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American Journal of Botany

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:44:31 +0000

American Journal of Botany

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Happy worshippers, unhappy believers

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn , a social scientist at Harvard, has been looking at religion and happiness around the world. What he's found is really quite remarkable. First, some background. Previous studies, mostly done in religious countries like the USA, have tended to find that religious people ...

tomrees posted 7 hours ago from bhascience.blogspot.com

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Climategate: how they all squirmed – Telegraph Blogs

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:54:32 +0000

Among the many great amusements of the Climategate scandal are the myriad imaginative excuses being offered by the implicated scientists and their friends in the MSM as to why this isn’t a significant story. Here are some of the best: Most Unexpectedly Honourable Response: The Guardian’s ...

Fresh Bilge found this 14 hours ago on blogs.telegraph.co.uk

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The Real maccoyii: Identifying Tuna Sushi with DNA Barcodes – Contrasting Characteristic Attributes and Genetic Distances

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:06 +0000

Background The use of DNA barcodes for the identification of described species is one of the least controversial and most promising applications of barcoding. There is no consensus, however, as to what constitutes an appropriate identification standard and most barcoding efforts simply attempt ...

Wired: Wired Science found this 6 days ago on plosone.org

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:14:27 +0000

To everyone celebrating Thanksgiving today, I hope you have a happy one filled with good food and good company. Husband and I have decided to forego the usual holiday feast in favor of going to a nice restaurant this year. Didn’t seem worth it to make a turkey and trimmings for just ...

Mrs Whatsit posted 10 hours ago from ilovesciencereally.wordpress.com

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Diane M. Bunce

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:11 +0000

Welcome to Diane M. Bunce's Faculty Page Summary of Research Interests Our Chemical Education research at Catholic University deals primarily with the application of cognitive psychology to the learning and teaching of chemistry. Our current research has focused on two main areas, namely: the ...

C&ENtral Science found this 3 days ago on faculty.cua.edu

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Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:41:22 +0000

A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach, pioneered by bioengineers and immunologists at Harvard University, uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens ...

Longevity Meme News and Commentary found this 11 hours ago on eurekalert.org

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Magnetic heat shield test could use Russian launcher

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:03:45 +0000

European researchers developing a magnetic heat shield that could augment or replace the traditional ablative materials hope to make a test flight in the next decade. Under development by EADS Astrium, with support from German aerospace centre DLR and the European Space Agency, the magnetic ...

Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The ... found this 35 hours ago on flightglobal.com

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BREAKING: NZ’s NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:04:00 +0000

UPDATE 15:49 NZDT - NIWA's news release in response to this story appears to have been delayed, and according to a radio news report a few minutes ago Rodney Hide, leader of the minority Act Party and a minister in...

Watts Up With That? found this 29 hours ago on briefingroom.typepad.com

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The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody (video)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:37:52 +0000

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by QueenPurchase here: http://tinyurl.com/y87s9tq

symtym found this 43 hours ago on youtube.com

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News Detail - The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:22 +0000

Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia News: Nov 16, 2009 Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy. The study has just been published in the scientific ...

Longevity Meme News and Commentary found this 2 days ago on sahlgrenska.gu.se

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Electrical creation of spin polarization in silicon at room temperature

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:44:49 +0000

Electrical creation of spin polarization in silicon at room temperature Nature 462, 491 (2009). doi:10.1038/nature08570 Authors: Saroj P. Dash, Sandeep Sharma, Ram S. Patel, Michel P. de Jong & Ron Jansen The control and manipulation of the electron spin in semiconductors is central to spintronics, which aims to represent digital information using spin orientation rather than electron charge. Such spin-based technologies may have a profound impact on nanoelectronics, data storage, ...

Next Big Future found this 12 hours ago on nature.com

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TLS Books of the Year 2009 by Julian Barnes, Seamus Heaney, Thomas Nagel, et al

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:43:36 +0000

This is a selection of pieces from the TLS Books of the Year for the full article, see this week's issue. JULIAN BARNES The main literary event of 2009 was the death of John Updike. Generous to the last, he left us two posthumous books: in prose, My Father s Tears, and in verse, Endpoint (both ...

Evolution News & Views found this 33 hours ago on entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

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'A Virus Walks Into a Bar...' and Other Science Jokes - Brian Malow (video)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/08/Science_Laughs_Science_Comedian_Br ian_MalowScience comedian Brian Malow jokes that a virus is "the ultimat...

MolBio Research Highlights found this 5 days ago on youtube.com

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Flutist Robot WF-4RIV Learns To Improvise Rhythm (video)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:42:45 +0000

Flutist robot responds to human saxophone player, learning to copy improvised rhythm. Developed by researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo. Video presented...

Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The ... found this 37 hours ago on youtube.com

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Magician Prescriptions: Ontario Poised to Let Naturopaths Prescribe

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:16:34 +0000

The other day, I went to a magic show. The magician manipulated energy fields, pulled toxins out of my stomach, and then gave me a remedy - but there was nothing inside. Then he pulled out a prescription pad, prescribed some Tamiflu, and sent me on my way. Seem unlikely? Well, the ...

Greg Laden's Blog found this 12 days ago on skepticnorth.com

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Breast Cancer: Screening

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:00 +0000

The USPSTF recommends against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The decision to start regular, biennial screening mammography before the age of 50 years should be an individual one and take patient context into account, including the patient's values regarding specific ...

HealthHombre found this 10 days ago on ahrq.gov

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YouTube: Peer Review 1945 (video)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Herr Professor has his latest manuscript reviews back, and he's not thrilled with the editorial decision.

MolBio Research Highlights found this 3 days ago on youtube.com

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Accelerated Antarctic ice loss from satellite gravity measurements

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:36 +0000

Accelerated Antarctic ice loss from satellite gravity measurements : Article : Nature Geoscience

Climate Progress found this 3 days ago on nature.com

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Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:15 +0000

WHAT: Professional Development Workshops: 1) Mock Grant Review Panel 2) Mentoring & being mentored (or) 2b) Staffing: Hiring & being hired WHO: - New AHFMR Investigators (2006, 2007 and 2008 awardees) - Currently funded Fellows - Studentships in their final year of award. WHEN: Thursday, ...

Eureka! Science News - Popular science news found this 11 hours ago on ahfmr.ab.ca

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