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Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)

(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl,  Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Phil Yevics, or Declan Mulhall )

October 28th - 11:30am
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Science

 
  1. Transsexual gene link identified
  2. Factoring Fear: What Scares Us and Why: Scientific American
  3. Basics - A Look at the Vestibular System, Keeping Us in Balance
  4. Wearing red may boost your sex appeal
  5. Where economics meets neuroscience
  6. Immune to Anxiety
  7. Baby Scent and Dads
  8. I'm really Rosie: Men more amorous towards ladies in red
  9. Tennis call 'brain bias' found
  10. Seven of the greatest scientific hoaxes
  11. When the Right Look Trumps the Right Stuff
  12. New York Academy of Sciences Teams Artists and Scientists to Explain the Five Senses
  13. Observatory - Bat Disease Fungus Identified
  14. Otzi, the prehistoric 'iceman,' probably has no modern descendants
  15. This Math Whiz Called It for Obama Months Ago
  16. A Reporter at Large: Suffering Souls: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
  17. Really? - The Claim - Tongue Is Mapped Into Four Areas of Taste
  18. Why fertile women hate a pretty face
  19. Chilling device slows birdsong
  20. Crabs That Fib
  21. The Brain of a Bully
  22. Cockroaches Plan Escape Routes, Study Shows
  23. Human ancestors born big brained
  24. ScienceNOW: Findings: Are you trying to impress me?
  25. Still Crazy (in Love) After All These Years
  26. Epigenetics: The Key to Good Health and a Terrific memory?
  27. Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million
  28. The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To 
  29. Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'
  30. Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'
  31. Hadron Collider repairs cost £14m
  32. Brain flip helps to relieve pre-menstrual stress
  33. View to a Krill: Secrets of Plankton Eyes
  34. How Unconscious Mechanisms Affect Thought
  35. Polish tests 'confirm Copernicus'
  36. 'Grape' is key to fossil puzzle
  37. Federal Court Bans Shell Drilling Project
  38. 2,800-Year-Old Monument to the Soul Is Discovered in Turkey
  39. Drip Irrigation May Not Save Water, Analysis Finds
  40. To Scurry With Purpose - Study Sees Patterns in Roach Escape Routes
  41. Findings - Researchers Disagree on Accuracy of Well-Known Bias Test
  42. Do Liberals Tell Better Jokes?
  43. Start-Up Teaches Math to Americans, Indian-Styles
  44. Brain Reorganizes To Make Room For Math
  45. Why the Lady Is a Tramp
  46. Bird Brains: Are Parrots Smarter than a Human Two-Year Old?
  47. Blanket of Soil May Hide Vast Martian Glaciers
  48. What Happy People Don’t Do
  49. The Test Passes, Colleges Fail
  50. Magic and the Brain: How Magicians "Trick" the Mind
  51. An Authoritative Word on Academic Freedom
  52. Patternicity: Finding Meaningful Patterns in Meaningless Noise
  53. A Whisper, Perhaps, From the Universe’s Dark Side
  54. A Brain Circuit for Bungee Jumping?

Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology


  1. The Ritalin express
  2. Suicide linked to brain changes
  3. Recent News Reports Suggest Otherwise, but Experts Say Staph Infections Not on Rise
  4. Sales of Test for Ovarian Cancer Halted
  5. Viagra Stands Firm Against Muscular Dystrophy
  6. 'Menopausal' men could get sexual boost from HRT
  7. Alzheimer's tests under fire
  8. Combined Therapy Is Reported to Ease Anxiety in Children
  9. Rain man: Does damp weather predict autism?
  10. First Genetic Clue to Common Speech Disorder
  11. Drug 'tricks body to lose weight'
  12. In a Novel Theory of Mental Disorders, Parents’ Genes Are in Competition
  13. Magnetic Relief For Depression?
  14. Rerouting nerves may help spina bifida patients
  15. 'Old treatments' better for IBS
  16. Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies
  17. Windpipe transplant breakthrough
  18. Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Fails To Show Benefit in Preventing Dementia in the Elderly
  19. Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized
  20. Technology to eradicate malaria
  21. Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends
  22. Dog 'sniffs out' owner's cancer
  23. If a Baby Has a Fever, Treatment All Depends
  24. Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India
  25. Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's
  26. Brain implant allows mute man to speak
  27. Antidoping Agency Studying if Viagra Provides Athletes Competitive Edge
  28. 'Sticky cell' clues to epilepsy
  29. Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away
  30. The Evidence Gap - New Drug Studies Ask Which Treatments Are Best for Typical Patients



Technology



  1. Wirelessly, Home Security Becomes a D.I.Y. Project
  2. Laptop Lite with Windows XP
  3. State of the Art - BlackBerry Aims to Stay Step Ahead
  4. Quick Bits: Google Ads Will Be More Prominent
  5. Record your own “I’m a PC” video — outside of an Apple store
  6. A Projector That Fits in Your Jeans Pocket
  7. Google CEO on Obama tech czar job: No thanks
  8. Jacking into the Brain--Is the Brain the Ultimate Computer Interface?
  9. Pogue-o-matic Technology Shopping Guide
  10. Flip Mino HD
  11. Tech that trumps traffic tangles
  12. Buran - the Soviet 'space shuttle'
  13. Online time 'is good for teens'
  14. Google unveils customised search
  15. Mapping the World's Fastest Supercomputers - Interactive Graphic
  16. Book Explores World of ‘Flying Toilets’
  17. For Sony, No Discounts Means Stress-Free Shopping
  18. New iPhone Apps Help Drivers Beat Speed Traps
  19. Ziff Davis’s PC Magazine Will Be Online Only
  20. Microsoft to Offer Free Security Software
  21. IBM aims to replicate the brain with cognitive computing project
  22. XLink Mixes Cell Convenience With Landlines
  23. Monitoring the Health of Your Computer
  24. The Doctor Will See You Now — Online
  25. Google Unplugs Lively as Hype Fades Over Virtual Worlds
  26. In an Age of Robots, One to Clean the House? Still but a Dream
  27. Benefits Are Seen in Battlefield Robots, but Moral Questions Remain
  28. How Much Is Twitter Worth to Facebook?
  29. Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’
  30. Puppies Power a Web Video Start-Up
  31. The Media Equation - Google Seduces With Utility








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