Saturday, May 10, 2008

Spliced feed for The Science Network

Spliced feed for The Science Network

First Ten Searches [SciScoop Science Blog]

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A link-based post for the first of the month. Here are the first ten searches today from visitors over on SciScoop's sibling site Sciencebase.com

Promising Results from Gene Therapy Trial [SciScoop Science Blog]

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The BBC has reported promising results from a gene therapy trial designed to halt the progressive loss of sight in people suffering from a genetic condition called Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA).

Doctor Who Always Plays Hard to Get [SciScoop Science Blog]

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We've all had the doctor who plays hard-to-get. Aloof, always in a hurry, impossible to have a real conversation with. But it's not you - or your chronic halitosis. Doctors are usually paid based on how many patients they see in a day. So, knowing this, can you really blame your doctor for always having one foot out the door? A new publication "Navigating the Medical Maze" is set to empower everyday patients looking for the best from their health care.

Eagles Flies Supercontinent Theory [SciScoop Science Blog]

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Graeme Eagles of the University of London thinks he understands what happened to the supercontinent that existed before the present-day continents between 500m and 180m years ago. Apparently, it split in two because it got too big.

Evolution and the Law [SciScoop Science Blog]

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Does evolution break the second law of thermodynamics? The law states that entropy, a measure of randomness, cannot decrease in a closed system.

Antioxidant Scam [SciScoop Science Blog]

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Corroboration of what I and many other observers have been saying for years - that antioxidants and other nutraceuticals can do you more harm than good. A scientific review shows that people who use antioxidant supplements may actually die earlier than their counterparts who don't.

The Plastic Brain [SciScoop Science Blog]

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by Norman Doidge Author of The Brain That Changes Itself Recently I wrote a book about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations.

Genesis Design [SciScoop Science Blog]

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In his Art meets science concept, Michael Buckler (Germany) creates intersections between these two disciplines, using thin sections of meteorite as 'metaphoric materials'.

NanoArt [SciScoop Science Blog]

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The artist created a nanosculpture (sculpture at the molecular and atomic levels) by freezing a tiny drop of colloidal graphite (graphite nanoparticles in a suspension) in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius.

Population, biodiversity interaction is 'complicated business' [Earth & Sky Podcast]

Posted: 09 May 2008 04:05 AM CDT

Population expert Joel Cohen talks about the “complicated busisness” that’s the interaction between Earth’s rising human population and our planet’s biodiversity.

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