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Friday, 11 March 2011
- Japan Earthquake Holds Lessons, and Warnings, for Pacific Northwest
For Japan, perched on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," a major earthquake is no great surprise. The country's building codes and earthquake alert systems are among the most...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/japan-earthquake-holds-lessons.html?etoc
- Committee Sharply Critiques WHO's Pandemic Response
Eight months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the swine flu pandemic officially over, an independent expert group has given the global health agency a decidedly mixed evaluation...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/committee-sharply-critiques-whos.html?etoc
- Bill Moving to Halt EPA Carbon Regs
Yesterday, a subcommittee of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill, H.R. 910, that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/bill-moving-to-halt-epa-carbon.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Mapping the Tsunami
Japanese megaquake triggered waves that spread across the Pacific
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-mapping-the-tsunami.html?etoc
- Japan Earthquake Makes Waves Across the U.S.
Scientists were shaken out of bed this morning to respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Japan. Their next priority was to analyze as many monitoring systems as possible to form a picture of how the quake occurred and its potential effects on the rest of the planet.
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/japan-earthquake-makes-waves.html?etoc
- Microbes Give Mice Intestinal Fortitude
Gut bacteria help mice survive potentially lethal infections
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/microbes-give-mice-intestinal-fo.html?etoc
- U.K. Review Launched for 'Three-Parent' IVF Technique
The United Kingdom's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) isn't going out quietly. Although the U.K's new coalition government plans to disband the agency later this year, HFEA today...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/uk-review-launched-for-three-par.html?etoc
- Live Chat: Counting the Dead in Afghanistan With John Bohannon (Transcript)
A military data set of civilian casualties, provided exclusively to Science, indicates that the war in Afghanistan has become more lethal to the Afghan population, largely because of indiscriminate insurgent...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/live-chat-counting-the-dead-in-a.html?etoc
- Japan's Earthquake Off the (Seismic Risk) Map
TOKYO—The most surprising thing about the magnitude-8.9 earthquake that hit Japan today is that it was a surprise. Despite what may be the world's most intensive effort to map...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/japans-earthquake-off-the-seismi.html?etoc
Thursday, 10 March 2011
- Melting Accelerating, Satellites Report, But Data Flow May Cease
Data published yesterday by scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, and colleagues revealed that Earth's ice sheets are melting at a rate that could mean...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/melting-accelerating-satellites.html?etoc
- British Museum Returns Human Remains to Aborigines
The Natural History Museum (NHM) in London announced today that it will return a significant collection of decorated heads, a mummy, and other 19th century human remains to their...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/british-museum-returns-human.html?etoc
- Afghan War Has Become More Lethal to Civilians
John Bohannon's freely available story in this week's Science contains new data on civilian casualties in Afghanistan that were provided exclusively to the magazine: A few independent organizations, including...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/afghan-war-has-become-more-letha.html?etoc
- Smithsonian Shipwreck Exhibit Draws Fire From Archaeologists
Archaeologists are criticizing the ethics of a planned Smithsonian Institution exhibit, Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds, slated to open in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 2012. The...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/smithsonian-shipwreck-exhibit.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Shark Survey Yields a Worrisome Surprise
First census of California great white sharks turns up far fewer than expected
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-shark-survey-yields.html?etoc
- Getting to the Guts of Malnutrition
Gut bacteria may be an important factor in the response to starvation
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/getting-to-the-guts-of-malnutrit.html?etoc
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
- Nanodiamonds Could Be a Cancer Patient's Best Friend
Blinged-out chemotherapy drugs show promise for breast and liver cancer treatments
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/nanodiamonds-could-be-a-cancer-p.html?etoc
- A Warmer Climate May Not Mean El Niño Comes to Stay
New study of fossil corals challenges claims that a warmer future will bring a permanent El Niño weather pattern
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/a-warmer-climate-may-not-mean-el.html?etoc
- Exclusive: Climatologist Says He Deleted E-mails, But Not at Mann's Behest
Investigative files released yesterday to a climate science blog by an unnamed U.S. lawmaker suggest a new twist in the ongoing University of East Anglia climate e-mails saga. Other...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/exclusive-climatologist-says-he-.html?etoc
- How Humans Got Spineless Penises and Big Brains
Missing chunks of DNA may be responsible for two features that set humans apart from other primates
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/how-humans-got-spineless-penises.html?etoc
- Scandal-Dogged Synchrotron Back on Track
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--After months of turmoil, the troubled Australian synchrotron is pulling together under new leadership and churning out good science. That's the verdict of the facility's international scientific advisory...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/scandal-dogged-synchrotron-back.html?etoc
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
- ScienceShot: Capuchins' Screwy Solution to a Termite Problem
To keep sticks from breaking, monkeys fish for insects with a twist
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-capuchins-screwy.html?etoc
- Fresh Doubts About Connection Between Mouse Virus and Human Disease
New data undermine claims linking XMRV to chronic fatigue and prostate cancer
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/fresh-doubts-about-connection-be.html?etoc
- Climate Science on Sidelines as EPA Bill Proceeds
A panel of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held an odd hearing today, which was liveblogged by ScienceInsider. The topic was climate science, but the reason...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/climate-science-on-sidelines-as-.html?etoc
- Seth Berkley's Move From IAVI to GAVI
Seth Berkley is trading an "I" for a "G." In August, Berkley, who founded and heads the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), will take over the GAVI Alliance, another...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/seth-berkleys-move-from-iavi-to.html?etoc
- NASA Satellite Crash Complicates Gloomy Climate Budget Picture
Last week's failed mission to place the $424 million Glory satellite into orbit doesn't just stymie scientists' efforts to maintain a 33-year record of the sun's brightness and discern...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/nasa-satellite-crash-complicates.html?etoc
- Cost-Cutting Recommended for Planetary Science, With More Cutting to Come
HOUSTON, TEXAS--A committee of the National Research Council is insisting that the cost of two of the largest planetary missions it is recommending for NASA in the coming decade...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/cost-cutting-recommended-for.html?etoc
- House Climate Science Hearing: Liveblog With Gavin Schmidt, NASA (Transcript)
A hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Committee (live feed here) will explore the science behind the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to regulate greenhouse gases. NASA's Gavin...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/house-climate-science-hearing-li.html?etoc
Monday, 07 March 2011
- Bugs From Space? Forget It
Researchers see no merit in NASA scientist's claim of microfossils in a meteorite
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/bugs-from-space-forget-it.html?etoc
- Crustaceans Crave a Little Quiet
Noisy reefs may lure some marine invertebrates, but they repel many others
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/crustaceans-crave-a-little-quiet.html?etoc
- Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk
Pachyderms know when they need help—and are willing to wait for it
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/elephants-can-lend-a-helping-tru.html?etoc
- Memristors Make Fast Work of Mazes
Electronic devices could test multiple potential escape routes at the same time
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/memristors-make-fast-work-of-maz.html?etoc
- More Details on Pending Senate Spending Bill
Over the weekend, the Senate released more details about its proposal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year that was reported on Friday. Although there is...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/more-details-on-pending-senate-s.html?etoc
- Dismissed Virologist Gets Job Back
A Japanese virologist fired from his university post for data fabrication will be reinstated. Naoki Mori was canned by the University of the Ryukyus in Nishihara, Japan, last August after...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/dismissed-virologist-gets-job-ba.html?etoc
Sunday, 06 March 2011
- A Safer Way to Spot Down Syndrome
Study finds noninvasive method to test fetuses for genetic condition
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/a-safer-way-to-spot-down-syndrom.html?etoc
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