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Science, Medicine and Technology
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April 22nd - 11:30
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Science, Medicine, Technology


Science

 
  1. Science Debate 2008
  2. Discovery News : Discovery Channel
  3. Shroud mystery 'refuses to go away'
  4. How tastes turn into feelings
  5. Wired for Language
  6. Efforts of Dancing Bees Are Often Wasted on Distracted Audience
  7. Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread'
  8. Printing displays screen promise
  9. Saturn moon may have hidden ocean
  10. Desire, fear linked in brain?
  11. Dolphin woos with wood and grass
  12. The appeal of sugar goes beyond taste
  13. Shocking the nose into action
  14. Crusaders 'left genetic legacy'
  15. Secret 'dino bugs' revealed
  16. 'No Sun link' to climate change
  17. Astronomers see 'youngest planet'
  18. First movie of 'tsunami' on Sun
  19. China's Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe?can
  20. Global temperatures 'to decrease'
  21. Faeces hint at first Americans
  22. Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem
  23. Fish Sounds - Ocean Life
  24. Anasazi - Ancient Migration - A Pueblo Mystery
  25. Innovators shortlisted for award
  26. Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men
  27. Map reveals key wildlife hotspots
  28. bioethics.net :: Women's Neuroethics? Why Sex Matters for Neuroethics
  29. Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them
  30. Monkeys Hear Voices Blogs Scientific American Community
  31. Anaesthetic drug 'numbs memory'
  32. 'Ruthlessness gene' discovered
  33. The testosterone of trading ws
  34. Drunk bats eat junk food
  35. Music Builds Bridges in the Brain
  36. The inbred-betrayed by scent?
  37. Flies get 'mind-control sex swap'
  38. Coral spawn turns Palau seas pink
  39. First contact to earthquake zone



Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Hope over brain tumour treatment
  2. Hybrid MRI-PET Scanner Reveals Tumors Earlier and in More Detail
  3. Rates of Rare Mutations Soar Three to Four Times Higher in Schizophrenia
  4. Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
  5. Genetic link to smoking addiction
  6. Vets 'at risk from miscarriage'
  7. Tanzania in witchdoctor crackdown
  8. Lots of water 'is little benefit'
  9. Medication 'worsens Alzheimer's'
  10. Blood pressure drugs help elderly
  11. Tai Chi 'helps improve diabetes'
  12. Racial clues in bowel cancer find
  13. New stitches could help stop MRSA
  14. Binge drinking 'damages memory'
  15. Foetal test rules out rhesus jab
  16. Without Substance: ADHD meds don't up kids' drug abuse risk
  17. New Therapies Fight Phantom Noises of Tinnitusmes
  18. Binge drinking 'damages memory'
  19. Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
  20. Alzheimer's blood test 'promise'
  21. Marrow loss 'aids bone healing'
  22. Blitz survivor has sight restored
  23. Foetal test rules out rhesus jab
  24. Tanzania in witchdoctor crackdown
  25. Alligator blood 'may fight bugs'
  26. Stem cells made to mimic disease
  27. Depression linked to Alzheimer's
  28. Sunbed use 'puts lives at risk'
  29. Baby sleep linked to weight risk
  30. Two people die from vCJD in Spain
  31. Fear over child tranquilliser use
  32. FTD - Frontotemporal Dementia - Brain Disease - Pick's Disease - Creativity
  33. Helping stroke patients to speak
  34. Discovery News : Discovery Channel
  35. Converted Cells Show Promise for Parkinson's
  36. Nicotine Like Heroin: Science Videos
  37. Can the Brain Be Rebooted to Stop Drug Addiction?:
  38. Will a 9-Year-Old Change the Vaccine Debate?
  39. Living in a World of Unfamiliar Voices -- Miller 2008 (414): 1 -- ScienceNOW
  40. Brain Study May Lead to Improved Epilepsy Treatments, April 14, 2008 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  41. Migraines - Left-Handedness - Medicine and Health - New York Times
  42. Hearing Aids - Hearling Loss - Mike Waufle - Medicine and Health - Tara Parker-Pope - New York Times
  43. Brain Size and Alzheimer’s: Science Videos - Science News - ScienCentral
  44. BBC NEWS | Europe | France targets anorexia in media
  45. Stanford in study on new weight-loss therapy
  46. The Mirror Cure for Phantom Pain: Scientific American
  47. Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?: Scientific American
  48. Incontinence drugs linked to more rapid cognitive decline: study
  49. Sex hormones 'hit smoke success'
  50. 'Outlook worse' for scalp cancer
  51. Ovary problem 'may aid athletes'
  52. Short breastfeeds 'best for baby'
  53. US veterans sue over 'poor care'
  54. Therapy 'may slow tumour growth'


Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Shuttle astronauts try goo repair
  2. Merseyside | Uni open day held in Second Life
  3. Children flock to social networks
  4. Computers to merge with humans
  5. Google bets on Android future
  6. Why the future is in your hands
  7. Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy'
  8. Robot space truck docks with ISS
  9. Who will write tomorrow's code?
  10. Europe clears mobiles on aircraft
  11. 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray
  12. Gates hints at Vista 'successor'
  13. Nokia debuts mobile gaming system
  14. US kept in slow broadband lane
  15. BIntel plans to tackle cosmic ray threat
  16. Brazil makes 'rainforest' condoms
  17. Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet
  18. A Camera for the Shot You Missed
  19. A Cleaner, Leaner Jet Age Has Arrived
  20. In Storing 1’s and 0’s, the Question Is $
  21. On the Irish Coast, Reconsidering Energy From the Town Up
  22. Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods s
  23. My Life in a Video Game (Batteries Not Included)s
  24. Solid State Steps Out of the Shadows
  25. Devices That Track Every Precious Need
  26. The World Food Crisis
  27. Facebook users translating site for free
  28. Spielberg video game goes for big 'Boom' with families
  29. BNano switch hints at future chips
  30. Ion engine enters space race
  31. Darwin's first draft goes online
  32. Soyuz spacecraft lands off-target
  33. Nano switch hints at future chips
  34. Web 2.0 is set for spending boom

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