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 2009-11-20T20:35:05Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_1 180f8bc0e15cd04555ab8a763cf6dfd2 - Livestream webcast of the event starting Friday morning at 10 am EST - Main website - Agenda/Schedule - NASA LaRC Internal Email: TEDxNASA: You're Invited! - TEDxNASA: Where's The Space Stuff? Watch live streaming video from tedxnasa2009 at livestream.com Keith's note: Live blogging below: 3:25 Music by Mike Rayburn - cool guitar stuff. I'd ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:31 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_2 2c5ccd02ed658f8f1d7f4a99bfcf61ea Early Nov. 18th, eyewitnesses reported an explosion in the atmosphere above Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho in the western United States. Some said the fireball "turned night into day" and produced shock waves that shook the ground when it exploded just after midnight Mountain Standard Time. Infrasound recordings of the blast suggest ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:27:46-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_3 505b1ce9788b91bf8cf3859332a30294 (PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-trillion-watt laser at the University of Rochester has simulated a stellar jet -- an outpouring of matter from a fledgling star -- with unprecedented realism. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:54 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_4 f3efaeb0a82f97658a546516a048cf10 Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:20:09-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_5 553eaaf0a42e581bf311267393928446 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:01:57-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_6 c04d88e44e33fa20edb04488ebc2d2c1 Alex Steffen: Last week, I stood on the stage at Seattle's Town Hall and called on Seattle to become North America's first carbon-neutral city, dropping its per... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:41 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_7 360d69262f4ca2e70320b3ca1c30113e By Dan Walter We found out that her real name was Cindy Chapman, and that she died alone and afraid. Cindy was a paralegal, an activist and a fighter of lost causes who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was part of an online community called RATEMDs, where she had many soul mates. Her posts on health [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_8 bdeb31fd791ea2216ccd0842af79941f Alex Brandon / AP Photo The Senate takes its first health-care vote tomorrow, with Joe Lieberman tipping the balance. His close friend John McCain tells Lloyd Grove what’s driving the public option’s new enemy. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_9 6e9700294fd486d1b6430e9d6da7c987 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:32 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_10 e335f334c462aafaab16dc14b6f541b0 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:10:02-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_11 416520ed3c0aeea664527186212a756c On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:10:02-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_12 ef05399400ef079eeeabb420390761e7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_13 41966c96ffab559b6d4ea6cab5b8406d Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:17 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_14 a8217e5cd1d8e548daaf10076a738323 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:49 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_15 e5b140acf40dde66cee1c91d2d427b77 Let's say you're a college student. You have a class meeting today at which a short essay (about 400 words) is due. The essay counts for about 5% of your grade for the course. At that class meeting, your instructor will be lecturing on the reading assignment upon which that short essay is focused. The material from the reading assignment will ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:48 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_16 1588686b6d73160796fa577aa667c08c Though the Cassini mission has focused intently on scientific exploration of Saturn and it's moons, data taken by the spacecraft has significantly changed the way astronomers think about the shape of our Solar System. As the Sun and planets travel through space, the bubble in which they reside has been thought to resemble a comet, [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:23 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_17 bea5230ae98786efd75f332ecdd99693 If you're still wondering what this very strange image is, find out by going to the original WITU challenge post for this week. Have a great weekend, and check back next week for another Where In The Universe Challenge! © nancy for Universe Today, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_18 135aa6e36f026d9c54a6cee689d770d9 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:26 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_19 d4519de59c5ae607350e10cd4eb5ac05 by Grist Related Links: Rumors of Copenhagen’s demise have been greatly exaggerated Newsweek partners with oil lobby to raise ad cash Children and riot police face off in Canadian “Moms” video (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_20 c9a6a9495efbf919cc64ed5cbe465f55 Using DNA barcoding, scientists tested tuna at 31 sushi restaurants and discovered many of the restaurants were selling endangered species, or fish that wasn't tuna at all. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:11 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_1 92ac7c2bf72c697286bb16f7138b50ed Scientists are in the process of restarting a giant particle collider built to reproduce the conditions of the big bang, Europe’s CERN physics research center said Friday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:54 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_2 622bad54d79a292f308faacfaac3a652 Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adapt national strategies to deal with it, says the Canadian professor who led a study of bullying rates in 40 countries. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_3 611327130cfc138006ef8185d7df8557 Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers -- began their precipitous slide to extinction. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_4 0b1c8287f51a2b6f8a772b0011726101 When Laura Buxton of Staffordshire, England, wrote “Please return to Laura Buxton” on a helium balloon before setting it free in her yard, she never expected it to reach another human being, much less one also named Laura Buxton. In “A Very Lucky Wind,” the first segment of our Stochasticity episode, we marvel at the coincidence ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_5 54d8a319730be162d3c98dbe479b2818 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_6 35d3e3e903ec82e76920136a421079b9 Malaria has begun showing troubling signs of developing resistance to artemisinin, which is currently the best available treatment for the disease. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:52:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_7 6c844fc4df9d994cdfec094b88544373 How many of the environmental education initiatives that you know of were started by teachers, parents, or non-profit organizations? That’s typical: from artistic approaches to rainwater harvesting to solar boat building, most efforts at teaching kids about environmental issues start with adults. But students often come up with their own ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:30 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_8 41892b3a02e86cadf7f639db9e1970eb Think thin-film solar is still eons away from ubiquity? Think again. Seattle-based company LivinGreen has some sweet solar tech that could make manufacturing solar cells cheaper and easier. Dye sensitized solar cells work like photosynthesis in plants. A nanoparticle dye ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_9 0f6a3e50a1da01144ecab6823e9264bb It was a busy week in the worlds of browsers and operating systems, as Google proved--with its unveiling of the browser-based Chrome OS--that the two are colliding. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_11 9d5833bbe7cb7667bba86417d157d8a7 Most people believe that university is the cradle of science and technology. A lot of new universities have names like: "University of Science and Technology" (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:16 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_12 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_13 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) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_14 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T19:10:46Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_15 411dead31fea1f87aae44f23bf00cc64 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_16 e72471a7195142d8eecea5aced3f33b7 High irradiances of low-level laser therapy should not be used over melanomas. Researchers studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory "cold laser," finding that it caused increased tumor growth in a mouse model of skin cancer. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_17 788ff449c2b83effaab94fb826a8b014 Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits. Mathematical ability seems particularly damaged in children with FASD. A new study supports the importance of the left parietal area for mathematical abilities in children with FASD. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:58:27-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_18 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:52:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_19 fc11eca75dec1e87730c977b6836bcfc Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:31:05-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_20 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/1258753757/41#item_1 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 13:27:21 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_2 6568da5f89b7222687c75a4783831bb7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:08 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_3 4a82f2e1edae617eb0de81007f78d766 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_4 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/1258753757/41#item_5 2ecabb26ffa29471034ff0926953f1e2 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:15 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_6 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/1258753757/41#item_7 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 18:00:00 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_9 18542e8dad5d1da12f79aa7d7ec7c900 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_10 0ab28f3bb3c3f4611b9e042a6ef3ed95 The stars of The Big Bang Theory are two fictional Caltech physicists, but the physics problems they study are real. Bill Prady, the program's co-creator and executive producer, talks about including real-world science in the script, from dark matter to magnetic monopoles. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:51 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_11 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:33:29Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_12 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 17:50:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_13 1b9a90f7b197790678628d56f4858cc4 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:36:57-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_14 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:35:39Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_15 380050efc354be15c68660b821e28652 Southern California-based Genea Energy is ranked number 13 on Forbes’ America’s Most Promising Companies list. Doug Schneider, Genea Energy’s CEO, said, “Forbes saw in Genea a special potential for growth, and that just echoes what our management team has been saying all along. We have a very special business — we’re just ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:22 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_16 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) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:26:38Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_17 1c61078032116e57ac8166bd0abc0bcc While waiting for the PBS show, the NewsHour, to begin, I saw a Monsanto advertisement which said, “Monsanto…producing more, conversing more…that’s sustainable agriculture.” On Monsanto’s website the company states its commitment to “help farmers produce more and conserve more” by 2030. One of the ways Monsanto will achieve its ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:53 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_18 d88bd9b4c98763055e5c7c6ce9e770ec Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:18:30Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_19 563babd7b4e16b3de4d603e1c909f6d5 Nothing is more frustrating than trying to remove a newly purchased item from its super-strong packaging.  You pull and you tug, you rip and you cut, but no matter how hard you try, the packaging just won’t budge!  Whether it’s a brand new DVD, a new electronic gadget, a child’s toy or a box of [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:15:18Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_20 e05dafa9b4d71814c0475ddb1ba3399b At Tuesday’s Academy Awards of Cleantech (The Cleantech Open), attendees were all abuzz about Seattle-based HydroVolts, winner of the $20,000 Cleantech Open sustainability prize. HydroVolts has created a floating in-stream hydrokinetic turbine that generates distributed renewable energy anywhere around the world.   Hydrovolts’ ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:34 CST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_1 9a85e315a1a8439df681de9872171fde Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_2 0272823d4ec7afa20034a9582233c0ea Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:59:08-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_3 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/1258753757/61#item_4 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/1258753757/61#item_5 86bca31f685c531d41bd6e26b5726417 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:40 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_6 a63f363360ed5c755b983a51e1f3df4a (Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. The work is published online today on the Science Express Web site. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:30:14+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_7 ff82b96386dbdeef8fcf8e56a0b67770 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:30:14+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_8 92944be0bb4d4e79018b4a6c9dbffec8 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:12 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_9 05810a2f132523ddcd7723bafa9ca766 Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:23:03 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_10 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 11:17:57 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_11 64f03c79701942f58158141580c0304f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:20 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_12 eb75feb67cd27abc0b7582a073da4a40 tags: identify this bird , birds , mystery bird , bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at Mareeba Wetlands, Australia. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Steve Duncan , 26 August 2009 [ larger view ]. Nikon D200 w/ Nikkor 300mm f/4 & TC17E. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_13 4618f57007e54ae87d0f5928a319bc0c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:20 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_14 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 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_15 e971cb251a89e0b718599ca98a288a2d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_16 814a1c9791d255eaeb840d954eb788fa Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T15:36:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_17 eddfb3d7122e93115e09cd67c7bb1a6c The U.S. pledged $275 million to efforts to reduce deforestation in developing countries, reports Reuters. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:48 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_18 bc534acd84e826813e076a7fe2a2de27 From the University of Georgia: Uga VII, the legendary Georgia mascot who roamed the sidelines at Bulldog football games, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah. He died of heart-related causes according to owner Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler. He was four ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:23:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_19 f7c383ab494772b8f939106dab09b45a ...and how Levitt and Dubner fail to see that the Manure problem was not 'solved', only turned into a new problem that will also require wrenching change. First, the Great Manure Crisis of the late nineteenth century: The standard horsecar, which seated twenty, was drawn by a pair of roans and ran sixteen hours a day. Each horse could work only ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:23:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_20 dbf2be46d5aea1cf1d2b2f1f36aef28f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:53:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_1 be31dd9348358a5f208d7f87c592018f Hat tip: Rich Woodward (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_2 ef4509fb331e3d47b47c8a02acadea4d Scientists in the UK have used neutron scattering studies to develop a new way of separating silica nanoparticles from wastewater — which could prevent millions of tonnes of nanoparticles entering waterways every year. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:47 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_3 4892fc47cf54d38bacda06729a3ae09f The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a strongly worded policy document (PDF) blasting the various defamation of religion resolutions that have been passed by the United Nations over the last few years. It begins: Although these resolutions purport to seek protection for religions in general, the only religion and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_4 9c4b8463f8edb8d613fdb49055fcc4f0 It's probably no great secret to TreeHugger readers at this point that part of the reason carbon emissions in developing nations are rapidly rising is partially because manufacturing of goods for export to the developed world. In fact in China at least one-third of total emissions and about 50% of emissions growth in recent years is directly ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:01 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_5 028b544c459e42f87620b0a82c4f9219 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:14:02-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_6 57718bdec3ddb1e4ccf7c9220d238885 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:09:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_7 7de9056b0fddeeb4ebacc50248df6a7e Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_8 b1bfc2603e72f05410fb04186815b424 For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder. Mendelian disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, are the result of one or more mutations in a single gene, typically a gene that makes a protein. All of the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_9 858c019f4fe3c59da2e93c5740bc1561 While you are giving thanks for the important things in your life next Thursday, mull these 10 geeky things for which we all have reason to be grateful. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_10 0ed5d5c4592a509fe1d5a0f3460df287 Merck may be planning to shutter some facilities as it absorbs Schering-Plough. But the U.S.-based drugmaker is also scouting sites for a "major new facility," a U.K. business publication reports. Merck has hired London real estate agents to scout for 80,000 to 100,000 square feet of space, Business Weekly says, with Cambridge as one leading ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_11 bbee8e3894ed1591c7b82ddd42be319b With microfluidic devices gaining prominence for many applications in chemistry and biology, the hunt is on to find ways of accurately controlling the motion of liquid droplets. In Angewandte Chemie, Antoine Diguet et al.A. Diguet et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn doi:10.1002/anie.200904868; 2009 (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:11 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_12 84d00ba4948715d4d8d1b2ae9db8bb3b Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:48 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_13 4678ed9423d43676dd684484a61e47fa Nanoscale polymer micelles might be used to repair injured spinal cord, according to new experiments by researchers at Purdue University in the US. Currently, there is no universally accepted way to treat such injuries, apart from injecting high doses of steroids that are not without serious risk. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:39 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_14 9b915a08a8af866285bbe1893d6c855a Saturday's walk took me past a fallen hornbeam whose base has been sticking up in the air for years now. I'd just never taken a close look before at this little tableau that sits about three feet above the ground, relatively isolated. Just take a small indentation in the trunk, a few years of weather that decorks the bark, and a little bit of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:39 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_15 aab4cfbd7c17dbcef84ac7f3f0723156 Autumn colors are past peak here, but still hanging on sufficiently so as to present a fine sight. Not as fine as last year - this may have been due to a bout of rain just before and during peak, but still quite satisfying. Long vistas hidden over the past seven months are opening up, too. That, combined with variability in autumn colors affords ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T21:00:43Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_16 49f9df4cb44fff97bb94c3561df97679 I’m probably not the only person who has a soft spot for unknown collections, especially if they turn out to be rich and reasonably well-curated. Today I became aware of the odontological collection at the University of Oslo, which goes back to the 1880’s when the Norwegian Dentists Association began acquiring objects; it was handed ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T15:40:00.000-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_17 de2b04cb07eea1a49a98b99f4820ffe5 What is going to distinguish chemistry databases as we move forward in this Web2.0 world? If I was unsure of it when I started teaching Chemical Information Retrieval 2 months ago, I certainly got my answer yesterday afternoon. Cristian Dumitrescu from CAS contacted me to discuss the problems I had encountered when attempting to use SciFinder to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:59:03 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_18 d99a12a54c1a244bee7494b2a006706d tags: insects , comedy , humor , bentekr , animation , streaming video I love cicadas, and this video about a cicada who learns the "wrong" song is just so sweet! The star of this video was introduced to salsa music while still in his egg, but he still manages to find true love. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_19 b033d0342e3838d8bdc3895f71be978d Photo details: (#1) Canon 5D Mark2, Sygma 8mm Lens, f/4, ASA6400, 20sec x 26 composition; (#2) Canon 5D Mark2, Nikon 16mm Lens, f/2.8, ASA6400, F:2.8, 20sec x 2 composition (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/81#item_20 3e7ed19f3705797d14e42e4496b5edc7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/101#item_1 5b81ca9258f8bb944a7ca0900bed75b5 Last week I wrote about how to construct a simple sheet metal "bridge," which, in combination with an ice cube bucket and an olive jar, makes an effective pneumatic trough for collecting gas samples over water. This week I'm going to show you how to use this apparatus to generate and collect pure oxygen, and how to use that oxygen to observe the ... (Read on Source) ]]>