' votes will tell.
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/meet-the-mastermind-behind-that.html?etoc
- Vaccine Maker Wins in High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court came down firmly on the side of a vaccine manufacturer today, arguing that parents whose teenager daughter was apparently seriously injured by a vaccine she...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/vaccine-maker-wins-in-high-court.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Marine Mud Is High in Fish Poop
Unique fecal signatures could be used to track changes in populations
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-marine-mud-is-largel.html?etoc
- Aussie Science Chief Resigns
MELBOURNE—Australia's chief scientist, astronomer Penny Sackett, surprised the scientific community last Friday by announcing her resignation effective 4 March—just halfway through her 5-year tenure. Pundits have suggested that her...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/aussie-science-chief-resigns.html?etoc
- Podcast: The Mysteries of Stuttering
Science podcast host Robert Frederick explores the biology behind the affliction
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-the-mysteries-of-stutter.html?etoc
- Egypt's Hawass Fires Back at Critics
Egypt's ancient monuments reopened to tourists Sunday as the country's beleaguered antiquities minister forcefully defended his stewardship of its treasures. "Under my direction, the SCA [Supreme Council of Antiquities]...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/egypts-hawass-fires-back-at.html?etoc
Monday, 21 February 2011
- Hot Off the Presses, New Skin for Burn Victims
Bioprinters use inkjet technology to repair burns and grow organs
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/hot-off-the-presses-new-skin-for.html?etoc
- Seaweed a Source of Potential Antimalarial Drug
Compound thwarts malarial parasite in red blood cell
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/seaweed-a-source-of-potential.html?etoc
- Podcast: Using Thoughts to Control Robots
Science reporter Sara Reardon explores brain-machine interfaces
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-using-thoughts-to-contro.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Ian Baldwin on 'Talking Trees' (Transcript)
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
- Live @ AAAS - Samantha Joye on BP Oilspill Impact (Transcript)
At 11 a.m. EST on Monday, 21 February, Live @ AAAS will host a live chat here with Samantha Joye, who has tracked the oil and gas released by...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---samantha-joye-on-bp-.html?etoc
- Ancient Mutation to Blame for Stuttering Â
Genetic analysis suggests new therapies, new avenues of researchÂ
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/ancient-mutation-to-blame-for.html?etoc
- Podcast: Your Chemical Exposure. How Much Should You Know?
Science reporter Erik Stokstad explores the ethics of biomonitoringÂ
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-your-chemical-exposure.html?etoc
Sunday, 20 February 2011
- Podcast: A Global Katrina?
Science deputy news editor Robert Coontz explores extreme space weather
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-a-global-katrina.html?etoc
- Where Do Potato-Sized Diamonds Come From, 10-Year Project Asks
Geophysical “observatory” puts hundreds of scientists on the trail of carbon in Earth’s depths
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/where-do-potato-sized-diamonds-c.html?etoc
- A Warming World Could Add Billions to Shipping Costs
Climate change will spur the growth of barnacles and other ship-clinging creatures
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/a-warming-world-could-add-billio.html?etoc
- Podcast: International Responses to Climate Change
Science reporter Eli Kintisch explores why some countries do more than others
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-international-responses-.html?etoc
- What Do Worms Have to Do With Asthma?
Genetic mutations that protect against worm infection may make individuals more susceptible to asthma
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/what-do-worms-have-to-do-with-as.html?etoc
- Live @ AAAS - Olaf Blanke and Jose del R. Millan on Robotics (Transcript)
Olaf Blanke and Jose del R. Millan discuss research on developing a brain-computer interface system.
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---andrew-schwartz-on-r.html?etoc
Saturday, 19 February 2011
- Methane From Oil Spill Migrating Undigested?
Microbes may not have eaten all the gas released in the Gulf spill
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/methane-from-oil-spill-migrating.html?etoc
- A Post Mortem on the Gulf Oil Spill
Government asks scientists for damage assessment to restore region
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/a-post-mortem-on-the-gulf-oil-sp.html?etoc
- Machines That Run on Human Thoughts
Scientists are trying to break down the barriers between mind and machine
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/machines-that-run-on-human-thoug.html?etoc
- Podcast: Using Surgery to Treat Psychiatric Disorders
Science reporter Sara Reardon explores the ethics of "deep brain stimulation"
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/podcast-using-surgery-to-treat-p.html?etoc
- Scientists Criticize House Vote to Bar Climate Panel Funds
Last night the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to cut off funding for the rest of 2011 for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “My constituents should not have to...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/scientists-criticize-house-vote-.html?etoc
- Podcast: Will There Be Fish by 2050?
Science reporter Erik Stokstad 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
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