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After a long, long wait, the BCA published its list of 'evidence' on the Simon Singh case. There was one paper that no-one could find for a while that has finally emerged into public view, and it doesn't look good. For those of you who haven't been following the BCA-Simon Singh libel case, I recommend Sense About Science, who also run a petition that you should definitely sign; Jack Of Kent for the legal side; and the Lay Scientist and Gimpy for their ongoing coverage. This post investigates the conflicts of interest in the paper by Joan M Fallon D.C. F.I.C.C.P., and is taken from my regular blog at Blue-Genes. Click here to view the original (it's prettier).
President Obama will sign an executive order Monday lifting limits on human embryonic stem cell research and will direct federal agencies to "restore scientific integrity" to decision-making, White House aides said Sunday.
Obama's order follows years of wrangling over stem cells and scientific decision-making in the Bush administration.
A spate of articles have been published recently concerning the effects of Green Tea on prostate cancer. The following discussion of the science, as well as the media response, is taken from my blog at Blue-Genes.net - please subscribe there, as I'm not sure whether I will continue to copy my posts here. N.B. the press release is also featured on Scienceblog here. Click here to read original post
I have to admit that Im quite frustrated about this whole swine flu thing. Everybody talked about it, the media hyped it and now it is almost over, isnt it?
ATLANTA, June 29, 2009 — Despite challenging economic conditions, the GRA Venture Fund, LLC has raised $18,750,000 in its first closing. The Fund is a private investment fund that leverages dollars from the State of Georgia through a 3-to-1 match from private investors.
I just got done listening to a two part audio broadcast done with regard to a little known paper produced by a scientist from the Northern Arizona University on the filaments that Morgellons victims are producing. It is amazing that it has been on the back burner for so long.
Scientists, biologists please! Listen to the audio at this link -
Talk about your bird brains: A zebra finch's brain changes dramatically after hearing a new song, and even 24 hours later, the bird's still processing the information.
When the finches were exposed to new tunes from a member of its own species, the experience switches on and off thousands of genes, offering researchers a new insight into songbird memory.
The study will be published in this month's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The United States is engaged again in a debate on health care and the best system to provide and receive health care. Other nations across the planet have similar debates and there are different approaches to care in different countries. I add my opinions as a provider and consumer of health care to have some more fun muddying the waters.
How quickly they grow. First they're just a couple wisps of gas and next thing you know they're a galaxy 100,000 light years wide.
Cosmotologist Ben Moore at the University of Zurich in Switzerland has unearthed the Milky Way's baby pictures, so to speak, in a mathematical simulation that is the highest-resolution simulation ever produced of a galaxy's formation.
Although most behavior experiments are conducted in the lab, it's nice to be reminded occasionally that it's possible to conduct experiments in the human's natural environment...such as a nightclub.
My future father-in-law and I were talking about aliens or possible life forms couple of weeks ago. We both agreed and disagreed on various subjects or possibilities. However, we both agreed on one idea of possible life forms. What if Aliens or E.T are not what we think they are. I mean the media has filled our head with these long green men with big black eyes.
In a recent study by pesticide toxicologists at UP Los Baños, the injection of neonicotenoid pesticides such as thiametoxam, imidachloprid and clothianidin in coconut trunks was found safe and effective in controlling the coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longgisima).
A typical and yet interesting reality is that most women enjoy shopping and most men do not. As one interested in human behavior this is a fascinating finding worthy of some curiosity. The explanation of the differences between the two genders regarding shopping might be found in a basic understanding of the human brain.
I've been analyzing data from the Memory Test. The response to that experiment has been fantastic, so I'm able to look at performance based on age, from about 14 years old to about 84 years old. Interestingly, by 14 years old, people are performing at adult levels. I have a few kids in the 10-13 range, but not quite enough.
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