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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Math, Plants, Science & Entertainment, Space, Video on 08 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists are People Too

The race is on to humanize scientists. Mad, messy-haired white men in white coats in a dark, cold laboratory are out. Long distance running, singer-photographer, daredevils are in. These are the new faces of science. mechanical engineer and an all-purpose daredevil, Nate Ball is also an accomplished...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Food and Nutrition, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Video on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Fake Steak for the Future

21 papers produced from scientists in different fields released a report this week saying that technology may be one of the best fixes for a growing problem. Members of Britain’s Royal Society concluded that artificial meat — created in giant vats using vegetable protein — may be one...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments

New Microchip Talks to Brain Cells

The science fiction world of bionic hybrid people is one step closer to reality now that a University of Calgary team has discovered how to get brain cells to “talk” to a silicon microchip. The applications range from an implantable chip eventually being able to help people control chronic...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Video on 07 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft Imagine Cup Rewards Students Who Solve Global Problems

The Imagine Cup, now in its eighth year, encourages high school and university students around the world to develop software aiming to solve global problems. Team Skeek from Thailand took home the top prize for software design for creating a program that translates text into sign language using speech...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Health and Medicine, Museum, Video on 07 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Mummies of World Unwrapped and Ready to Tour

The “Mummies of the World” exhibit opens in Los Angeles featuring 150 specimens of human and animal remains and related artifacts from across the globe. Mummy Science Cedars-Sinai Medical Center partnered with the German Mummy Project to perform CT scans of the mummies included in the exhibition. “If...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Health Concerns Rise Over Use of Oil Dispersant Corexit

Seven Louisiana fishermen reported getting sick after exposure to the oil dispersant that is being used to thin the oil slick on the Gulf of Mexico. Nalco, the company that makes Corexit, the dispersant used after the April 20 Horizon Deepwater oil spill, says it has faith in its product. It insists...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Books, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 02 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Fixing Food with Science

Cookbook author David Joachim shows how his book The Science Of Good Food can fix most any kitchen mess. And in this video you’ll learn how to turn a basic custard into a delicious orange flan. Joachim says you can turn to the book when you are baking a cake and something goes wrong. He’ll...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Genetics, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 02 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Rose Ellen’s Genetic Assist

A cancer patient is helping doctors at the Mayo Clinic unlock a few genetic secrets. Rose Ellen Heley allowed oncologists to decode her DNA and map her genome. Mayo Clinic researchers have learned something about her bone marrow cancer in the process that could help others suffering from cancer. Dr....

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Video on 02 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Science Determines King Tut’s Killer

For years, people thought the Egyptian king was murdered but new DNA evidence is pointing to a different killer. the 3,300-year-old pharaoh King Tutankhamun likely died from complications of a broken leg that was exacerbated by malaria, according to a two-year study of his mummy and family members. They...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, The Brain on 02 11th, 2010 | No Comments

The Love Hormone Field Test

It’s a rare occasion when a scientist can test a theory outside the confines of a laboratory. So when Paul Zak got a call from New Scientist reporter Linda Geddes to take her blood at her wedding, he just couldn’t say no. Dr. Zak is an ocytoxin researcher who studies social indicators of...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 02 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Invent Rice That Doesn’t Need Cooking

Agricultural scientists in India say they have developed a variety of rice that requires no cooking and can be eaten simply after being soaked in water.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Featured Articles, Geology, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 02 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Science on Track for Big Budget Gains in 2011

The federal agencies submitted their budget requests to Congress this week, marking a big moment for all things science. According to preliminary reports about $148 billion of the Presidents full $3.8 trillion budget is heading for scientific research programs. Photo courtesy of Brookhaven National...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Endangered Species, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The Growling Uncertainty of Science

One thing is for sure. Science doesn’t do certainty. No matter how close a researcher gets to complete certainty there is always room to know more. Therefore uncertainty is a scientific fact. And we need to get comfortable with it. From taxonomic tussles over classifying the giant panda to more...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 01 4th, 2010 | No Comments

2 Cancer Codes Cracked

The International Cancer Genome Project is the largest genetic undertaking since the Human Genome Project. It is trying to sequence the DNA of 50 types of cancer over the next few years. Researchers decoded the genome for lung and skin cancer in mid December. CBC reports. Fun fact: Scientists discovered...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Food and Nutrition, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Fizzy Science of Champagne

For centuries, champagne makers considered pent-up carbon dioxide a hazard that could make their bottles explode. But the bubbles are so pleasing to the palette, it’s no wonder 322 million bottles of champagne were sold world-wide last year. WSJ’s Robert Lee Hotz reports.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, RawAudio, SciClips, Science & Entertainment on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments

The Real Grey’s Anatomy

The hit ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy revolves around the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital and follows the lives of surgical residents. Portland, Oregon medical correspondent and author Andrew Holtz wondered where the line between fact and fiction is being drawn when it comes to training...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Environment, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips on 12 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Gaga for Zhu Zhu

The world has gone nuts for five robotic hamsters, called Zhu Zhu Pets. While the cute and cuddly creatures race around on a surfboard, skateboard or in a car, the “it” toy of 2009 has some heavy metals that are within safety limits but beg the question: Do toys need to have these toxic...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, SciClips, The Brain on 11 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Tired from Tryptophan

Did you fall into a turkey coma? Well, if you did don’t blame it on the much-maligned tryptophan. It was more likely something else, like all the starch in stuffing or sugars in candied yams that made you need a nap. New research is finding that carbohydrate-rich meals help tryptophan cross the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips on 11 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Mammogram Recommendations Pit Science Against Policy

A long-standing debate over younger women getting annual breast cancer screening is reigniting this week, after an independent medical panel changed its recommendations. Confusion, fear and politics are swirling around the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. The task force now recommends...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, SciClips on 11 12th, 2009 | 8 Comments

Climate Deniers Turn Up Heat on Science Societies

Scientists within the most venerated science organizations in the United States are mounting rebellions against those organizations and their somewhat unified policy on the science of climate change–that it is real and being driven by human activities. A group of several hundred of 47,000 physicists...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Featured Articles, Food and Nutrition, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Video on 11 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Beer’s Organileptic Chemistry

Beer has been flavoring human culture for at least 9,000 years. During that time, the rich brew has transformed and evolved to satisfy the complex palates of the time. Now, science is a driving force in making beer. And, understanding some of the chemistry can refine color, aroma and flavor. More Info: IBU...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 10 25th, 2009 | No Comments

H1N1 Flu Now a National Emergency

As the numbers of Americans sickened by the H1N1 swine flu skyrockets into the millions, President Obama declared the flu a national emergency.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 10 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Anti-swine Flu Suit

Japanese menswear company Haruyama Trading has developed a suit that it claims can protect wearers from the swine flu. For only about $600, white-collar workers in Tokyo and other crowded Japanese cities will help reduce the spread of the H1N1 flu virus, which has already infected more than 350,000...

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