Space shuttle moves to launch pad
AP - Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at its launch pad early Wednesday for a flight to send teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and six crewmates to the international space station. (Read on Source)
Bush Plugs NASA Moon Mission During Town Hall Meeting
WASHINGTON -- NASA and the vision for space exploration received a rare plug from President George W. Bush on Tuesday when the U.S. leader told a Cleveland audience why he decided in 2004 to have the space agency set its sights on the Moon. (Read on Source)
Astronomers spot most distant galaxies ever seen
LONDON (Reuters) - Astronomers using a giant telescope say they have found glimpses of the most distant -- and oldest -- galaxies ever seen, a finding that will help provide clues to the origins of the universe. (Read on Source)
Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion
AXNT20 KNHC 111043 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE ... (Read on Source)
Some Principles Of Heterodox Economics
Human actors are social and less than perfectly rational, driven by habits, routines, culture and tradition Economic systems are complex, evolving and unpredictable - and consequently equilibrium models should be viewed sceptically. (Read on Source)
Former surgeon general under Bush says some subjects were off-limits
Testifying in Congress, Dr. Richard Carmona said he was not allowed to speak about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education or prison issues. (Read on Source)
Brightly colored birds most affected by Chernobyl radiation
Brightly coloured birds are among the species most adversely affected by the high levels of radiation around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, ecologists have discovered. The findings ? published online in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology ? help explain why some species are harder hit by ionising radiation than others. ... (Read on Source)
A Plea for Justice for Jailed Medical Workers
In 2000-01, reports began to surface of an HIV-1 outbreak in approximately 400 children who were hospitalized or treated as outpatients in the Al-Fateh Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. The Libyan government accused six medical workers (five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor) of intentionally infecting these children with HIV-1. The Libyan Head ... (Read on Source)
FDA finds no strong link between tomatoes and reduced cancer risk
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review has found only limited evidence for an association between eating tomatoes and a decreased risk of certain cancers, according to an article published online July 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Read on Source)
Sun's activity rules out link to global warming
Direct measurements of solar activity show it has been declining since the mid-1980s and cannot account for recent rises in global temperatures (Read on Source)
Giant squid washes up on Australia beach
AP - A squid as long as a bus and weighing 550 pounds washed up on an Australian beach, officials said Wednesday. (Read on Source)
Health boards too big for public good: NAPE
The largest public service union in Newfoundland and Labrador wants the provincial government to appoint an inquiry into the size of its amalgamated health-care boards. (Read on Source)
Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer In Preclinical Trial
A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers have announced. (Read on Source)
Microsoft holds firm on Xbox 360 pricing
Microsoft said on it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony for the PlayStation 3. (Read on Source)
Researchers find distinctive patterns of cancer in Asian-Americans
Data from five ethnic groups shows distinctive patterns of cancer incidence that researchers said doctors should consider when treating those patients. (Read on Source)
Being Born In The USA May Not Be Good For Hispanic Health
Mexicans-Americans born and raised in the United States are less healthy than those who emigrate from Mexico, according to a new study from the University of Southern California. The research addresses a contradiction found in other studies known as the "Hispanic Paradox" -- a claim that Hispanics in the United States are healthier than whites ... (Read on Source)
Krakow's Corner: Like a home cell phone tower
Readers often write me to ask what can be done about not being able to use their cell phones inside their homes. Many people can?t find a usable cellular signal indoors. (Read on Source)
Google lets users personalize maps
Google is introducing a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide. (Read on Source)
Studie: Moore versorgen Meere mit Eisen
Unerwarteten Zusammenhängen sind Wissenschaftler um Regina Krachler von der Uni Wien auf die Schliche gekommen. Offensichtlich heizt das oft beklagte Verschwinden der Moore den Klimawandel an. (Read on Source)
Fremdsprache: Muttersprache denkt mit
Wer längere Zeit im Ausland verbringt, kennt das Gefühl: Man glaubt, nicht nur in der Zweitsprache reden, sondern auch denken zu können - und ganz ohne die eigene Muttersprache auszukommen. Forscher zeigen aber nun, dass Menschen, die mit mehr als zwölf Jahren eine Fremdsprache erlernt haben, Begriffe unbewusst zurück in ... (Read on Source)
Final act in Tripoli 6 drama being played out
The final act in the drama of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor imprisoned for seven years and sentenced to death by firing squad in Libya after being accused of deliberately infecting over 400 chidren with HIV in a children's hospital in Bengazi (see posts here ) is now being played out in the Libyan capital of Tripoli: Read the ... (Read on Source)
Speaking of Charity: Help DonorsChoose
You may or may not remember that we did a ScienceBlogs fundraiser last year for a group called "DonorsChoose" that provides small grants to teachers in poor school districts around the country. We'll probably do another in September this year (discussions are under way), but right now, they're involved in the Members Project run by American ... (Read on Source)
Nanobubbles deliver drugs via ultrasound
U.S. scientists have developed a targeted drug delivery method that uses ultrasound to image tumors, while releasing drugs from nanobubbles. (Read on Source)
35 Disney films coming to Xbox Live
Microsoft said Tuesday it struck a deal to make 35 Disney movies, such as the animated hit "Aladdin" and the action title "Armageddon," available for download on its online video game service. (Read on Source)
Protect medication like cash, says N.B. pharmacist
People who take prescribed painkillers have to be careful not to draw attention to the drugs they are taking, a Sackville pharmacy owner said Wednesday. (Read on Source)
Study: No joke for older adults
A new study suggests older adults have a harder time getting jokes as they age. The research indicates that because older adults may have greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory, they also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension. (Read on Source)
Future Mars Explorers Face Dusty Challenges
Sending astronauts to Mars will present a host of health risks, from radiation showers to sheer boredom. One of the biggest threats is the extra-fine dust that coats the planet. And the problem is, researchers have never had any sample of the powdery grit to study, so they don't know exactly how it behaves or what its health effects might be. (Read on Source)
Nowak Agreeable to Sharing Oefelein with Other Woman
During her initial interview with police, Lisa Nowak asked more than a dozen times if she could speak with Colleen Shipman, the woman she was charged with having just attacked, according to a transcript of the February interrogation. (Read on Source)
A Star with a Mystery Partner?
When stars are more massive than about 8 times the Sun, they end their lives in a spectacular exp... (Read on Source)
Stem cells for new breasts
Trials in Japan have shown that stem cells derived from fatty tissue drawn from the stomach or bottom can be used to grow new breasts for women who've had mastectomies. The stem cells are injected, then the breasts grow naturally over about six months. No side effects have been reported yet. Chemistry and Industry magazine BBC News Tummy fat ' ... (Read on Source)
Va. Finds Possible Avian Flu, Halts Poultry Sales
(AP) ROANOKE, Va. Virginia banned all live poultry sales and shows for the rest of July following the discovery of suspected avian flu antibodies in a flock of 54,000 turkeys on a Shenandoah County farm. (Read on Source)
New Findings On Sour Taste
Food manufacturers may soon have more control over the amount of sour taste that comes through in a variety of acidified food products. (Read on Source)
Fundamental Protein Instrumental To Brain Development And Repair Identified
Scientists have demonstrated conclusively that a specific protein and its signaling activity are instrumental in myelination and remyelination, processes essential to the creation and repair of the brain's white matter. This groundbreaking discovery in mouse models points the way to developing treatments to enhance healthy brain development and/ ... (Read on Source)
New Tool to Diagnose Adolescent Depression
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 1992 to 2004, the rate of hospitalization for depression has increased approximately 81% for females and 30% for males aged 5-19 years. In 2004, more than 5,000 US children and adolescents committed suicide and an additional 171,870 non-fatal self harm injury cases [...] (Read on Source)
About Fair Use Day
Fair Use rights have been under siege for a long time and from every direction. Sometimes it seems that almost anyone who makes or sells anything wants to eliminate another piece of Fair Use rights for their own gain. Manufacturers of cars and printers, media corporations, even garage door opener companies have tried to undermine Fair Use, often ... (Read on Source)
UK computer history gets new home
Plans are taking shape to set up a museum dedicated to Britain's role in the origins of modern computers. (Read on Source)
U.S. agency moves to protect penguins
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the first step toward declaring that 10 species of penguin need protection by the Endangered Species Act. (Read on Source)
Humor, Men, and Women: The Film.
As a belated follow-on to my rant on ol' Hissy Chrissy Hitchies' contention that women aren't funny , I offer this film clip via LiveScience: Humor and the Sexes . Be forewarned that you must suffer through a Yahoo ad in the beginning which pokes gentle fun at Incompetent Men and Their Tools, a subject that is always a knee-slappper. In the meat ... (Read on Source)
"That's not funny!" Or maybe it is, depending upon whether you're male or female...Credit: ScienCent
"That's not funny!" Or maybe it is, depending upon whether you're male or female...Credit: ScienCentral.com (Read on Source)
Piecing together the cyanobacteria puzzle
Blue green algae are significant species in the global carbon cycle because they transform nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into a useable nutrient, enabling photosynthesis in nutrient-poor waters. (Read on Source)
Aphids make 'chemical weapons' to fight off killer ladybirds
Cabbage aphids have developed an internal chemical defence system which enables them to disable attacking predators by setting off a mustard oil ‘bomb`, says new research published today. (Read on Source)
Schnelltest für Zeugungsfähigkeit entwickelt
Deutsche Mediziner haben einen Schnelltest entwickelt, mit dem innerhalb von 15 Minuten die Zeugungsfähigkeit des Mannes geprüft werden kann. Ein Teststreifen ermittelt, wie viele Spermien das Ejakulat enthält. (Read on Source)
Court orders EU to compensate firm over blocked takeover
AFP - A top European court ordered EU antitrust regulators Wednesday to pay damages to French firm Schneider for wrongfully blocking its takeover bid of a rival, potentially opening a floodgate to other cases. (Read on Source)
Tens of millions battle floods across China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tens of millions of residents across China on Wednesday were grappling with the threat or aftermath of disastrous floods that have killed at least 131 people in the past two weeks. (Read on Source)
Cancer cells feel the heat
Iron/iron oxide nanocomposite particles could be used to heat tumours and destroy them say scientists in the US. Ian Baker of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and colleagues have found that iron particles have a large "specific absorption rate" and so produce lots of heat. The iron particles are then coated with iron oxide, which allows the ... (Read on Source)
Sessions on national website increase with launch of Telling Stories
It has been just three weeks since our new genetics education resource went public (seems like a lifetime!). Telling Stories, Understanding Real Life Genetics is freely available at www.geneticseducation.nhs.uk/tellingstories and hosted by the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre. Before the launch on June 19th 2007, the Centre ... (Read on Source)
Runaway raccoon on Catalina Island unnerves biologists
Click "continue reading" for the daily science quiz. The raccoon photo below is a stock image, not the rascal in question. ON THE LOOSE Environment editor Pat Brennan reports that a masked fugitive is loose on Santa Catalina Island, and while the escape of an errant raccoon into the island's interior sounds kind of funny, biologists aren't ... (Read on Source)
Physics, 101
It's been one of those days. I just got back home, at 2:30am, after a very pleasant bit of work in a cafe. I was writing up my thoughts of the day into my notebook (I'm old-fashioned that way) and crafting new ones. Where was I? The 101 Cafe, of course, an LA landmark - with those lovely booths, the counter, the lighting, all classics - over ... (Read on Source)
Return of the Euler Characteristic of a Category
Tom Leinster has a follow up to The Euler characteristic of a category , which sparked a lively conversation here last October. The new one goes by the title The Euler characteristic of a category as the sum of a divergent series . Abstract: The Euler characteristic of a cell complex is often thought of as the alternating sum of the number of ... (Read on Source)
World Climate Report: lying by omission
So whats new you ask? Well nothing, but its worth pointing out. The issue in question is What do we learn from Glaciers in the Highest Altitudes In The Alps? which found (quick reminder) that though low-altitude glaciers were retreating, the very highest ones on Mt Blanc were not, because ablation is negligible there, because its too cold. This ... (Read on Source)
Tourists Get Chances to Dig Out Dinosaur Bones
For $150, you too can take part in a dinosaur dig at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. The program lets tourists grab a brush and unearth real dinosaur bones, just like a paleontologist. (Read on Source)
Mega-Eruption May Not Have Changed Human History
Continuity of stone tools above and below Indian layer of ash shows that people there survived Toba massive volcanic eruption. (Read on Source)
Rekordzahl von Dengue-Fällen in Südostasien
In Südostasien breitet sich das gefährliche Dengue-Fieber aus, die Behörden fürchten eine Rekordzahl neuer Fälle in diesem Jahr. Für Reisende in diese Gegend wird die Mitnahme von Mückenschutz empfohlen. (Read on Source)
Japan seeks stress-free tuna for finer dining
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese researchers are looking for ways to reduce stress levels in tuna caught in nearby waters, so they taste better when they hit the plate. (Read on Source)
Apple to launch Nano-based iPhone
The enthusiasm of die-hard Apple fans can gear up for the next product release -- a less expensive version of iPhone based on the iPod Nano music player later this year, said a JP Morgan report Tuesday. Apple Inc. plans to introduce ... (Read on Source)
FCC head: Hurricane shows need for redundant telecom
Widespread telephone and broadcast outages caused by Hurricane Katrina show that the U.S. needs more reliable and redundant communications systems, including a better emergency warning system, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Thursday. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin called for the U.S. government to incorporate ... (Read on Source)
Václav Klaus: Climatologists and economists
In the former Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, church bells were obliged to ring every summer to fight against lightnings and thunderstorms - a practice that was ultimately banned by the enlightened emperor Joseph II. During the first July's Saturday, hundreds of musicians across the world were playing against global warming. Although I am already ... (Read on Source)
Canadian, British And American Scientists Launch Major New Genome Partnership To Catalogue All Commo
An international team will use state-of-the-art, high-density microarrays and new computer algorithms to improve the detection of variants in the human genome which are implicated in various diseases. The new systems are the foundation of Phase 2 of the Genome Structural Variation Consortium, which was set up in 2004 and seeks to identify ... (Read on Source)
Katrina devastation not unrivaled, analysis finds
If the Great Storm of 1900 had hit Galveston two years ago, it would have inflicted $72 billion in damage, nearly as much as Hurricane Katrina, researchers say. (Read on Source)
The Tzolkin: Music for positive planetary consciousness.
Positive planetary climate change requires positive planetary consciousness change. http://www.DarkMother.com Twenty years ago, I was sitting in my little studio in Los Angeles, CA, sequencing and recording the first acoustic translations of the Mayan Sacred Calendar, the Tzolkin, and shifting into what was being called the "Harmonic Convergence." (Read on Source)
Studie: Jeder dritte Praktikant fühlt sich ausgebeutet
Österreichische Praktikanten haben es nicht leicht: Von über 400 Befragten fühlt sich jeder Dritte ausgebeutet. Unter jenen, die bereits ein Studium abgeschlossen haben, ist die Unzufriedenheit doppelt so hoch. (Read on Source)
Ask not what your school of government can do for you
PROFESSORSHIPS AT HARVARD’S KENNEDY SCHOOL The Kennedy School of Government seeks to appoint exceptional scholars to tenure-track positions at the nexus of psychology, public policy and public leadership We especially seek individuals with research interests related to public policy and public leadership from the fields of social psychology, (Read on Source)
On the Lighter Side...
( click here to view ) Bruce Beattie Daytona Beach News-Journal Jul 11, 2007 EditorialCartoonists.com (Read on Source)
Faster and "greener" supercomputer
The 22nd International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'07) recently came to a close in Dresden, Germany. The four-day conference set a record for having the largest attendance of information giants and exhibitors. The 29th and latest global ... (Read on Source)
Over on L2si
Taking a first peek through the world's largest telescope . (Read on Source)
The Fires of Heaven
In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times best seller The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan again plunges us into his extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world.... (Read on Source)
Speaker for the Dead
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared... (Read on Source)
What is a climate disinformation activist and former Cheney speechwriter doing as #2 at DOE Science?
Jeffrey Salmon is the Associate Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to moving to DOE, from 1991-2001 he was Executive Director of the George C. Marshall Institute, a key actor in the global warming disinformation campaign. In 1998 he participated in the development of a now-notorious oil industry-sponsored plan to ... (Read on Source)
Firms breaching data protection
A "horrifying" number of organisations have breached data protection rules in the past year, a report says. (Read on Source)
REVIEW: Queen of Candesce by Karl Schroeder
Continuing our clearly groundbreaking series of chat-like reviews, John and JP discuss Karl Schroeder's second Virga novel, Queen of Candesce . Queen of Candesce is Karl Schroeder's second Virga book and follows the hugely popular Sun of Suns . In it, Venera Fanning, last left sailing through the air-filled world of Virga, comes to Spyre, one of ... (Read on Source)
Moles 'good indicator to ageing'
King's College London scientists compared key ageing DNA with the number of moles in a study of 1,800 twins. They found the more moles a person had, the more likely their DNA was to have the properties to fight off ageing. (Read on Source)
Xbox revamp hits Europe in summer
Microsoft announces an updated version of its Xbox 360 for Europe, designed to display high definition video. (Read on Source)
Unreal Meetings
Second Life's virtual conference rooms might be more useful if they didn't resemble their real-world counterparts. (Read on Source)
Pat Sullivan and Marketing Darwin
On June 18th, blogger Pat Sullivan posted his thoughts on the difficulties that Darwinists are having with the public acceptance of their theory. Pat is an entrepreneur and a marketing expert who is the creator of ACT! and SalesLogix, software programs that help businesses with marketing and customer relations. When it comes to marketing, he ... (Read on Source)
Doggerel #49: "Ad Hominem"
Welcome back to "Doggerel," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. Since skeptics like me love to point out logical fallacies, the woos are starting to shout out names of logical fallacies without any understanding of them. One of the fallacies most commonly abused in this manner is the ad ... (Read on Source)
New Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
A study by researchers in Oregon finds that secondhand smoke increases the levels of a known carcinogen in waitstaff and bartenders at a surprisingly fast rate (Read on Source)
Medicare Fraud Rampant in LA, Miami
Providers of medical equipment in two hotbeds of Medicare fraud -- Los Angeles and South Florida -- will have to reapply to do business with the government and undergo inspections, officials said Monday (Read on Source)
Man Flies from Oregon to Idaho Using Party Balloons
Kent Couch, a 43-year-old Oregon man, flew 193 miles last weekend in a lawn-chair, strapped to a cluster of 105 helium-filled balloons. Apparently, he hit speeds of up to 25 MPH, and was able to control his altitude, rising with... (Read on Source)
Glenn and Millard Foundations Support SENS3
When looking at the most impressive list of presentations set out for this year's Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence conference (SENS3) , we should take a moment to acknowledge the generous donors who help to make it possible: "$25,000 from the Millard Foundation; $10,000 from the Glenn Foundation; $1,000 from HMX, Inc.; $1,000 from ... (Read on Source)
What would you do with a petaflop?
The Blue Brain Project of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) currently uses an IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer, reaching peaks of 22.4 teraflops (flops=Floating Point Operations Per Second), to simulate a model of a mammalian neocortical column composed of 10'000 neurons (Markram, 2006). IBM recently announced the release of the ... (Read on Source)
New Blogs
Two of my agent's (Jenny Rappaport) other clients have started blogs: Nathalie Mallet, author of PRINCES OF THE GOLDEN CAGE (Night Shade Books, August 2007) and Dave Williams, author of THE MIRRORED HEAVENS (Bantam, July 2008). (Read on Source)
SF Tidbits for
Matthew Hughes has posted the first chapter of his new Henghis Hapthorn novel on his website. The previous Hapthorn novel was Majestrum . [via SF Canada ] Stefanie at So Many Books is talking about The Mainstreaming of Speculative Fiction . Strange Horizons is now offering contributing authors the option of releasing their fiction under a ... (Read on Source)
Spacey Will Return As Lex
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in “Superman: Man of Steel,” according to Variety. The entertainment paper went on to state that “Superman” director Bryan Singer met with Spacey while in New York to pitch his “Man of Steel” sequel to Warner Bros. execs and got Spacey to come on board for the next film [... (Read on Source)
Vlad the Impaler Finds Direction With Proyas
Universal Pictures has hired director Alex Proyas (”I, Robot”) to helm the studio’s newest take on the story that started it all for blood suckers. The origin of Vlad the Impaler is examined in “Dracula Year Zero.” Vlad was one of the first recorded persons to sell his soul over to Satan, however, he [...] (Read on Source)
How to Geek Your Accessories: PowerBook Earrings
With apologies to the real How to Green Your Accessories , these awesome PowerBook earrings fall somewhere in between solving all of our e-waste problems and showing that recycling can be geek chic; at least you'll have something to go with your hard drive belt . Wonder what Greenpeace thinks ... (Read on Source)
Follow the Money Back to King Coal
Deep Throat said "Follow the money" and notwithstanding concerns about coal and its effect on global warming, right now the big money is investing in it. According to Forbes Magazine, "Railroads across the country are spending hundreds of millions of dollars buying locomotives, adding track and building cars. Much of the activity is focused on ... (Read on Source)
Earth as a Classroom - Devon Island Update
Editor's note: Five Live webcams are now online on Devon Island at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station Earth as a Classroom , SpaceRef "In July 2007 several hundred students will get look over the shoulder of space researchers at a remote research base in the Canadian arctic. The place: Devon Island, a place many call "Mars on Earth". Our ... (Read on Source)
Signs Of Climate Progress: Advanced Technology Options For Congress To Consider
There is talk in the major papers of the US Congress pursuing a "compromise" climate bill. You know the drill: won't hurt the US economy (note use of pain metaphor); won't cause job loss (too late for that); won't embarrass presidential candidates in Congress; and, ideally, makes industry insiders look practical and compromising. The idea is for ... (Read on Source)
Decoding The Evolution Of Flowers: From Genomes To Petals
Via: Science Daily Unlike moths and butterflies that are often brilliantly colored to warn potential predators that they carry toxins, flowers and the fruits they produce have brilliant colors and unusual shapes because they want to attract the attention of pollinators and frugivores who will disperse their pollen and seed, thus guaranteeing the ... (Read on Source)
Large scale animal cloning unlikely: scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - Cloning animals will not be useful on a large scale but the technology offers farmers an important tool to increase food production and protect animals from disease, scientists said on Tuesday. (Read on Source)
DC Madam's 2nd Victim
Of course, they are victims of no one but themselves, but we now have the second outing of a prominent Washington figure who did business with Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Washington prostitution ring (the first was Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias, who resigned in April). He is David Vitter, the Republican senator from Louisiana - a married ... (Read on Source)
Look! A contest!
The NCSE is running a contest to design a new logo . Guidelines are at the link; If you've got any graphical talent at all, send something in. Fame and glory and a free subscription to Reports of the NCSE could be yours! Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Call to lift ban on feeding fishmeal and fish oil to ruminants
THE European Parliament has adopted a report by MEP Struan Stevenson calling on the Commission and the Council to lift the ban on feeding fishmeal and fish oil to ruminants. (Read on Source)
Young's seafood sustainability approach receives independent accreditation
YOUNG'S unique ?Fish for Life? approach ? and within this its ?Ten Principles for Responsible Fish Procurement? - has received independent validation. (Read on Source)
: Unearthing Qin Shi Huang's Terra-Cotta Army
Archeologists excavate a magnificent army of life-size statues, exact in detail and assembled to protect China's powerful emperor. (Read on Source)
Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids
A small coterie of devoted professionals and amateurs developing fully articulated, humanoid, and even sinuously dancing robots a reality. (Read on Source)
CFP "mistakes" must not be repeated, says MEP
THE European Parliament is today backing proposals for a European Maritime policy which one MEP said today must not repeat fish policy mistakes. (Read on Source)
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