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Science, Medicine and Technology
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October 28th - 11:30am
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Science

 
  1. Hubble telescope fails; NASA to delay shuttle - CNN.com
  2. In the language of love, money talks - sex - 29 September 2008 - New Scientist
  3. Nerds rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of sex - sex - 03 October 2008 - New Scientist
  4. Female birds sacrifice health to create more colourful eggs : Nature News
  5. This Is Getting Out of Control -- Miller 2008 (1002): 2 -- ScienceNOW
  6. Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders - CNN.com
  7. Three Physicists Share Nobel Prize - NYTimes.com
  8. Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize - NYTimes.com
  9. One in 4 Mammals Threatened With Extinction, Group Finds - NYTimes.com
  10. Seeing Red and Blue Can Divide a Species — of Fish - NYTimes.com
  11. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Deepest ever' living fish filmed
  12. BBC NEWS | Health | Telescope detects odd-ball object
  13. BBC NEWS | Health | Testicles 'are stem cell source'
  14. NASA - Giant Liquid Telescopes on the Moon
  15. The Come-Hither Voice -- Zelkowitz 2008 (1008): 3 -- ScienceNOW
  16. http://www.newscientist.com/ article/mg20026775.400-love- is-the-drug-for-male-finches. html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref= news1_head_mg20026775.400
  17. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
  18. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Nasa committed to Mars rover plan
  19. Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds - NYTimes.com
  20. Skin Deep - Computer Program Produces Image of an Ideal You - NYTimes.com
  21. Protective Instinct Drives the Urge to Punish Wall Street - NYTimes.com
  22. BIOETHICS: Students Learn How, Not What, to Think About Difficult Issues -- Miller 322 (5899): 186a -- Science
  23. Addicted Brain Changes | ScienCentral | Science Videos | Science News
  24. In Puppy Play, It's Ladies First : Discovery News
  25. Mapping the Spine, Gene by Gene: Scientific American
  26. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Predators could be superweed fix
  27. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'New pathway' for African exodus
  28. BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Yeti hairs' belong to a goat
  29. BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Bat sightings point to recovery
  30. A Guiding Glow to Track the Movement of Proteins - NYTimes.com
  31. NASA Ready to Reboot Hubble - NYTimes.com
  32. Observatory - Rising Temperatures May Dry Up Peat Bogs, Causing Carbon Release - NYTimes.com
  33. Scientist at Work - James W. Pennebaker - Psychologist James Pennebaker Counts, and Analyzes, Words - Biography - NYTimes.com
  34. An Ape Shows Its Killer Instincts -- Gibbons 2008 (1014): 2 -- ScienceNOW
  35. Grieving voles hint at why human relationships last - being-human - 15 October 2008 - New Scientist
  36. A Perspective on 3-D Illusions: Scientific American
  37. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New spark in classic experiments
  38. The DNA Age - Taking a Peek at the Experts’ Genetic Secrets - Series - NYTimes.com
  39. American Dream a Biological Impossibility, Neuroscientist Says | Wired Science from Wired.com
  40. Creationists declare war over the brain - opinion - 22 October 2008 - New Scientist
  41. From the Desk of David Pogue - An Interview With E.O. Wilson, the Father of the Encyclopedia of Life - NYTimes.com
  42. Science News / Nicotine's New Appeal
  43. Early bird gets the better song : Nature News
  44. Thanks for Erasing the Memories -- Miller 2008 (1023): 1 -- ScienceNOW
  45. Why Dogs Don't Enjoy Music: Scientific American
  46. Searching for Intelligence in Our Genes: Scientific American

Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology


  1. BBC NEWS | Health | Penicillin bug genome unravelled
  2. BBC NEWS | Health | Breastfeeding 'cuts cancer risk'
  3. Bad boys can blame behaviour on their hormones - being-human - 30 September 2008 - New Scientist
  4. Heart Patients Should Be Screened for Depression - washingtonpost.com
  5. BBC NEWS | Health | Computers could read mammograms
  6. Science News / Genetic Link To Dyslexia
  7. BBC NEWS | Health | New twist in brain obesity riddle
  8. Depression and suicidal thoughts in medical students. - By Sydney Spiesel - Slate Magazine
  9. Top Psychiatrist Didn’t Report Drug Makers’ Pay - NYTimes.com
  10. Three Europeans Win 2008 Nobel for Medicine - NYTimes.com
  11. Blood test for Down's syndrome unveiled : Nature News
  12. Some coma patients 'feel pain' - health - 07 October 2008 - New Scientist
  13. Fan in Room Seems to Cut Infants’ Risk of Crib Death - NYTimes.com
  14. A Conversation With Joseph Derisi - Biologist Joseph DeRisi and His Virus Detector - The ViroChip - Interview - NYTimes.com
  15. Vital Signs - Treatment - Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Women Is 2 for 1 - NYTimes.com
  16. BBC NEWS | Health | Single jab cancer therapy backed
  17. BBC NEWS | Health | 'End in sight' for elephantiasis
  18. BBC NEWS | Health | Circumcision HIV impact doubted
  19. BBC NEWS | Health | 'Vaccinate now' to bea
  20. BBC NEWS | Health | Painkillers 'cut breast cancer' t bird flu
  21. BBC - Newsbeat - Health - Taking herb 'helps depression'
  22. BBC NEWS | Health | Probiotics 'worthless' for eczema
  23. Experts Conclude Pfizer Manipulated Studies - NYTimes.com
  24. BBC NEWS | Health | Gut 'tasting' could beat poisons
  25. Vital Signs - Guidelines Suggest Less Colorectal Screening in Elderly - NYTimes.com
  26. The pepperoni pizza hypothesis | Eureka! Science News
  27. The Drug Czar’s Report Card: F - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com
  28. Study Warns of Hearing Loss From Music Players - NYTimes.com
  29. New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition - washingtonpost.com
  30. Doubling of Vitamin D for Children Is Urged - NYTimes.com
  31. BBC NEWS | Health | Gene scan to predict hair loss
  32. Investigating Serotonin's Role in SIDS: Scientific American
  33. BBC NEWS | Health | Parkinson's linked to vitamin D
  34. BBC NEWS | Health | Brain boost drugs 'growing trend'
  35. BBC NEWS | UK | Suicide workshops for the over-50s
  36. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Shark blood 'offers cancer hope'
  37. BBC NEWS | Health | Common fibre a 'true superfood'
  38. BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain'
  39. The Scan That Didn’t Scan - NYTimes.com
  40. Worrisome Pneumococcus Infection Eludes a Leading Children’s Vaccine - NYTimes.com
  41. Personal Health - A Push for Adding B12, Though Effectiveness Is Unclear - NYTimes.com
  42. BBC NEWS | Health | Brain signals predict weight gain
  43. BBC NEWS | Health | Obesity 'lifts inflammation risk'
  44. BBC NEWS | Health | Diabetes aspirin use questioned
  45. BBC NEWS | Health | How to wash your hands properly
  46. BBC NEWS | Health | Women 'unaware of alcohol threat'
  47. BBC NEWS | Health | Call to end doctor abortion power
  48. BBC NEWS | Health | Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's
  49. Heroin-assisted treatment safe and effective: study
  50. BBC NEWS | Health | High summits 'could harm brain'
  51. BBC NEWS | Health | Job choice 'affects Alzheimer's'
  52. More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Suggest - NYTimes.com
  53. Inherited Obesity is Amplified Across Generations | ScienCentral | Science Videos | Science News
  54. BBC NEWS | Health | Drug may reverse MS brain damage
  55. Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Placebos - NYTimes.com
  56. BBC NEWS | Health | Anti-obesity drug use suspended
  57. Sales of Test for Ovarian Cancer Halted - NYTimes.com


Technology


  1. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Falcon rocket success for SpaceX
  2. BBC NEWS | Technology | Fast forward for mobile broadband
  3. From the Desk of David Pogue - Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User - NYTimes.com
  4. Capitalism to the Rescue - Green Tech Rising - NYTimes.com
  5. The Long Countdown - One Way Up - U.S. Space Plan Relies on Russia - Series - NYTimes.com
  6. State of the Art - For Purists, a Cut Above in Movies - NYTimes.com
  7. Basics - It Comes in Beige or Black, but You Make It Green - NYTimes.com
  8. Editor of Note, Now on the Web - Tina Brown’s Site of Her Own, The Daily Beast - NYTimes.com
  9. Video Game Review - Star Wars - The Force Unleashed - From Passive to Active in a Galaxy Far Away - NYTimes.com
  10. Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend - Algebra - NYTimes.com
  11. Seeking Broader Reach for Social Web Sites - NYTimes.com
  12. The Future of Reading - Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers - Series - NYTimes.com
  13. Observatory - A New Flexibility With Thin Solar Cells - NYTimes.com
  14. BBC NEWS | Technology | Firefox users gain location tool
  15. BBC NEWS | Technology | Cars set to get parental controls
  16. BBC NEWS | Technology | Search engine Ask gets a facelift
  17. From the Desk of David Pogue - ‘High-Performance Eyewear’? Guess Again. - NYTimes.com
  18. Basics - How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Tolerate Vista - NYTimes.com
  19. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
  20. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | In bloom: growing algae for biofuel
  21. Basics - How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Tolerate Vista - NYTimes.com
  22. 5 Reasons to Finally Ditch Cable - NYTimes.com
  23. Bicycle Commuter Tax Break Is a Bittersweet Victory for Measure’s Sponsor - NYTimes.com
  24. New machine prints sheets of light - CNN.com
  25. Taser-proof clothing creates new hazard - tech - 10 November 2007 - New Scientist Tech
  26. BBC NEWS | Technology | Handsets to become crime targets
  27. Drunk, and Dangerous, at the Keyboard - NYTimes.com
  28. With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus - NYTimes.com
  29. Security Flaw Is Revealed in T-Mobile’s Google Phone - NYTimes.com
  30. State of the Art - Pro Quality Without Reflex Lens - NYTimes.com
  31. TV Prices Falling Faster - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  32. Musk Unplugged: Tesla C.E.O. Discusses Car Troubles - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  33. Google Founders’ Fighter Jet Will Fly NASA Missions - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  34. Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  35. Sun Loses Co-Founder to Start-Up - NYTimes.com
  36. Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch | InfoWorld | News | 2008-10-23 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
  37. Basics - You Know About Backups. Now, Do It Online. - NYTimes.com
  38. Phone Smart - Taking Your Wi-Fi Cafe With You, but Not Everywhere - NYTimes.com
  39. From a Strip of Scotch Tape, X-Rays - NYTimes.com





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