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Friday, 15 April 2011
- Should Japan Bank Stem Cells From Fukushima Nuclear Workers?
Several Japanese medical experts want to bank blood stem cells from workers at the ailing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The cells would be used as a treatment in case...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/should-japan-bank-stem-cells.html?etoc
- How Much Did the Dodo Really Weigh?
Researchers engage in a battle of the bulge over long-extinct bird
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/how-much-did-the-dodo-really-wei.html?etoc
- Podcast: Senior Moments, Mass Extinctions, and Facebooking Ants
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/podcast-senior-moments-mass.html?etoc
- Court Releases Indian Doctor Binayak Sen
NEW DELHI—The Indian Supreme Court gave bail today to Binayak Sen, 61, a doctor who has been detained in Raipur in Chhattisgarh since May 2007 on charges of sedition....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/court-releases-indian-doctor-binayek.html?etoc
- Federal Funds for Climate Panel Saved, But Foe Plans New Assault
The U.S. government will be able to continue supporting the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change after language banning those contributions was dropped from the compromise spending bill for 2011....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/federal-funds-for-climate-panel.html?etoc
Thursday, 14 April 2011
- Congress Delists Endangered Wolf: A Roundup
As part of the 2011 budget bill passed today by the House of Representatives, Congress for the first time removed a species from the Fish and Wildlife Service's list...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/congress-delists-endangered-wolf.html?etoc
- Live Chat: The Future of Space Exploration
Space policy guru John Logsdon and space historian James Oberg answer your questions
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/james-oberg-and-john-logsdon-and.html?etoc
- How to Keep a Riderless Bike From Crashing
Two processes thought to balance bikes aren't necessary at all
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/how-to-keep-a-riderless-bike-fro.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Some Dinos Liked a Midnight Snack
Analyses of eye structures bolster notion of nocturnal foraging
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-some-dinos-liked.html?etoc
- Language May Have Helped Early Humans Spread Out of Africa
Study finds parallels between genetic diversity and verbal diversity
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/language-may-have-helped-early-h.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: A Vase Made From DNA
Nanoscale origami could improve drug delivery
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-a-vase-made-from-dna.html?etoc
- Whale 'Pop Songs' Spread Across the Ocean
Humpbacks propagate popular tunes from west to east
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/whale-pop-songs-spread-across-th.html?etoc
- 'Rock Eyes' Help Mollusk See Above Water
Chiton is first animal to sport eyes made of mineral aragonite
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/rock-eyes-help-mollusk-see-above.html?etoc
- Australian Medical Scientists Protest Hefty Budget Cuts
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Chanting "cures not cuts," some 7000 medical researchers took to the streets in five Australian cities this week to protest a steep cut—about 20% per year—to medical research...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/australian-medical-scientists.html?etoc
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
- Budget Cuts Mean '18-Month Gap' in Crucial Weather Data, Says Ocean Agency
If passed into law, the federal budget for 2011 that lawmakers will vote on this week will harm key efforts in daily weather forecasting, search-and-rescue operations, and long-term weather...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/budget-cuts-mean-18-month-gap-in.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Dark Matter? Keep Looking
Particle detector fails to spot elusive substance
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-dark-matter-keep.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Toads Keep Their Brains Germ-Free
Fire-bellied toads have an unprecedented diversity of natural antimicrobials in their brains
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-toads-keep-their-brain.html?etoc
- Yale Undergraduate Dies in Machine Shop Accident
Yale University is mourning the loss of an undergraduate who died after an accident Tuesday night in a chemistry machine shop. According to a statement today from school officials,...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/yale-undergraduate-dies-in-machie.html?etoc
- Report: Current European Biofuel Policies 'Unethical'
A report from the influential British think tank the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has concluded that current U.K. and European policies on biofuel use are encouraging unethical practices, including...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/report-current-european-biofuel-.html?etoc
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
- Early Birds Smelled Good
Powerful sniffers got the ancestors of today's birds through a massive extinction
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/early-birds-smelled-good.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Safe Sex, Duck Style
Semen of brightly colored males kills bacteria
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-safe-sex-duck-style.html?etoc
- Ants Take a Cue From Facebook
Insects use their own social network to transmit chemical cues
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/ants-take-a-cue-from-facebook.html?etoc
- Budget Battle Leaves Applied Energy Research Relatively Unscathed
How did energy research do in the 2011 budget negotiations? Depends on what flavor you prefer. The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs did relatively well. Its...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/budget-battle-leaves-applied-ene.html?etoc
- Energy Department's National Labs Avoid Major Disruptions
Since early February, scientists supported by the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science have been bracing for massive layoffs at the department's 10 national laboratories and the temporary...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/energy-departments-national-labs.html?etoc
- As Congress Slashes EPA Budget, Research Least Harmed
Science and technology at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be sliced 3.9%, to $815 million, under the new budget for FY 2011. That's a deeper cut than at...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/as-congress-slashes-epa-budget.html?etoc
- NSF Gets 1% Trim in 2011, but New Budget Battle Looms
The figure may be $563 million below its 2011 request, and a cool $1 billion south of where the Obama Administration wants the National Science Foundation's budget to be...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/nsf-gets-1-trim-in-2011-but-new-.html?etoc
- NASA Science Budget Holds Steady
In Congressional hearings over the past few weeks, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has warned lawmakers that the space agency would have to scale back its plans for exploration and...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/nasa-science-budget-holds-steady.html?etoc
- 2011 Spending Deal Spares NIH Major Cuts
Just as White House officials promised over the weekend, the 2011 funding bill agreed to by Congress and the White House last Friday spares biomedical research from major cuts....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/2011-spending-deal-spares-nih.html?etoc
- China's Scientific Output Rises—To Some Consternation
The number of Chinese papers published in leading science journals has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a new report from the China Association for Science and...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/chinas-scientific-output-risesto.html?etoc
- Research Survives in 2011 Budget After Earlier Scare
Whew. That's what officials at U.S. science agencies and science lobbyists are saying this morning after learning the details of the weekend agreement between the White House and Congress...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/research-survives-in-2011-budget.html?etoc
Monday, 11 April 2011
- Ex-Cop Builds Bicycle-Powered Winch to Bolster Arctic Research
Scientists with the Caitlin Arctic Survey have been utilizing a new device on this year's 10-week expedition on the edge of the Arctic Ocean near Ellef Ringnes Island, Canada:...
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/ex-cop-builds-bicycle-powered.html?etoc
- Melting Antarctic Ice Causing Penguins to Starve
As global warming kills off ice-loving krill, penguins may be losing food supply
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/melting-antarctic-ice-causing-pe.html?etoc
- ScienceShot: Yellowstone Gets a CT Scan
Technology provides an unprecedented view of a plume of hot, molten rock beneath the national park's basin
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-yellowstone-gets.html?etoc
- Japan to Widen Evacuation Zone
TOKYO—Japan's government will move people out of some areas outside of the current evacuation and sheltering zones because radiation doses could accumulate to high levels over the coming year....
- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/04/japan-to-widen-evacuation-zone.html?etoc
- Ocean Noise Could Harm Squid and Their Ilk
Study reports that cuttlefish, squids, and octopuses suffer "massive acoustic trauma" from loud sounds
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/ocean-noise-could-harm-squid-and.html?etoc
- How Distractions Cause 'Senior Moments'
A new study shows why the brains of older adults sometimes struggle to switch between tasks
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/how-distractions-cause-senior-mo.html?etoc
Sunday, 10 April 2011
- Formerly Blind Children Shed Light on a Centuries-Old Puzzle
With vision restored, can children recognize by sight objects they've known by touch?
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/formerly-blind-children-shed-lig.html?etoc
- Double the Genes, Double the Flora
Ancient genome duplications fueled seed plant diversity
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/double-the-genes-double-the-flor.html?etoc
Friday, 08 April 2011
- U.N. Goal of Limiting Global Warming Is Nearly Impossible, Researchers Say
Computer modeling bolsters idea that "immediate" emissions cuts are necessary to make 2°C target
- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/un-goal-of-limiting-global-warmi.html?etoc
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