What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
Now we have our own blog!!
If you want to suggest a link for inclusion here, please post it on the blog; we'll take care of it.
You can also post your thoughts about any What's News article on the blog.
Let's get blogging!


(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon,  Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl,
Declan Mulhall, Phil Yevics, or Sarah Sitoski)
Thursday, April 28th--11:30am, Brennan 205

All participants are encouraged (not required) to choose a topic (or topics)
about which they would like to facilitate a discussion.
Support materials, if needed, can be on the web or hard copy -
we have a document camera available.  We'll start
each What's News event with these facilitated discussions
before moving to our free ranging
ramblings.


Science, Medicine, Technology
Science

  1. NIH Agency Chiefs Criticize Federal Policy on Stem Cells (washingtonpost.com)
  2. Open Wide: Decoding the Secrets of Venom
  3. Infidelity Has Its Benefits -- Proffitt 2005 (406): 4 -- sciencenow
  4. Animal laughs no joke says expert
  5. Great extinction came in phases
  6. Chad skull 'leans to human line'
  7. Deepest X-rays tell merger story
  8. Early hominid 'cared for elderly'
  9. Scientific Conference Falls for Gibberish Prank
  10. Asteroid impact scale reworded to indicate risk clearly
  11. 13 things that do not make sense - Features
  12. Hubble headed for 'deorbit only' - Apr 1, 2005
  13. TV may turn four-year-olds into bullies
  14. Darwin Scores a Point in DNA Test of Fish
  15. Billions of Butterflies Descend on California
  16. Earth's Oldest Known Object on Display
  17. Titan probe's pebble 'bash-down'
  18. Ground telescopes to 'super-size'
  19. Ray burst is extinction suspect
  20. New findings support a central role for NMDA receptors in learning and memory
  21. Slime-mold Beetles Named for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
  22. Relic star poses cosmic puzzles
  23. Rodent Models Used To Analyze Behavior - The Daily Californian
  24. Psychological reasoning begins earlier than had been thought, study shows
  25. A Dirty Little Footnote to the Energy Bill
  26. For Women in Sciences, Slow Progress in Academia
  27. Codey to Seek Ethics Panel on Stem Cells
  28. A Philanthropist of Science Seeks to Be Its Next Nobel
  29. Are you a racist? The test that claims to know
  30. Native America’s Alleles - Discover Magazine - science news articles online technology magazine articles Native America’s Alleles
  31. How safety feels good
  32. Antarctic glaciers show retreat
  33. Mice put in 'suspended animation'
  34. New Australian reefs discovered
  35. 'Infomania' worse than marijuana
  36. Report Backs Plan to Reduce Mercury Waste
  37. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are now species of slime-mold beetles | Science Blog
  38. Technology taking the mystery out of Mother Nature - Apr 14, 2005
  39. Eggs found inside dinosaur fossil
  40. Risk-taking men 'not attractive'
  41. Pile-up as berg hits Antarctica
  42. Yahoo! News - Expert: Apes May Be Key to Human Nature
  43. Odd fly uncovers evolution secret
  44. Op-Ed Contributor: When Nature Assaults Itself
  45. Jeremy Jackson: About the Oceans, He Says Firmly, Attention Must Be Paid
  46. Climate Research Faulted Over Missing Components
Medicine
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  1. Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
  2. Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
  3. Study shows new antipsychotic drug prevents brain loss in schizophrenia
  4. Milk linked to Parkinson's risk
  5. Cannabis compound benefits blood vessels - Low dose helps combat formation of arterial blockages.
  6.  Smoking slashes women's chances of IVF success
  7. Social Stress Boosts Immune System's Flu-Fighting Abilities
  8. Discovery Channel :: News :: Study: Marsupials Can See Color
  9. Autism linked to mirror neuron dysfunction
  10. Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
  11. Peanut Allergy Linked to Lupin Flour Allergy
  12. 'Good' Bacteria Help with Eczema in Infants
  13. Drug withdrawn amid skin concerns
  14. Threat of 'flesh-eating' MRSA bug
  15. Once-a-month naltrexone successfully used to treat alcohol dependence
  16. Gene Mutated In Cancer Found In Some With Autism
  17. New Scientist Breaking News - Pregnant smokers increases grandkids' asthma risk
  18. Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Brain Tumors
  19. Case Western Reserve University study shows promise of lowering costs for treating autism
  20. Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Antioxidant-Heavy Diet Provides Protection during Stroke, Study Suggests
  21. Study Cautions Runners to Limit Their Water Intake
  22. Dog study 'could help paralysed'
  23. Drug 'beats family breast cancer'
  24. GSK investors bring Paxil lawsuit
  25. New Scientist Breaking News - Execution by injection far from painless
  26. Judge Rules Against FDA Ban on Ephedra (washingtonpost.com)
  27. How One Pill Escaped the List of Controlled Steroids
  28. Newborn weight linked to obesity
  29. Mercury Levels and Cognitive Function Investigated in Adults
  30. BBC NEWS | South Asia | India rejects HIV infection claim
  31. Neural tube defects decrease with folic acid fortification
  32. Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
  33. 'Little progress' in malaria war
  34. Day care prevents child cancers
  35. Diabetes drug 'may stop cancers'
  36. On-the-spot cervical cancer test
  37. Overweight people may live longer
  38. Shift work linked to health risks
  39. Malaria row inspired homeopathy
  40. The battle over Uganda's Aids campaign
  41. Test to spot if cancer has spread
  42. Mother cures daughter of diabetes
  43. HIV is 'out of control' in India
  44. Cannabis drug approval buoys firm
  45. Prisoners 'aware' in executions
  46. Inhaled insulin 'within a year'
  47. Processed meat cancer risk link
  48. Childhood bugs 'heart risk' link
  49. 'More men' affected by allergies
  50. India rejects HIV infection claim
  51.  Baby hormone stops breast cancer


Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. Hitachi Sets New Hard Drive Capacity Record
  2. Google Maps
  3. Mars Rovers 
  4. Time Runs Out for Blocking XP SP2 Updates
  5. PSP embraced by DIY technicians
  6. Discovery reaches its launch pad
  7. Segway-A long road ahead
  8. Pharmacists' Rights at Front Of New Debate
  9. Turning the web into 'sushi belts'
  10. Japan's hi-tech carers
  11. It's Moore's Law, but Another Had the Idea First
  12. Wimax to plug rural broadband gap
  13. Sony aims to beam sights, sounds into brain - Apr 7, 2005
  14. Big Board to Acquire a Leading Electronic Trading System
  15. Do Firefox browser bugs matter?
  16. First cell phone was a true 'brick' - Apr 11, 2005
  17. Moore's Law on chips marks 40th
  18. Adobe buys Macromedia for $3.4bn
  19. Re-thinking urban car journeys
  20. B Minuscule microscope testing hope
  21. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: New Wave of Electrical Wires Inches Closer to Market -- Service 308 (5720): 348 -- Science
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology