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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Diseases, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Math, Politics, Video on 10 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Earth Population: 7 Billion and Counting

Earth Population: 7 Billion and Counting
Seven billion is a big number. It looks like this: 7,000,000,000. According to National Geographic magazine If you started counting out loud to 7 billion, it would take you 200 years. And, If you took 7 billion steps it would take you around the globe 133 times. By the end of October, that’s...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Economics, Evolution, Marine Science, Video on 07 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Dolphins Develop a New Sense

Dolphins Develop a New Sense
We all know that dolphins are smart. And we know they have more senses than people, adding echolocation to the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Now scientists have tested and confirmed a seventh sense in at least one species of dolphins. The Guiana dolphins, which live in the muddy coastal...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Space, Video on 01 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Science Underpins Innovation in State of the Union

Science Underpins Innovation in State of the Union
The 2011 State of the Union address, delivered by President Barack Obama, painted a solid picture of the future. Not surprisingly the President finds a secure and prosperous future filled with scientific and technological innovation. To create more jobs, he stresses better education including concentration...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Economics, Health and Medicine, Math, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Scientainment, SciLebs on 10 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Ig Nobel Prizes Irreverent in Science

Ig Nobel Prizes Irreverent in Science
While most serious scientists are wringing their hands, wondering who will win the Nobel prizes, a different group of scientists is celebrating the lighter–but just as bona fide–side of science. The 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony shined a silly look at science at Harvard last...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Economics, SciClips, Science of... on 09 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Science of…a Recession

Science of…a Recession
The United States is in a recession. The signs are all around. But how is an official recession calculated or determined? The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that a recession began in December 2007. It took a year of housing foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs to slow economic...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Economics, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Podcast, Psychology, SciClips on 06 14th, 2007 | No Comments

Tax Minded

Tax Minded
William Harbaugh, Ulrich Mayr, and Dan Burghart When the tax man comes calling most people do not feel a sense of satisfaction or pleasure. But new research from Oregon may have found the part of the brain that enjoys giving money away—especially if it’s voluntary. Tax Minded [ 1:11...
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