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 09:59:34 CST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_1 9a85e315a1a8439df681de9872171fde Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_2 0272823d4ec7afa20034a9582233c0ea Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:59:08-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_5 86bca31f685c531d41bd6e26b5726417 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:40 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_7 ff82b96386dbdeef8fcf8e56a0b67770 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:30:14+01:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_8 92944be0bb4d4e79018b4a6c9dbffec8 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:12 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_11 64f03c79701942f58158141580c0304f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:20 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_13 4618f57007e54ae87d0f5928a319bc0c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:20 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_15 e971cb251a89e0b718599ca98a288a2d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#item_16 814a1c9791d255eaeb840d954eb788fa Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T15:36:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#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/1258753757/1#item_20 dbf2be46d5aea1cf1d2b2f1f36aef28f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:53:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_1 be31dd9348358a5f208d7f87c592018f Hat tip: Rich Woodward (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#item_5 028b544c459e42f87620b0a82c4f9219 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:14:02-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_6 57718bdec3ddb1e4ccf7c9220d238885 (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:09:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#item_7 7de9056b0fddeeb4ebacc50248df6a7e Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#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/1258753757/21#item_20 3e7ed19f3705797d14e42e4496b5edc7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#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) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:50 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_2 ecb43cf41b72423b9b64f42871d0c186 Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a shout-out to other hackers. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:51 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_3 bd851a23db4df021b0e3464e0405bba1 Augmented reality – the idea of enhancing our view of the world around us with digitized text or objects – has moved out of research labs. Below are five of our favorite videos demonstrating a few of the myriad ways AR has jumped onto smart phones and computer screens to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:51 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_4 cdf05b626a5be07d0d83eef57244aba5 The peppy, three-wheel Scoot Coupe darted back into consumers' consciousness today, just in time for holiday shopping. "The Price is Right" included the green-chic micromobile – part scooter, part golf cart, yet still street legal – in today's Showcase Showdown. Scoot Coupe is an odd pairing. Its toy-like frame houses an ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T20:00:39Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_5 9344e0768580daf16107b633370c7d03 Republicans may have high hopes for picking up House seats in 2010. But for now, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is easily outpacing the National Republican Congressional Committee in fundraising and cash on hand, for the filing period that ended October 31. The DCCC raised $3.76 million, spent $3.98 million, and has $14.25 ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:04 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_10 a3fc19c4608747b033466f642689ec58 (CBS) In the final part of our "Somebody's Watching You" series, CBS News science and technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg shared the latest and greatest in hi-tech spy and anti-spy tools. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:32 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_11 fe38d481095104c31975ee7a544c3899 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:59:03 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_12 6668eb9fb99073b6d3e64d64e4e72d68 Many University of Minnesota students jumped at the chance for a free copy of Charles Darwin’s “On The Origins of Species” being handed out on Pleasant Street Thursday. But they were met with a surprise when they opened to this edition’s introduction. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:27:28 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_13 6b8d7e0d8155b7070c6768065f86c866 NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989, and q... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:41:04Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_14 541794ae02ba0d58723cb37b1fda6a08 The Sarah Palin roadshow rolls into Florida next week, and Democrats want to know if Palin will take any time off from Going Rouge to wade into the state's contentious GOP senate primary. The DSCC sent Palin and open letter this afternoon calling on the former Alaska governor to take a stand in the race between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio. 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If this happens: (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 9:53:02 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_18 b083e8f949033b98c426a91ff7f1d98b A runner passes some old ironwood tree stumps and roots that have been exposed due to the erosion of Kailua Beach in Hawaii Photo: AP They said that more than 70 per cent of beaches on the island of Kauai are eroding while Oahu has already lost a quarter of its sandy shoreline. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:37:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_19 b063f492226c2f6452dd6c3a3119f687 CollectSpace: 'The Rock' speaks out for NASA (and 'Planet 51') Fedline: Nuclear agency tries to find dates for its geeks Tech Review: Watch a molecular machine in action 'Nova' on PBS: 'What Are Dreams?' ...( read more ) (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:17:57 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/41#item_20 6a3a470be860c80d2c7903002b8f4415 My father recalled sometime back the terrible drought that happened when he was a child: since the grains were running low, my grandfather would go out and dig tubers from surrounding fields, my grandmother would make something out of it for the kids. It is an experience that is far removed from my own. My father's occasional re-telling of this ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_1 83686fcd847e9800a189ee7bf5a75549 “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Yoichiro Nambu.”—Press Release, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - – - FREDDY MIND: To begin with, let me introduce myself. My name is Freddy Mind. It’s a stage name. I was once one-half of the physics duo of Freddy Mind [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:43 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_2 6c07f5e256fc286b210f3cd0bf585330 The military has launched a new program that'll use genetic testing and brain scans to figure out whether troops are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress -- before they head off to war and experience that stress. The initiative is a cooperative venture between the Marine Corps, Department of Veterans Affairs and Navy Medicine. Testing on 1,000 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_3 909f12eae572d52a33804c269333a4d7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:22 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_4 02148079b73fdb262547907eb7c2a83c I had a lot of time to kill in Philadelphia's International Airport on Sunday (I was changing planes), and I must say that is not a bad airport in which to be in such a situation. I like the city a lot, and so am not surprised that its main airport is to my liking. First of all, who can not like an airport that supplies you with... (you're ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:07 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_5 8f19b983039ddf2a52f301b25e0ae8b6 It's surprising that Yelp, the go-to site for finding restaurants, bars and other venues, has no presence in the Android Market. But that's okay. Foursquare does the job with a social incentive to boot. Foursquare is a location-based social mobile network that allows users to check-in at different places, post tips and to-do items with their ... 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The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier. Half a dozen men with walkie-talkies and cattle prods set out on foot at sunrise Thursday to coax a herd of 10 feral bison into a corral a mile away ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:59:18 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_12 cfea0331892e831d77e6c09c85dcf995 When this publishes, it will be 8 am in Germany and my plane will have landed in Frankfurt a few minutes ago. As you are getting ready to snuggle into a warm bed, I will be jet-lagged, waiting to collect my checked bags and to work my way through Customs with my birds. Hopefully, I have all my permits, certificates and other paperwork in order ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T13:13:04Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_13 17864dd9516637a5c08ccc334e4f6a5d Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T07:36:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_14 c43caff65c843d82ece1349c8cc9103d Eldavojohn writes "Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the scientific return,' the article analyzes how, without any changes, a space-based dark energy ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T07:59:56-05:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_15 7cc50d0e78b79a7cac34d9f9cebfac8b A Smarter Planet . IBM tips microfluidic device for immunodiagnostics - Small Times Scientists from IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, have created a diagnostic test using a silicon chip to more quickly diagnose diseases. Their collaborative work with the U. Hospital of Base, published in the December issue of Lab on a Chip, uses capillary ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T00:18:00-06:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_16 0d6e454ff9adcf267946f5573380fc08 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T00:18:00-06:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_17 7d2b94d0bc2ce66bb1287c9986d02bf4 A community for CG professionals (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258753757/61#item_18 8526a81786528a5cfcfdf8e958075bf1 The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think President Obama actually won the 2008 election -- instead, ACORN stole it. (Read on Source) ]]>