http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:16 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_1 791f3e0c784c9ebe967ea17f3bf15921 The pitched battle between evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design has become one of the signature conflicts of the decade. On Pharyngula, PZ Myers picks up the pieces after his debate with Jerry Bergman on whether ID should be taught in schools. Unambiguously he writes, "creationists are not the heralds of a coming paradigm shift; they are ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T01:55:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_2 962b7e45fa0ead38716f89f61d097ac2 "Do you think science in science fiction movies would be better if science education were better in the United States?" This is of particular relevance to me since the home video release of Star Trek was this last Tuesday, and while watching with my wife I alternated my enjoyment of seeing the franchise revived with the aggravation of the science ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_3 dae73b9e27382d0f5895a08af06202d9 ​Back in January, a Dallas-based company that sells bottled water -- pardon, a "natural spring water ... created from all natural ingredients including extracts of alfalfa stems and leaves, milk whey and enzymes from pineapple and papaya" -- asked the University of Texas's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center if it wouldn't mind testing its magic potion. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:58:27-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_4 540ac8fe67fe26cfb4942dfc93990330 Yale Environment 360: Major corporations in the U.S. have shown an increased willingness to voluntarily reduce their impact on climate change despite a sluggish economy, according to... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_5 6e9700294fd486d1b6430e9d6da7c987 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_6 606470e1d33d4c173cd42e0dec2b9e43 Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: the rise of the tiny medibots, the colliders that will follow the LHC, and an interview with Belle de Jour (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:17:30Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_7 069b05f7858d3c2551056c0e3bff6a57 Quebec woman Nathalie Blanchard poses on the beach in a Facebook photograph that convinced her insurance company that she was no longer depressed. Can you really determine someone’s mental state by looking at a photograph? Manulife, a Canadian-based financial services company, apparently thinks so. Nathalie Blanchard, a 29-year-old IBM ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:31:05-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_8 833c5aea557dd7c3bad236d88e6ead48 WorldChanging Team: by Anna Fahey The womb is not free of toxic pollution. This week, the Washington Toxics Coalition released a study that should raise the ire... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_9 9f20e17c945fc17998cfc272aa7b00e9 Nothing has done a better job of circumventing censorship, spreading democratic thought and promoting understanding between nations than the internet. Join Wired 's global campaign to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to our beloved series of tubes. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_10 8b1f9f300ac8e49eb210802944ab7f39 Has cap-and-trade in Europe worked? WRI’s Senior Fellow Jill Duggan, who helped implement the EU trading scheme, sorts the myths from reality. Europe began its cap-and-trade system in 2005, with a three year learning period (phase 1). In recent U.S. Senate climate hearings, cap-and-trade critics pointed to the challenges of that first phase as ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:21 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_11 6568da5f89b7222687c75a4783831bb7 Dr. Free-Ride: Any ideas for tomorrow's sprog blog? Younger offspring: I wanted to do how photosynthesis works. Dr. Free-Ride: Did you do any research on that since last week? Younger offspring: I don't do research. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:43:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_12 21378af95a4f66eb2453230a354fddde If the last century was the age of economic globalization, expect the first half of this one to be the era of urbanization. By 2050, 3 out of 4 people will be concentrated in major cities or massively urbanized regions, many of them climate-change refugees from exposed agricultural areas. But as nations ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_13 538a504a375c1f90f9e4b7557bd036d7 The Wet Side of the Moon , Opinion, NY Times "From the perspective of human space exploration, that water is the most important scientific discovery since the '60s. We can drink it, grow food with it and breathe it -- by separating the oxygen from the hydrogen through a process called electrolysis. These elements can even be used to fuel rocket ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_14 2ecabb26ffa29471034ff0926953f1e2 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:15 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_15 e470a7e70b9780a7e8e00a8e678cdd2a Originally published in HCPLive.com by Colleen O’Leary, RN, MSN, AOCNS Last time I talked about how I had never really experienced the concept of nurses eating their young in action. However, I have seen the opposite begin to evolve. I see this as a bigger issue in nursing these days. The “putting out to pasture” of seasoned, [...] ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_16 7652c754be4021968d67ccf65489ae35 New Scientist has a gallery of striking photos taken from Christopher Payne's book that details his photographic tour of abandoned asylums in the US. In both the UK and the US, and, I suspect, in many other countries, there are numerous unused decaying mental asylums that have become obsolete as 'care in the community' has become the flag under ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_17 18542e8dad5d1da12f79aa7d7ec7c900 With NASA reporting a "significant amount" of water on the lunar surface, is it time to re-examine our priorities regarding living and working in space? Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute, talks about why and how people should venture beyond Earth. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_18 0ab28f3bb3c3f4611b9e042a6ef3ed95 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:51 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_19 45ebfce81ad8d45f5fe6db7a9fd93ad9 Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for Cherry Point, Wash., from a newly installed NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0100 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/1#item_20 9907e2fff1c34b796b2097064d72e77d La réforme des télécommunications en Europe prévoit 12 mesures tendant à renforcer les droits des... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_1 40dc4f5941c093132a1a6638b79d72b7 By way of Andrew Q Righter of HacDC comes word of this free PDF from Texas Instruments, a 41-page "cookbook" of circuit designs and application notes for TI's LED-related components. [Thanks, Andrew!] LED Reference Design Cookbook [PDF] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this! (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:36:57-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_2 e63e8d4fcadd63171e08e3d15aa9cae0 From the Columbus Dispatch: Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery. Officials with the Army Corps of Engineer say Friday that DNA of the giant carp have been... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:33:29Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_3 059838403249d1200f644ef959a0f4d8 Former Shuttle Astronaut-Astronomer, Sam Durrance, Joins the CSF Suborbital Researchers Group "Former NASA astronaut Samuel T. Durrance, a PhD astronomer and veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, has been selected as the latest addition to the Commercial Spaceflight Federation's Suborbital Applications Researchers Group (SARG). "We are very ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:30 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_4 5ce24a27a8a1907d3d172281aaa076db My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:22 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_5 cad6c0087ba248ce73a01d72c35e64ba Seriously. This isn't a problem of the 'fringe' of the party. By way of Oliver Willis , look at what the Layfayette County Republican Central Committee (of Missouri) has erected on a billboard : This isn't a couple of guys or a crazy businessman-- it's an official division of the Republican Party . "Prepare for war?" Because Obama might raise ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:57 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_6 64f03c79701942f58158141580c0304f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_7 0272823d4ec7afa20034a9582233c0ea Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:59:08-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_8 1003c154ff6acf99442c3f0f50c79404 Our partner journal, Neuroethics, has issued the following call for papers. Please direct inquiries to the issue's guest editor: Call for Papers ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SPECIAL ISSUE OF SPRINGER’S JOURNAL NEUROETHICS Guest Editor: Jens Clausen Deep brain... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:55:59+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_9 d5ea95d2bea587943a67704d7432a919 Was sind "westliche" Werte? Wo liegen die Grenzen der "westlichen" Toleranz? Bei der EU-Erweiterung oder der Integration von Menschen aus fremden Kulturen? (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:11 CST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_10 86bca31f685c531d41bd6e26b5726417 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_11 58c5a839922508a93c5dca43d6e5e309 Bruce Heran made this prototyping board for his tube projects. He writes: This is a project that I made to take care of an ever increasing need to prototype vacuum tube (valve) circuits. As you can see from the photos, it really is a test "board." I do a lot of work with tubes and love to design and improve circuits. In the process I often use ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:41:40+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_12 20d77729485bd61c3e2f9e38dd2e7e81 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:30:14+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_13 ff82b96386dbdeef8fcf8e56a0b67770 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:30:14+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_14 92944be0bb4d4e79018b4a6c9dbffec8 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:23:03 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_15 122e4635b6744303d8f0d61ab87ea125 A reader asks if we give advice. I hope it's okay if I copy and paste the question from the comment section of another post, I'll leave the commenter's handle out: I went to a psychologist 7 or 8 years ago and all she did was tell me what I should do. “Go there, do this, etc.” She didn ’t listen to me at all. If she had, she would have ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_16 4618f57007e54ae87d0f5928a319bc0c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:20 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/21#item_17 93854140cdf583c662289e6a0d276903 Originally published in MedPage Today by Emily P. Walker, MedPage Today Washington Correspondent Drug and device makers are urging the FDA to establish clear guidelines that will allow the industry to discuss and promote products in the unsettled world of online social media. The FDA is hearing testimony from drug and device companies, online ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:02 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/41#item_1 aa34fa1a0ba6d734d62541a50055d773 From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall grasses and bushes from the perimeters of U.S. base camps and outlying fire-support bases. In response to concerns and continuing ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T15:36:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/41#item_2 eddfb3d7122e93115e09cd67c7bb1a6c The U.S. pledged $275 million to efforts to reduce deforestation in developing countries, reports Reuters. (Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/41#item_3 9b40d980d549444ae786933fe9ce0b58 Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258793993/41#item_4 e927fcc4f323096c407d69635743d0df Read on Source) ]]>