What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
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 December 5th, 3:00pm, Brennan 205


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Science

  1. Meteorite blamed in mass extinction before dinosaurs - Nov. 21, 2003
  2. CNN.com - A book as big as the universe - Nov. 21, 2003
  3. ’Life’s Solution’: It Had to Happen
  4. Language tree rooted in Turkey: Evolutionary ideas give farmers credit for Indo-European tongues.
  5. Cell death promotes learning growth
  6. Wanted: people to test orgasmatron
  7. Study Says Medieval New World Map Is Real
  8. Solar Flare Produces Fabulous Auroras
  9. Concorde Arrives in New York Harbor
  10. Yahoo! News - EU Suggests French Site for Fusion Project
  11. Yahoo! News - Photos of the Nov. 23 Total Solar Eclipse
  12. Yahoo! News - The Winners! Top 10 Sun Images from SOHO
  13. TOXIC FISH ALERT / Survey finds mercury in 4 species at markets in Bay Area
  14. Environmental Calculus: Counting the Costs of Growth With a Forest of Formulas
  15. After 200 Years of Growth, Level of Methane Stabilizes
  16.  Yahoo! News - Baltimore Zoo's Elephants Can Stay Put
  17. Yahoo! News - Panel Finds Flaws in FBI Bullet Analysis
  18. Yahoo! News - Congress Passes Forest-Thinning Bill
  19. Yahoo! News - U.S. Relies on Foreign-Born Scientists -Report
  20. Yahoo! News - Glowing Fish to Be First Genetically Changed Pet
  21. Yahoo! News - Controversial New Claim in Death-by-Asteroid Case
  22.   Economist.com | Racial prejudice
  23. Experimental drugs reduce neuron death in rats following insulin shock
  24. Discovery Channel :: Study: Opposites Should Attract
  25. CNN.com - A book as big as the universe - Nov. 21, 2003
  26.  Discovery Channel :: Study: Opposites Should Attract
  27. BBC NEWS | Health | Brain reveals exercise addiction
  28. Yerkes researchers discover natural brain chemical reduces effects of cocaine
  29. Faulty wiring in the brain may cause early-onset schizophrenia
  30. 800 orgasms a day
  31. Mars Express looks at its target



Medicine 
 
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  1. Addiction Science and Drug Laws
  2. FDA approves third pill for impotence - Nov. 21, 2003
  3. Yahoo! News - Study: Epsom Salts May Protect Premature Babies
  4. Yahoo! News - Advantages of Schizophrenia Drug Questioned - Study
  5. Yahoo! News - Advantages of Schizophrenia Drug Questioned - Study
  6. Yahoo! News - Four Children in Colorado Die From Flu
  7. Yahoo! News - FDA Considers OTC 'Morning After' Pill
  8. BBC NEWS | Health | Drug hope for brain tumours
  9. Diseases of the Mind
  10. CNN.com - Hepatitis A outbreak 'successfully ended' - Nov. 22, 2003
  11. BBC NEWS | Health | Painkillers 'cause kidney damage'
  12. Sharply Split, House Passes Broad Medicare Overhaul
  13. BBC NEWS | Health | Low self-esteem 'shrinks brain'
  14. Molecule gives clue to schizophrenia: Drug-induced discovery sheds light on mental illness.
  15. Adolescent steroid use causes long term aggression, NU study says.
  16. FDA approves third pill for impotence -Microbeams refine cancer attack
  17. Echinacea 'does not treat colds'
  18. Vitamins 'help treat depression
  19. Eat worms - feel better


  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine Cell death promotes learning growth, Technology
  1. Microsoft launches 'leak-proof' e-mail
  2. DVD-copying firm sued by Warners
  3. Nintendo sweeps up games awards
  4. New models for net business
  5. Asian pirates take on Microsoft
  6. Porn virus targets spam stoppers

Top, Science, Medicine, Technology