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Friday, 04 March 2011
- How Much Would It Cost to Identify Every Animal on Earth?
Brazilian scientists tally up the tab
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/how-much-would-it-cost-to-identi.html?etoc
- Former MIT Researcher Convicted of Fraud
The ordeal isn't over for biologist Luk van Parijs, who was fired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2005 after admitting to fabricating research data. Yesterday, Van Parijs,...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/former-mit-researcher-convicted-.html?etoc
- Senate Panel Proposes Smaller Cuts to Science Agencies Than House
Senate Democrats unveiled a plan today to trim federal spending for the rest of the fiscal year that takes smaller bites out of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/senate-panel-proposes-smaller-cu.html?etoc
- Bolden Defends NASA's Earth Science Missions
Should NASA have anything to with studying Earth? NASA Administrator Charles Bolden found himself having to explain that to lawmakers yesterday at a hearing by the House of Representatives on...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/bolden-defends-nasas-earth-scien.html?etoc
- All-Too-Familiar Rocket Failure Dooms NASA Climate Mission
A rocket's failure early this morning to carry the Earth-observing satellite Glory into orbit shocked engineers, who saw the same sort of disaster doom another climate satellite in 2009. The...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/all-too-familiar-rocket-failure-.html?etoc
- Egypt's Hawass Dismayed by Continued Looting, May Quit
Today, Zahi Hawass threatened to resign from his post as Egypt's minister of antiquities amid growing reports of looting at the country's myriad ancient sites. Some archaeologists fear his departure...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/egypts-hawass-dismayed-by-contin.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Mars Crater Gouged by Multiple Impacts
High-res images reveal objects hit planet at shallow angle
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-mars-crater-gouged-b.html?etoc
- Podcast: Mass Extinctions, Pinecone Evolution, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/podcast-mass-extinctions-pine-co.html?etoc
- Brazil Seeks Advice on R&D Strategy
U.S. researchers will play a large role in a new panel established by Brazil's government to study the future of science in the country, where a major R&D budget cut...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/brazil-seeks-advice-on-rd-strate.html?etoc
Thursday, 03 March 2011
- Major Reports Under Way at Energy Department
Yesterday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Senate Budget Committee that his agency has begun work on its portion of a national energy policy that may be assembled by the...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/major-reports-under-way-at-energ.html?etoc
- Gigantic Remelted Ice Mass Discovered Below Antarctic Ice Sheet
Study offers fundamental new insights into how ice sheets form
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/gigantic-remelted-ice-mass-disco.html?etoc
- Brain Waves Foretell Whether We'll Sleep Soundly
A new study shows why some people wake up frequently in the middle of the night
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/brain-waves-foretell-whether-wel.html?etoc
- Group Seeks Global Protocol to Identify Big Data Sets
SINGAPORE—Efforts are about to get under way to create an identification system that would make data sets easier for researchers to locate and use. Meeting here this week, scientists discussed...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/group-seeks-global-protocol-to-i.html?etoc
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
- In Times of Crisis, U.K. Government Should Listen to Its Scientists, Says Report
LONDON—The British Government is too hesitant to ask the advice of its own scientific advisers and other scientists while preparing to deal with national emergencies. And the British public may...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/in-times-of-crisis-uk-government.html?etoc
- Hagfish Just Got More Disgusting
Creatures don't just eat corpses, they absorb nutrients through their skin
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/hagfish-just-got-more-disgusting.html?etoc
- One Scientist's Dramatic Exodus From Libya
Noel Boaz had just finished writing a grant proposal to reform the medical school curriculum at the Libyan International Medical University (LIMU) where he teaches when all hell broke...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/one-scientists-dramatic-exodus-f.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: The Mystery of the Absent Sunspots
Scientists explain unusual low in sunspot activity
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-the-mystery-of-the-a.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Worms Are Divided After All
Old classification holds up under genetic scrutiny
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-worms-are-divided-af.html?etoc
- Are We in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction?
Study finds that three-quarters of Earth's species could vanish within 300 years
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/are-we-in-the-middle-of-a-sixth-.html?etoc
- Two-Week Spending Extension Averts Shutdown
Congress has averted a government shutdown on 4 March by approving a temporary spending bill today that funds federal agencies for another 2 weeks. The extension of the so-called continuing...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/two-week-spending-extension-aver.html?etoc
- Italian Biotech Project Draws Fire From Researchers
An initiative launched by a nonprofit foundation in Italy that promotes innovation in agricultural genomics has recently sparked a storm of controversy among Italian and European biotechnologists. The scientists believe...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/italian-biotech-project-draws-fi.html?etoc
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
- U.S. Bioethics Panel to Review Clinical Trials Around the World
Prompted by concerns about an unethical U.S.-sponsored study in the 1940s, bioethics advisers to President Barack Obama formed an international panel today that will examine whether current rules adequately...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/us-bioethics-panel-to-review.html?etoc
- Clean Energy Research Summit Has a Shortage of Green …
… and the dearth of funding for the rest of 2011 threatens to cripple the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's massive program. But it's been rare for any session at...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/clean-energy-research-summit-has.html?etoc
- New President for Chinese Science Academy
Science has learned that the Chinese State Council yesterday appointed chemist Bai Chunli the next president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Bai has been heirâ€'apparent since he...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/new-president-for-chinese-science.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Dark Shells Make for Mean Tortoises
Tortoises with more dark splotches are more likely to pick a fight
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-dark-shells-make-for.html?etoc
- Destroyed Buddhas Reveal Their True Colors
Team uncovers original appearance of statues demolished by the Taliban 10 years ago
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/destroyed-buddhas-reveal-their-t.html?etoc
Monday, 28 February 2011
- NIH Begins Study of Oil Spill's Impact on Residents
Today, the U.S. government launched what's being billed as the largest study ever conducted of how an oil spill affects human health. The Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study will survey...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/nih-begins-study-of-oil-spills.html?etoc
- How the Rocky Mountain Range Got Its Midsection
A new hypothesis could answer a long-standing enigma
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/how-the-rocky-mountain-range-got.html?etoc
- Does Bird Flu + Swine Flu = Superflu?
Swapping genes between the avian and human influenza viruses could ignite a pandemic
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/does-bird-flu-swine-flu-superflu.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Gene Therapy Dries Up Binge Drinking Rats
Blocking brain signaling may lead to therapy for alcoholism
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-gene-therapy-dries.html?etoc
- White House Launches New Tally of STEM Education Programs
An inventory by the Bush Administration of federal efforts to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education was too simplistic to be useful, according to a White House...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/white-house-launches-new-tally.html?etoc
- Big Increase for Indian Research Is Not Good Enough, Say Scientists
NEW DELHI—The Indian government plans to spend 21% more this year on science and technology, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced today. But some scientists think the government, which finances...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/big-increase-for-indian-research.html?etoc
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