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MPs deliver damning verdict: Homeopathy is useless
Homeopaths are evoking grand conspiracies to explain the Science and Technology Committee's brutal report, but in reality they were undone by their own bizarre pronouncementsToday the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered its...
More Liquor Stores Mean More Violence, Study Suggests
A new study by researchers at Indiana University suggests that there may be a link between the number of 'alcohol sales sites' in a neighborhood and the amount of violence...
Biotech, nanotech and synthetic biology roles in future food supply explored
Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to meet demand, says University...
Biologists use mathematics to advance our understanding of health and disease
Math-based computer models are a powerful tool for discovering the details of complex living systems. John Tyson, professor of biology at Virginia Tech, is creating such models to discover how...
Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN
Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years.
Multiple Personality Social Media
For those who have not entered the world of Twitter, it is hard to fathom why people feel compelled to stream their lives to strangers 140 characters at a time....
Gear: Home elliptical machines hit their stride
New feature-laden models start at about $1,000. The elliptical is gaining on the venerable treadmill in the race to be the No. 1 cardiovascular machine in the nation, with sales of $687...
Limits of Perception
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” --Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism
Can Fresh Funds Jump-Start a U.S. Nuclear Renaissance?
President Obama announced the first federal nuclear-power loan guarantee, $8 billion for Southern Co. to build two new reactors in Georgia.
Stimulating Science: Following the Recovery Money
One year ago, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, which handed out billions of dollars for science, health, energy and other...
Pediatricians urge choking warnings for food
The largest pediatricians group in the United States thinks more foods should have warning labels about choking hazards.
Numbers Wars: School Battles Heat Up Again in the Traditional versus Reform-Math Debate
Over the past 20 years educators have fought over the best way to teach numbers to kids. Advocates of traditional math tout the practice of algorithms and teacher-centered learning, whereas...
This Land: A New Exit to Space Readies for Business
Spaceport America, a $198 million project by the State of New Mexico, intends to plumb the commercial potential of the suborbital heavens, including a two-hour trip into space.
Blogging The 2010 AAAS Day Three
Day two and day one if you need to catch up. One great thing about being at a conference on a press pass is people want to buy you food. You...
Opinion: Environment: don't mention people
Melvin Bolton argues that it is only when people's moral sensibilities are mobilized that real action will be seen in implementing environmental change.
Drive to make Hollywood obey the laws of science
American professor Sidney Perkowitz's proposals intended to curb film industry's worst abusesScience fiction movies should be allowed only one major transgression of the laws of physics, according to a US professor who has...
Science Journalists Have Met The Enemy, And They Are Bloggers
Attending the AAAS symposia on "Facing the Uncertain Future of International Science Journalism" I was stunned by something: I am the most hated guy in every room I walk into. Donald...
Neuroscientist: Think twice about cutting music in schools
At a press briefing today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist will argue that music training has profound effects that shape...
Nanotechnology could help Arab region
"Nanotechnology could aid the future of development of the Arab region," says Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, and president of...
Global warming may hurt some poor populations, benefit others
The impact of global warming on food prices and hunger could be large over the next 20 years, according to a new Stanford University study. Researchers say that higher temperatures...
Electric bikes on a roll in China
Chinese commuters in their millions are turning to electric bicycles -- hailed as the environmentally-friendly future of personal transport in the country's teeming cities.
Apple removing risque iPhone apps: reports
Apple has begun removing risque iPhone and iPod Touch applications from its online App Store, including some which had previously been approved for sale, according to reports on Saturday.
Malibu Journal: U2 Guitarist’s Plans for Development Don’t Find Green Harmony
Public access verses exclusive seclusion is an ever-ranging debate that has enveloped a member of the environmentally conscious rock band.
Met Office forecasts storm warnings over its accuracy
They are among the most respected, scientific and accurate forecasters in the world. Yet to the British public they are a joke. Tim Adams visits the Met Office's HQ in Exeter to...
Facebook Feels Fickle For a Few Friends
Many Users of Popular Social Networking Site Complain About Inability to Log on, Access Friends' Profiles
Francis Collins’s Biggest Fear
NIH director discusses the future of NIH in uncertain economic times [Read more]
Podcast: The Science of Superheroes
Reporter Helen Fields chats with a science consultant for the movie, Watchmen [Read more]
NY Times executives discuss plan to charge online readers
Top New York Times executives expressed confidence Friday that a plan to start charging readers of the newspaper's website from next year will not result in a significant loss of...