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April 26th, Brennan 205
11:30am - 12:45pm
Science, Medicine, Technology

Science

  1. Attention Must Be Paid
  2. Can We Control Our Fears?
  3. Your Brain on BDNF: Sometimes a Lesson Well Learned Makes You Feel
  4. Dog-sized toad found in Australia
  5. Pain link to post-trauma stress
  6. Llama dung mites track Inca fall
  7. UK impact crater debate heats up
  8. Giant crystals enjoyed perfection
  9. Failure during Cern magnet test
  10. Why the resurgence in science?
  11. Brain study finds male-female differences in eye-hand co-ordination
  12. Are humans hard-wired for faith?
  13. Disappearing dinos didn't clear the way for us - The mass extinction 65 million years ago had little effect on today's mammals.
  14. Hunt for obesity gene yields a new suspect
  15. National Wildlife Magazine
  16. Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic
  17. Report Says Interior Official Overrode Work of Scientists
  18. Pas de Deux of Sexuality Is Written in the Geness
  19. Seeking the Keys to Sexual Desire - Natalie Angier
  20. How Did the Universe Survive the Big Bang? In This Experiment, Clues Remain Elusives
  21. How Did the Universe Survive the Big Bang? In This Experiment, Clues Remain Elusive
  22. Beyond - Photography
  23. In Startling Advance, Study Identifies Dinosaur Protein
  24. Mathematicians Team Up with Supercomputer to Crack 248-Dimensional Object
  25. The Science of Lasting Happinessan
  26. Primordial Soup's On: Scientists Repeat Evolution's Most Famous Experimentan
  27. Mixed Feelings
  28. New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones
  29. Einstein was right, probe shows
  30. 'Smart dust' to explore planets
  31. The wave that destroyed Atlantis
  32. Tiny fossils reveal ice history
  33. Dwarf stars emit powerful pulse
  34. Fossilised trees mystery solved
  35. Seeing the Brain in a New Light
  36. Mozart doesn't make you clever - German government decides to tackle the myth of the 'Mozart effect'.
  37. Sneaky Parasite Attracts Rats to Cats
  38. Global Earth Day Broadcast to Feature South Pole
  39. Chimpanzees: Almost Human, and Sometimes Smarter
  40. No-Fishing Zones in Tropics Yield Fast Payoffs for Reefs
  41. Primate's Progress: Macaque genome is usefully different
  42. Parasites Snoop on Stinkbug Sex
  43. BUranus rings 'were seen in 1700s'
  44. Salmon campaigner lands top award
  45. China gas emissions 'may pass US'
  46. Tiny fossils reveal ice history
  47. 'Kryptonite' discovered in mine
  48. Spacecraft return 3D Sun pictures
  49. Robot future poses hard questions
  50. Lost world warning from North Sea
  51. Highlands and Islands | Bird kicks rival's eggs from nest
  52. Chimp cooperation goes beyond family - life - 23 April 2007
  53. If You Want to Know if Spot Loves You So, It’s in His Tail
  54. Origin of brain lies in a worm, scientists say
  55. Sea turtles remember their favourite restaurants
  56. A fungus among us: Scientists ID Godzilla fungi
  57. 'Subordinate' meerkat males enjoy one-night stands
  58. New 'super-Earth' found in space
  59. BBC series to tell Earth's story
  60. Human-chimp gene study upsets long-held view

Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Scientists make 'healthy' pizzas
  2. Beef diet 'damages sons' sperm'
  3. Kickboxing 'causes brain damage'
  4. Baby 'name test' may spot autism
  5. Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness'
  6. Many dieters 'finish up heavier'
  7. Hunting ways to prevent epilepsy after brain injury
  8. Disease may have fueled Hatfield-McCoy feud
  9. Treating war's 'silent injury' - Los Angeles Times
  10. Link suggested between soccer and motor neurone disease - Experts call for investigation into sport and fatal brain condition.
  11. Intensive Psychotherapy More Effective Than Brief Therapy for Treating Bipolar Depression
  12. John Tierney on Prescription Pain Medication and Drug Trafficking Law Suits
  13. Panel Endorses New Anti-Tumor Treatment
  14. The Search for the Female Equivalent of Viagra
  15. Take Your Pills, and I'll Call You in the Morning
  16. A Healing Worthy of a Saint
  17. A Shock Wave of Brain Injuries
  18. Blood pressure 'is in the brain'
  19.  Should kids take antidepressants? - These drugs usually do more good than harm; but more monitoring is needed.
  20. Spanish Flu Epidemic: How (and How Not) to Battle Flu: A Tale of 23 Cities
  21. Revolving Door for Addicts Adds to Medicaid Cost
  22. Pill That Eliminates the Period Gets Mixed Reviews
  23. Doctors Try New Surgery for Gallbladder Removal
  24. EPA Agrees to Cut Lead in Kids' Products
  25. Pill That Eliminates the Period Gets Mixed Reviewss
  26. Experts Shy From Instant Diagnoses of Gunman’s Mental Illness, but Hints Abound
  27. In Turnabout, Infant Deaths Climb in South
  28. Smoking Bans - Ireland - Health - Cancer
  29. Tea 'could cut skin cancer risk'
  30. Roads the biggest killer of teens
  31. Drug 'mends' muscular dystrophy
  32. One in 30 aborted foetuses lives
  33. Fat-fighting baby milk criticised
  34. Binge drinking raises cancer risk
  35. Mother's puberty 'obesity clue'
  36. Broken heart boosts risk of dying
  37. Migraines may slow memory loss - Sufferers show less cognitive decline as they age.
  38. Deep brain implants show bionic vision promise
  39. Weight-Loss Drugs: Hoopla and Hype
  40. Parkinson's Disease
  41. William E. Hurwitz Trial - Prescription Drugs - Pain - John Tierney
  42. Was Timothy Leary Right?
  43. Wi-fi? Why worry?
  44. Cortex Area Thinner in Youth with Alzheimer’s-Related Gene
  45. BBC NEWS | Health | Cutting salt 'reduces heart risk'
  46. BBC NEWS | Americas | Abortion legalised in Mexico City
  47. BBC NEWS | Africa | Mosquito nets cut birth problems


Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. Tiny files set for a big future
  2. Users warned on Windows cursors
  3. Lenovo tops eco-friendly ranking
  4. Cursor hackers target WoW players
  5. Inventors in the frame
  6. Detected! First virus in iPods
  7. Food irradiation rules may be relaxed
  8. Adapters convert notebook drive to compact flash
  9. A Plastic Wrapper Today Could Be Fuel Tomorrow
  10. Research points the finger at PowerPoint
  11. Software's Benefits On Tests In Doubt
  12. Pig fat to be turned into diesel
  13. Adobe unveils Flash video control
  14. Blackberry reveals failure cause
  15. Russia making floating atom plant
  16. Homes to get free energy monitors
  17. Space shield to block radiation
  18. Speed boost plan for file-sharing
  19. Windows XP to be retired in 2008
  20. Leopard delayed by Apple iPhone
  21. Wikipedia offers access offline
  22. Cameraphone use impacts graphics
  23. BBC to open up archive for trial
  24. Colour barcode system to hit DVDs
  25. Users force Dell to resurrect XP
  26. Two cautioned over wi-fi 'theft'
  27. Robotic trio wins 'Super Bowl of Smarts'
  28. Organic Milk Supply Expected to Surge as Farmers Pursue a Payoff
  29. Sub-$300 HD Movie Players En Route From Wal-Mart
  30. New Katamari in West this year
  31. Socialites-housework-environment - New York Times
  32. Google Buys Video Conferencing Software
  33. GM's New Fuel-Cell Car
  34. Web 2.0 wave starts to take hold
  35. India commercial rocket takes off





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