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February 22nd, Brennan 205
11:30am - 12:45pm
Science, Medicine, Technology



Science

  1. How short fathers affect babies
  2. Fur Color Linked to Dog Personality
  3. Left-handers 'think' more quickly
  4. Genetics of eye colour unlocked
  5. Biologists find biological clock for smell in mice
  6. Don't Whistle While You Work
  7. Newsroom Special Reports
  8. Today@UCI: Press Releases:
  9. All itches not created equal -- Different parts of brain activated depending on cause
  10. Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible
  11. Rogue theory of smell gets a boost - Physicists check out a bold hypothesis for how the nose works.
  12. Built in compass helps bats find their way home - Big brown bats usemagnetic field to navigate long distance.
  13. The mutation that takes away pain - Studies of rare disorder shed light on pain mechanism.
  14. Fat people harbour 'fat' microbes - Your gut bacteria may help to determine your holiday weight gain.
  15. Dragon virgin births startle zoo keepers - Non-sexual reproduction could lower the fitness of captive animals.
  16. Genomic atlas of the mouse brain revealed
  17. Why altruism paid off for our ancestors
  18. Unleash your inner bloodhound – start sniffing 
  19. When Science Sniffs Around the Kitchen
  20. Clue to mental illness all in the nose 
  21. The Truth Behind Women's Brains
  22. Humans Migrated From Africa 'Recently'
  23. Parrot Talk More Clever Than Thought
  24. Liberalism and neurology | Free to choose?
  25. Big bird-brains boost beneficial behaviours
  26. US plans permanent base on Moon
  27. Psychopaths' brains 'different'
  28. Longevity gene keeps mind sharp
  29. Scan shows how brains plot future
  30. Planet hunter readies for launch
  31. BAustralia ponders climate future
  32. Big ice shelf's disappearing act
  33. Hungry ancients 'turned cannibal'
  34. Mars rovers are taught new tricks
  35. Robotic baby seal wins top award
  36. College harnesses cow pat power
  37. Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Until Tomorrow -- A 10-year study of procrastination provides insights into--and a formula for--human motivation
  38. Fido Can Place Your Face
  39. Physics news Update 783
  40. Dark Energy at Redshift Z=1
  41. The triumph of unreason?
  42. Gene tied to longevity also preserves ability to think clearly
  43. Activation of brain region predicts altruism
  44. Estrogen curbs appetite in same way as the hormone leptin
  45. Early-to-Bed Mouse Illuminates Workings of Circadian Clock
  46. Ancient Cave Art Full of Teenage Graffiti
  47. Animal researchA matter of life and death : Article : Nature
  48. Table of contents : Nature
  49. Octopus skin yields bright discovery - Natural proteins act as super reflectors.
  50. Slim waists may top the list - An hourglass waistline has impressed men for centuries.
  51. Climate change alters seals' sexual selection - earth
  52. Bats speak up to avoid a jam
  53. NIDA Researchers Complete Unprecedented Scan of Human Genome That May Help Unlock the Genetic Contribution to Tobacco Addiction
  54. Experience Sculpts Brain Circuitry to Build Resiliency to Stress
  55. Scientists Predict Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Reduce Density of Earth's Outermost Atmosphere by 2017 
  56. A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School
  57. A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School
  58. Always Revealing, Human Skin Is an Anthropologist’s Map
  59. Magical Thinking: Why Do People Cling to Odd Rituals?
  60. Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and Bad Publicity
  61. Fish Know Who's Boss
  62. Caverns give up huge fossil haul
  63. Perchance to Hibernate
  64. China admits to climate failings
  65. Blair sees hope of climate deal
  66. Antarctic hill surprises experts
  67. Immune system 'brakes' found
  68. Climate resets 'Doomsday Clock'
  69. Evangelicals, Scientists Join on Warming
  70. A Coalition for Firm Limit on Emissions 
  71. Melting of glaciers 'speeds up'
  72. Frozen sea may harbour Mars life
  73. Brazil nuts' path to preservation
  74. 'Hobbit' human 'is a new species'
  75. Queensland to drink waste water
  76. Prince wins environmental award
  77. 'Bottleneck' slows brain activity
  78. Menstrual mood swings may have a use after all - sex - 29 January 2007 - New Scientist
  79. Mutant gene shatters nerves
  80. Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare
  81. 'Terror birds' never met humans
  82. Wild wolves 'good for ecosystems'
  83. Gay sheep and human destiny
  84. Brain’s Reward Circuit Activity Ebbs and Flows with a Woman’s Hormonal Cycle
  85. Domestic Violence in the Jungle
  86. Repressed Memory
  87. Male-killer makes female butterflies promiscuous 
  88. A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects - New York Times
  89. 16 Mind-Blowing Microphotographs of Living Things -- Prize-winning microviews of everything from mouse retinas to slime mold: Click here to launch the image gallery
  90. DNA clue to presidential puzzle
  91. Prehistoric lovers found locked in eternal embrace
  92. Haggard Pronounced ‘Completely Heterosexual’
  93. NPR : Can Thoughts and Action Change Our Brains?
  94. NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Discuss New Data Showing Similarities in the Processes Underlying Craving for Food and Drugs, February 7, 2007 News Release
  95. Biggest curriculum overhaul at Harvard in 30 years
  96. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Telescope mirror nears completion
  97. Wizardry at Harvard: Physicists Move Light - New York Times
  98. Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Ingredient in Male Sweat Raises Women's Hormone Levels -- Acting as a pheromone many in other animals, a steroid from male sweat caused the elevation of a hormone tied to stress and mood in women
  99. BBC NEWS | Health | Why women fall for 'Mr Average'
  100. Common Gene Version Optimizes Thinking–but With a Possible Downside
  101. No sleep means no new brain cells
  102. A Princeton Lab on ESP Plans to Close Its Doors
  103. Cool clouds turn light to matter
  104. Believing Scripture but Playing by Science’s Rules
  105. Facial Recognition - Brain - Faces, Faces Everywhere
  106. Sleep well before learning something new - being-human
  107. Oldest chimp tools found in West Africa - Apes could have passed down skills for thousands of years.
  108. Facial Recognition - Brain - Faces, Faces Everywhere
  109. BBC NEWS | Health | Mice cloned from skin stem cells
  110. Evolution of science standards continues in Kansas
  111. Squid vid shows swimming surprise - Pictures from the depths reveal luminous and speedy animal.
  112. Rats isolate their whiskers to feel their way
  113. ScienCentral Video News: Romance Genes
  114. Kansas: Anti-Evolution Guidelines Are Repealed - New York Times
  115. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Light is shed on darkest galaxies
  116. Photos Reveal Mars Had Water Underground - New York Times
  117. Study Questions Prospects for Much Lower Emissions - New York Times
  118. Canada’s House Backs Steep Emission Cuts - New York Times
  119. Antarctic water world uncovered
  120. Rocks reveal Mars' watery past
  121. Brain creates 'new' nerve cells
  122. Action plan for killer asteroids
  123. Creating a 'sulphur screen'
  124. Chimpanzee Stone Age: Finds in Africa rock prehistory of tools:
  125. Brain creates 'new' nerve cells
  126. Nasa's aurora mission blasts off
  127. Robot watches out for rare bird
  128. Action plan for killer asteroids
  129. Astronauts should 'ski the Moon'
  130. 'Now or never' for climate action
  131. Google co-founder: Science needs entrepreneurs



Medicine  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology

  1. Scans 'can predict schizophrenia'
  2. Birth control in good taste
  3. Hysteria Is All in Your Head
  4. Depression often seen with chronic cough
  5. New dyslexia theory blames 'noise'
  6. Seeing a neurotoxin's deadly grip
  7. Antidepressants a Suicide Risk for Young Adults
  8. In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt
  9. Alcohol may offer protection against arthritis
  10. Mental Exercise Helps Maintain Some Seniors’ Thinking Skills
  11. Diabetes breakthrough
  12. Vitamin D may cut multiple sclerosis risk, study finds
  13. New Chemical Is Said to Provide Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease - New York Times
  14. Triplets for woman with two wombs
  15. Researchers 'grow' heart arteries
  16. Prions removed from animal blood - Filtration technique could make transfusions safer, its inventors say.
  17. Magnet Therapy Proves Effective ... in Attracting Your Money
  18. Hopes for Alzheimer's treatment
  19. Women with migraines more likely to have depression
  20. Hormone balance clue to bulimia
  21. Cartoons to aid autistic children
  22. Snap decisions sometimes the best
  23. Featured Articles : Neuroscience Gateway
  24. Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years
  25. Scientists Discover a New Risk Factor for Alzheimer's
  26. An ingredient in curry shows promise for treating Alzheimer's, cancer and other diseases
  27. Expert Ties Ex-Player’s Suicide to Brain Damage
  28. Boosting Brain Power May Be Steps Away, Study Finds That Six Months Of Walking Increased Participants' Memory And Attention Span
  29. 'Tobacco pandemic' fuelled by nicotine hike - health
  30. Social status helps you live longer - being-human
  31. Worms may keep multiple sclerosis at bay - Parasitic infections could stop the immune system from self-attack.
  32. 'Altruistic' brain region found
  33. Dog-owners 'lead healthier lives'
  34. Defence cell genetics unscrambled
  35. Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus
  36. Teenage pregnancy myth dismissed
  37. Vitamin pill for prostate cancer
  38. Brain cancers shrink in drug test
  39. Folic acid boosts elderly brains
  40. Thinness 'poses miscarriage risk'
  41. Milk gland cancers treatment clue
  42. Fridge magnets 'can be a killer'
  43. New research suggests oxytocin's potential for treatment of two core autism symptom domains
  44. Getting a Grip on the Winter Blues
  45. China Aids patients win damages
  46. Obesity 'to fuel rise in cancers'
  47. Fear centre is shrunken in severely autistic brains - A hyperactive amygdala may cause its own self-destruction.
  48. Study Finds Medication Raises Suicide Risks in Young Adults
  49. New vCJD scare rocks the UK - health - 08 December 2006
  50. Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Epilepsy drug treats sleep-related eating disorder
  51. 'Social Dementia' Decimates Special Neurons
  52. Drink 'cuts brain injury damage'
  53. Chemical may stop alcohol craving
  54. Quest for battery-free pacemaker
  55. Olive oil 'can cut cancer risk'
  56. Obesity link to gut bug balance
  57. Key to why cancer kills so often
  58. Protein key to parasite potency
  59. Trans Fat Diet
  60. Cloned Beef Safety
  61. Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia
  62. Vehicle fumes 'stunt lung growth'
  63. Stress 'harms brain in the womb'
  64. Brain's 'addiction centre' found
  65. Carbon monoxide may protect against MS symptoms
  66. MRI More Sensitive Than CT in Diagnosing Most Common Form of Acute Stroke, Finds NIH Study
  67. Addiction Subtraction: Brain damage curbs cigarette urge
  68. Braces 'may not boost happiness'
  69. Cancer therapy 'shortens penises'
  70. Gum disease cancer link disputed
  71. Pregnancy caffeine 'reassurance'
  72. Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan
  73. Treatment questioned for T.O. and other stars
  74. Edinburgh and East | Scientists shed light on research
  75. Europe's abortion rules
  76. World's oldest person dies at 114
  77. One sleep disorder throws light on another - Treatment based on narcolepsy could promote sleep in insomniacs.
  78. A potential cure for colic.
  79. Vaginal birth boosts risk of baby brain haemorrhage
  80. Schizophrenia tied to low prostate cancer risk
  81. Targeting Tau: Inflammation Study Suggests New Approach for Fighting Alzheimer’s
  82. Early Fix: Prion disease remedied in mice
  83. Depression, loneliness tied to physical ills
  84. Loneliness link with Alzheimer's
  85. Addicts brave withdrawal trial
  86. In Rigorous Test, Talk Therapy Works for Panic Disorders
  87. Repressed memories a recent development? - No one wrote about this condition until the 1800s.
  88. 'Low' vCJD death toll from blood
  89. Anaesthetic linked to Alzheimer's
  90. Scientists Learn the Origin of Rogue B Cells
  91. Second person tested for bird flu
  92. FDA Approves Non-Prescription Diet Pill
  93. Autism-spectrum disorder reversed in mice
  94. 1 in 150 Children in U.S. Has Autism, New Survey Finds
  95. Autism-like disorder 'reversible'
  96. Why exercise gets harder with age
  97. High copper levels tied to postpartum depression
  98. Survey Puts New Focus on Binge Eating as a Diagnosis
  99. Brain 'cannabis' Parkinson's hope
  100. Menstrual cycle injury risk link
  101. Inner ear implant may bring balance back
  102. NIDA Unveils its First Consumer Publication to Explain the Science of Addiction,  Institutes of Health (NIH)
  103. Scientists expose HIV weak spot
  104. Heart risk pinned down for women
  105. Regional Variation Seen in Heart Disease Rate
  106. Fish in pregnancy 'benefits baby'
  107. Viagra used to save baby's life
  108. Most spiking cases 'just drunk'
  109. Original heart hope of Viagra realised
  110. Tests show morphine eases coughs
  111. Women's desks 'harbour more bugs'
  112. Women's desks 'harbour more bugs'
  113. Autism gene breakthrough hailed
  114. Virtual treatment for US troops




Technology 
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology


  1. Britney still top of Yahoo search
  2. Technology | 'Most websites' failing disabled
  3. Magazine | What Alex did next
  4. AMD: New Chips Consume Half the Power of Core 2 Duo
  5. Toshiba Breaks New Record: 100GB For 1.8-Inch HDD
  6. Novell Adds Microsoft's Open XML to OpenOffice
  7. A Virtual Chalkboard For Budding NFL Fans
  8. Skype users to get lie detectors
  9. Dealing with toxic computer waste
  10. Emotion-aware teaching software tracks student attention
  11. H.P. to Report an Advance in Adaptable Circuitry
  12. Record firms sue Russian MP3 site
  13. Safer laptop batteries produced
  14. Social networks top Google search
  15. Toshiba joins European DVD battle
  16. Hydrogen-Powered Lawnmowers?
  17. Study Says Tapping of Granite Could Unleash Energy Source 
  18. Researchers Go Molecular in Design of a Denser Chip 
  19. Recycled satellite radio planned
  20. Mobiles navigate the future
  21. Nintendo profits boosted by Wii
  22. Chips push through nano-barrier
  23. Recycled satellite radio planned
  24. YouTubers to get ad money share
  25. Hi-def DVD security is bypassed
  26. Net 'backbone' has security patch
  27. The Skype roadmap: Trial and error
  28. Science/Nature | US military looks to 'black ice'
  29. Office 2007, the most annoying computer upgrade since Windows 95.
  30. Vista security claim challenged
  31. In Praise of Braise
  32. Test riding first hydrogen bike
  33. Army Is Going Wrinkle-Free; Velcro Becomes Norm
  34. Hackers attack heart of the net
  35. Apple seeks online music shake-up
  36. Warning over ePassport microchips
  37. Science backs nuclear burial plan
  38. Would free-ranging stop bird flu?
  39. Iraqis use internet to survive war
  40. Microsoft fixes 20 security holes
  41. Digital neighbourhood watch plan
  42. Home network security scrutinised
  43. Microsoft fixes 20 security holes
  44. Daylight-saving bug could foil computers m
  45. Scientists dubious of quantum computer claims
  46. From video gamer to surgery ace? It could happen, study suggests
  47. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us



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