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Science, Medicine and Technology
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Science, Medicine, Technology


Science

 
  1. Head Size and IQ: Is There a Link?
  2. Speech Gene Gone Batty
  3. Neuroscientists connect neural activity and blood flow in new brain stimulation technique
  4. Deep-voiced men have more kids
  5. Birds may 'see' magnetic north - Study links migratory navigation systems in the eyes and the brain.
  6. Caring grandmas explain evolutionary role of menopause
  7. Scientists Report Severe Retreat of Arctic Ice
  8. Study Says Bones Found in Far East Are of a Distinct Species
  9. Fact or Fiction?: Babies Exposed to Classical Music End Up Smarter
  10. Ask the Experts: Neuroscience: How does short-term memory work in relation to long-term memory? Are short-term daily memories somehow transferred to long-term storage while we sleep?
  11. Walking Small: Humanlike legs took Homo out of Africa
  12. Scent of a Man
  13. Be Good Now, Or Else
  14. Games narrow spatial skills gender gap - Video Game News
  15. Wishful Thinking
  16. 3 Win Nobel in Medicine for Gene Technology
  17. Eighty million years without sex
  18. Shifty Talk: Probing the process of word evolution
  19. Bacteria Cause Chocolate Cravings
  20. Gore says prize must spur action
  21. Skies to be swept for alien life
  22. Moon jets pinned on 'tiger stripes'
  23. Pluto-bound probe's Jupiter vista
  24. Look of fear sparks fast reaction
  25. Arctic muds reveal sea ice record
  26. 'Giant dino' found in Argentina
  27. Fish insomnia sheds light on sleep
  28. Males that fight for mates evolved to die young
  29. Museum cancels race row scientist
  30. US army enlists anthropologists
  31. New Coast Guard Task in Arctic’s Warming Seas
  32. James D. Watson Issues Apology for Comments About Blacks
  33. Creating life in the laboratory
  34. Elephants sense 'danger' clothes
  35. Ships' CO2 'twice that of planes'
  36. China plans 'largest gene bank'
  37. 'Slight recovery' for cod stocks
  38. Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses 
  39. Climate - Drought - Global Warming - American West - Arizona - Utah - Colorado - New Mexico - Nevada
  40. Mind That Alarm Clock
  41. Access : Modern speech gene found in Neanderthals : Nature News
  42. Scent of a Hunter 
  43. Ancient bat flew without echolocation
  44. Idea Lab - Clean Air Act - Environment - Pollution - Lead - Gasoline - Crime Rate
  45. How do we manage to remember smells despite the fact that each olfactory sensory neuron only survives for about 60 days and is then replaced by a new cell?
  46. TSex genes in addiction?
  47. Diet choices 'written in genes'
  48. 1 in 5 fans do things to avoid jinxing favorites
  49. Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human 
  50. Dog tails as tell-tales: Or how a dog solves the mind-body problem and shows us to be monkeys: Sciam Observations
  51. How to Win an Election: Make a Good First Impression (in Less than 250 Milliseconds)
  52. The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride
  53. An Active, Purposeful Machine That Comes Out at Night to Play
  54. Greenland's ice sheet melts as temperatures rise
  55. Creating life in the laboratory
  56. 'Sleepless grumps' seen in brain
  57. Source of ‘optimism’ found in the brain
  58. The Ethics of Erasing a Bad Memory
  59. Smoking dulls women’s taste for sweets
  60. Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House
  61. ’55 ‘Origin of Life’ Paper Is Retracted

Medicine 
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Brain target for stress disorder
  2. Child health bill faces Bush veto
  3. Boy's death highlights US health debate
  4. Russian mother has 'giant' baby
  5. Expert heart monitoring from a distance
  6. Needles 'are best for back pain'
  7. Doctors oppose care opt-out plans
  8. Action call on 'cancer lifestyle'
  9. Simple diabetes breath test hope
  10. Eat (Less) to Live (Longer)
  11. No evidence magnet therapy dulls pain: study
  12. Author: Letting kids drink early reduces binging
  13. 6 die from brain-eating amoeba - Infectious Diseases
  14. Feel Pudgy? There’s a Shot for That
  15. Genes Tied to Bad Reactions to Antidepressant Drugs
  16. Don't Forget: Drink a Beer—Or Two—a Day!
  17. Warming to a Cold War Herb
  18. Lack of Evidence: Vaccine additive not linked to developmental problems
  19. Study Finds Brain Problems, Vaccines Not Linked
  20. Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions
  21. Don't Forget: Drink a Beer—Or Two—Daily!
  22. Antidepressant Suicide Genes: ScienCentral Video News
  23. Starving is like ecstasy use for anorexia sufferers
  24. Depressed Adolescents Respond Best to Combination Treatment
  25. Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions s
  26. 'Discipline' may beat Alzheimer's
  27. Chilli compound fires painkiller
  28. Stem cells 'prompt cancer spread'
  29. 'Promising drug' for child cancer
  30. Bush veto for child health bill
  31. Eczema baths 'a waste of money'
  32. Virus jab may help combat cancer
  33. Firms Should Help Unhappy Workers
  34. Mothers Again Urged to Eat Fish
  35. Purpose of appendix believed found
  36. Key gene work scoops Nobel Prize
  37. A Heavy Toll From Disease Fuels Suspicion and Angeres
  38. Study: Migraine pill helps some alcoholics taper off
  39. Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus
  40. MS nerve damage repaired in lab
  41. Sedated patients can hear speech
  42. Vodka drip saves poisoned Italian
  43. Doctors save man with vodka drip
  44. Chili Pepper Cocktail Blunts Pain
  45. Performer gets third ear for art
  46. Netherlands bans magic mushrooms
  47. Hunt for osteoarthritis gene link
  48. Hope for ovarian cancer vaccine
  49. Mothers-to-be 'can drink alcohol'
  50. MPs told home abortions are safe
  51. Divisions deep over abortion ban
  52. Mouse virus link to breast cancer
  53. Performer gets third ear for art
  54. Blood proteins may diagnose Alzheimer’s
  55. Why garlic is good for the heart
  56. 'Clear smoking link' to cot death
  57. New Scanner May Improve Exams for Multiple Sclerosis
  58. In Diabetes, a Complex of Causes
  59. CDC: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll
  60. Promising results for malaria jab
  61. Cancer detecting credit card kit
  62. Why garlic is good for the heart
  63. Swearing at work can 'cut stress'
  64. Acupuncture 'may cut IVF chances'
  65. Bacteria that killed Virginia teen found in other schools
  66. Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm
  67. Not All Are Pleased at Plan to Offer Birth Control at Maine Middle School
  68. Muscular dystrophy trial to start
  69. Optimism 'no bearing on cancer'
  70. Buzzing Stops Fat:
  71. Aging - Sleep Problemses
  72. Too much cannabis 'worsens pain'
  73. Why heroines die in classic fiction
  74. Encephalitis toll approaches 400
  75. Smoking pot can have antidepressant effect at low doses

Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. 66 beer bottles = one cheap rooftop solar water heater
  2. Germany to build maglev railway
  3. Portables to power PC industry
  4. Halo 3 sales top £84m in 24 hours
  5. Virtual lessons stimulate students
  6. Apple iPhone warning proves true
  7. British Library books go digital
  8. Sunny Outlook: Can Sunshine Provide All U.S. Electricity?
  9. NASA Presents Details of Plans for Moon Base
  10. Halo 3 - Video games
  11. With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future
  12. IBM Lotus Symphony--Fully Orchestrated Office Suite
  13. Microsoft Confirms Stealth Updating Mucks Up XP Restore
  14. Exoneration Using DNA Brings Change in Legal System
  15. Little Green Schoolhouse
  16. Asteroid renamed for 'Star Trek' actor
  17. Scans reveal lost gravestone text
  18. Stun guns 'safe', study suggests
  19. Briton claims first gaming gold
  20. Students teaching the teachers
  21. HealthVault
  22. Google and I.B.M. Join in ‘Cloud Computing’ Research
  23. Video games: the next generation
  24. Universal avatars bestride worlds
  25. On the road with wi-fi and video
  26. Drive advance fuels terabyte era
  27. Appetite 'control centres' found
  28. BBC online to go free over wi-fi
  29. Apple loosens grip on iPhone software
  30. On the road with wi-fi and video
  31. 'World's smallest radio' unveiled
  32. EA wants 'open gaming platform'
  33. Wi-fi security system is 'broken'
  34. Mobile phone use backed on planes
  35. MySpace opens door to developers
  36. Apple to open up iPhone software
  37. Apple sets Leopard release date
  38. YouTube rolls out filtering tools
  39. MySpace starts Skype call service
  40. The Real History of WYSIWYGg
  41. Networks Start to Offer TV on the Web
  42. Navigating With Feedback From Fellow Drivers
  43. Library of Congress Advances 2 Digital Projects Abroad
  44. Pogue’s Imponderables
  45. Scientist finds 100 million-year-old bee 
  46. Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web - New York Times
  47. As Apple Gains PC Market Share, Jobs Talks of a Decade of Upgrades - New York Times
  48. With Enough Daily Show Clips, Youve Got a Whole Program
  49. P.&G., the Pioneer of Mixing Soap and Drama
  50. China launches first Moon orbiter Installment
  51. Wii Sports dominates Bafta awards
  52. Apple Offers New Goodies in Leopard Systems
  53. Microsoft Wins One in the War Against Google


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