What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
Bill Nye is back !
WVIA is doing fundraising again and
they pull Bill whenever they fundraise....grrr....
(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl, Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Phil Yevics, or Sarah Sitoski)
March 28, Brennan 205
Science, Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Bedrock of a Faith Is Jolted
- Fastest view of molecular motion
- Altruism 'in-built' in humans
- Media 'sensationalising science'
- Telescopes 'worthless' by 2050
- Consensus grows on climate change
- Guns and sunshades to rescue climate
- Africa could face more droughts
- Giant wind farm plan thrown out
- Antarctica losing ice to oceans
- Online amateurs crack Nazi codes
- Classic illusion sheds new light on the neural site of tactile perception
- Pass the Purple Stuff
- 'Rapid Warming' Spreads Havoc in Canada's Forests
- Do active mums produce brainier babies?
- Who's afraid of a gas tax?
- A Hummingbird Never Forgets
- Scientists find brain function most important to maths ability
- Human quadrupeds discovered in Turkey
- Human selection is alive and kicking
- Still Evolving, Human Genes Tell New Story
- 'The
Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise,' by
Michael Grunwald
- Loss of Antarctic Ice Increases
- Board votes down evolution analysis
- Scientists: Liquid water erupting on Saturn moon
- New Scents From Two Scents
- A Dark Cloud Over Disclosure
- Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab
- New rodent is 'living fossil'
- Nanotech helps blind hamsters see
- Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill
- Sharp rise in CO2 levels recorded
- Furry 'lobster' found in Pacific
- Nanotech discovers the Americas
- Singing frog's 'ultrasonic croak'
- British scientist wins $1m prize
- Huge polar initiative announced
- Comets 'are born of fire and ice'
- Planet hunters find 'super-Earth'
- Egypt Pharaoh find 'not a tomb'
- "Hot" Rocks Found in Icy Comet
- Life's diversity 'being depleted'
- Farms 'big threat' to fresh water
- Space impact clue in Antarctica
- Liars 'too self aware to twitch'
- Doubts over 'extinct' woodpecker
- Statistical Analysis
Bolsters Theory Linking Warmer Oceans to Stronger Hurricanes
- Libya's thirst for 'fossil water'
- Anglican leader opposes creationism in schools
- When mice choose mates, experience counts
- A Hunt for Genes That Betrayed a Desert People
- Inuit See Signs In Arctic Thaw
- Sinister secret of snail's escape
- China Raises Taxes to Curb Use of Energy and Timber
- 2006 mathematics prize announced
- Climate Data Hint at Irreversible Rise in Seas
- Panel Urges Lowering of Allowable Fluoride
- Good Cell, Bad Cell
- Embryonic Stem Cell Success
Medicine
Top, Science, Medicine,
Technology
- Do Over: New MS drug may be safe after all
- Obesity 'raises crash death risk'
- Prostate cancer op delay 'safe'
- Marital rows 'harm heart health'
- Ear infection vaccine developed
- Ruling due on right-to-life baby
- Whirlpools 'harbouring bacteria'
- Acupuncture 'like migraine pill'
- Drug 'blocks Alzheimer's course'
- Marijuana compound may help stop diabetic retinopathy
- Depression Model Leaves Mice with Molecular Scar
- Cocoa Linked to Lower Risk of Disease
- Baby antibiotics 'link to asthma'
- Australia mulls kava imports ban
- Drugs 'can reverse heart disease'
- Third US 'mad cow' case confirmed
- Solo running 'few brain benefits'
- Blood pressure drugs may slash Alzheimer's risk
- Quenching Mexico City's thirst
- Two drug test men still critical
- Spousal death 'not so upsetting'
- Bird flu confirmed in Afghanistan
- Rejecting meat 'keeps weight low'
- Euro MPs back mercury crackdown
- Pepper 'kills prostate cancer'
- Silent Struggle: A New Theory of Pregnancy
- Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?
- Experts Reveal the Secret Powers of Grapefruit Juice
- Behavior: Marijuana and a Slower Mind and Body
- Hand Sanitizers, Good or Bad?
- Cleaner Air Brings Drop in Death Rate
- Climate link to African malaria
- Bird flu toll rises past 100-mark
- Doubt over pesticide cancer link
- Website aids prostate test choice
- Uneven breasts linked to cancer
- New eczema treatments on horizon
- New slow-release vaccine heralded
- UK young women 'out-drinking men'
- Female hair loss treatment hope
- Legal, Herbal Hallucinogenic Draws Teens, Critics
- Breast cancer drug cocktail hope
- Salt reduction targets 'too soft'
- Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
- Researchers Look at Prayer and Healing
- Studies Suggest Avian Flu Pandemic Isn't Imminent
- Doubts cast on oily fish benefits
- Red Bull 'masks alcoholic effect'
Technology Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
- DVD battle heads for showdown
- Shuttle hopes for three flights
- ISS 'to be completed as planned'
- Settlement ends Blackberry case
- Microsoft aims to stamp out spam
- 24 mini-games debut on mobiles
- Origami gadget to debut at Cebit
- US 'plans stealth shark spies'
- Bacteria Turn Styrofoam into Biodegradable Plastic
- Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet
- Solar riches survive probe crash
- Viruses leap to smart radio tags
- Pentagon plans cyber-insect army
- Experts urge new iPod ear studies
- Sony delays PlayStation 3 launch
- 888 brushes off US legal concerns
- Rural college pushes iPod use for lectures
- Google Offers Search Service on Finance
- NASA Delays Shuttle Flight by Six Weeks
- Front wheel on Mars rover stops
- Computer games help convicts cope
- Chemists work on plastic promise
- Virus used to make nanoparticles
- Dell to double Indian workforce
- Google ordered to hand over data
- Flash memory price 'to drop 25%'
- Hypersonic jet ready for launch
- Truly Micro Electronics in a Single Molecule
- For Robots, Fuel Cells That Double as Muscles
- Rocket aims for low-cost flights
- Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed'
- Dell launches Alienware invasion
- Apple attacks plan to open iTunes
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology