Tags Results for 'science'

Resurrecting the Mighty Mammoth, Cheaply (Friday 21st of November 2008 10:00:01 AM)

Somanyrobots writes with an interesting followup in the New York Times to the earlier-reported
substantial reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome: "Scientists are talking for the first
time about the old idea of resurrecting extinct species as if ... (more)

Drive From Sydney Museum Could Unlock NASA Moon Data (Monday 10th of November 2008 09:30:01 PM)

"An archiving error by NASA has meant 173 data tapes have sat in Perth for almost 40 years,
holding poop about lunar dust that could be vital in expanding science's sensitivity of the
moon. But after almost four decades, a charity from a Sydney mainframe ... (more)

White Space Debate Intensifies As Vote Approaches (Sunday 26th of October 2008 07:15:02 AM)

Ars Technica reports that the debate between broadcasters and white space supporters has
intensified after each side freshly made inflammatory remark and suggested that science would
vindicate their position. Several organizations are pushing to delay ... (more)

World's largest computing grid lives to go live (Monday 06th of October 2008 07:21:00 AM)

Filed under: Desktops, Misc. Gadgets Contrary to popular belief, the world as we know it didn't
implode after the Large Hadron Collider was flipped on. Sure -- someone, around is growing a
ninth arm and trying desperately to land a cameo on Fringe, but ... (more)

Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells (Monday 29th of September 2008 03:00:01 AM)

Hackingbear writes "Wired, citing a paper published in Science magazine, reports that Harvard
scientists may have found a safer way of giving a flake of skin the biologically alchemical
powers of third world country stem cells by turning adult cells into ... (more)

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider (Sunday 07th of September 2008 01:37:00 PM)

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Really people, enough is enough. Death threats? Seriously? as it
should be to a fresh report from the Telegraph, gurus working on the mysterious Large Hadron
Collider are receiving all sorts of strange messages, e-mails and ... (more)

Google Using DoubleClick Tracking Cookies (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 10:30:02 PM)

Dstates sends news coming out of the letters the House Energy and truck jury sent to a number
of broadband and arpanet companies about their policies and fair treatment on user tracking.
The board has now made public 25 responses to its queries, and many ... (more)

Another breakthrough purportedly brings us closer to quantum computing (Sunday 20th of July 2008 05:56:00 AM)

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops In reality, quite a bit of time has passed since we've heard of
the next great leap in the (seemingly) never-ending journey towards quantum computing, but
we're incredibly relieved to learn that at least someone is still ... (more)

John Wiley Price thinks science is offensive (Friday 11th of July 2008 06:05:49 AM)

John Wiley Price thinks science is offensiveCommissioner John Wiley Price, who is black,
interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying
the office has become a “white hole.” That prompted Judge ... (more)

Business or science major? (Thursday 10th of July 2008 06:03:28 AM)

since both are popular majors, (or so i think they are), do colleges look upon those who want
to go into a major that does not have a lot of people in it at the school already? like since
business is a well-populated major at ... (more)

Physical science qs? (Thursday 10th of July 2008 06:02:51 AM)

1) Jane traveled from Orem to Ogden (120 miles). She then traveled back to Orem. If the time
for her round trip was 4 hours, what was her average speed? 2)Jane traveled from Orem to
Ogden (120 miles). She then traveled back to Orem. If the ... (more)

What is the best and or quickest way to study computer science? (Thursday 10th of July 2008 06:02:35 AM)

Depends on what you want to do with the knowledge. Different places and methods for different
portions of the huge CS domain. We need more information to answer. Might be CBT, reading,
college, community college, adult ed, etc. depending on what ... (more)

High School Science Research Topics? (Tuesday 08th of July 2008 07:03:12 AM)

I'm studying H3 in the Philippines, with an advanced knowledge in Biology. I am now studying
General Chemistry 2, and we are supposed to search for a good research topic in our Research
class, more preferably, a research & development kind of topic. ... (more)

Hi i m partha,currently studying at iit delhi(computer science).how can i do my PG from harvard? (Tuesday 08th of July 2008 07:02:42 AM)

Good Luck! It is great that you are aiming for good in life. My best wishes for you.

Entertainment Weekly Bemoans Lack of Great Science Books (Thursday 26th of June 2008 03:30:02 PM)

Bryan writes "A recent caption at concert Weekly suggests that the '100 Best Reads' of the last
25 years do not include a single science book (not even a popular science book). In response,
cosmologist Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance has given an interesting ... (more)

Japanese scientists craft planet's smallest ramen bowl (Sunday 01st of June 2008 08:01:00 AM)

Filed under: Household Now that just looks extra scrumptious, doesn't it? What you're peering
at above is believed to be the world's tiniest ramen bowl, created by a clever bunch of
scientists from the health center of Tokyo. Reportedly, Masayuki Nakao ... (more)

Physicists develop plastic semiconductors for laser diode use (Monday 26th of May 2008 11:03:00 AM)

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Not to get all scientific on you or anything, but a team of Imperial
physicists have just figured out a way to use plastics in laser diodes. For the uninitiated,
scientists have been unable to make plastic semiconductor laser ... (more)

DP sales ploys and counterploys (Monday 05th of May 2008 12:33:00 PM)

Technological society works on the basis of technique, which for Ellul attention with science.
In general, technology seems to be the how that links what is (science, social science) to what
should be. In other words, in this new society, knowledge is ... (more)

DP sales ploys and counterploys (Monday 05th of May 2008 12:32:00 PM)

Technological society works on the basis of technique, which for Ellul attention with science.
In general, technology seems to be the how that links what is (science, social science) to what
should be. In other words, in this new society, knowledge is ... (more)

What is the First Day in a University Lab Like? (Monday 21st of April 2008 07:00:04 PM)

The_kanzure writes "I'm going to start at a health center lab a few days after my high school
graduation ceremony. The lab is an eclectic blend of brain* science, evolutionary sociology and
molecular biology, essentially it's research/development and ... (more)

How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience (Friday 21st of March 2008 01:15:06 AM)

Prescott writes "Given the divisions in the US around subjects like evolution and climate
change, scientists face challenges in how to communicate good science to a polarized US public.
Speakers at the recent AAAS meeting talked about how scientific enlightenment ... (more)

Mega-Cash Prizes and Revolutionary Science (Sunday 09th of March 2008 05:00:04 AM)

Bruce G Charlton writes "A new paper in Medical Hypotheses suggests that very big cash prizes
could specifically be targeted to stimulate 'revolutionary' science. Usually, prizes tend to
stimulate 'applied' science — as in the most famous example ... (more)

NASA Running Out of Plutonium (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:00:02 AM)

PRB_Ohio takes us to Space.com for a story about NASA's plutonium shortage, and how it may
affect future missions to the far reaches of the solar system. The U.S. hasn't produced
plutonium since 1988, instead preferring to means it from Russia. We discussed ... (more)

2008 Winners Of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs Announced By Merck And AAAS (Friday 15th of February 2008 02:00:00 PM)

Fourteen colleges and universities have been selected for awards from the Merck/AAAS
Undergraduate Science probe Program. Sponsored by the Merck decretum for Science Education
(MISE) and the old glory stars and stripes alliance for the Advancement of ... (more)

DOE Awards 265 Million Processor-Hours To Science Projects (Tuesday 22nd of January 2008 12:45:04 AM)

Weather Storm writes "DOE's new and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and analysis (INCITE)
program supports computationally intensive, large-scale inquiry projects at a deciding level.
They newly awarded 265 million processor-hours to 55 scientific ... (more)

FCC Will Test Internet Over TV Airwaves, Again (Saturday 19th of January 2008 09:30:04 PM)

Weather Storm writes "According to MSNBC.com, the FCC will try again to test prototypes on Jan.
24 for telecasting high-speed a us regulation network network (the advanced exploration
projects agency network) that was created in 1968 to keep up with soviet ... (more)

12 Florida Schools Pass Anti-Evolution Resolutions (Saturday 12th of January 2008 11:45:04 AM)

Several sources are reporting that twelve school districts in Florida have passed resolutions
against the teaching of evolution. Out of all the arguments, however, one administrator seems
to have gotten it right: "Then, the final speaker, Lisa Dizengoff, ... (more)

"Truth, Lies, And Public Health" Authored By Weill Cornell's Dr. Madelon Finkel (Tuesday 01st of January 2008 09:00:00 AM)

From stem cell delving to needle exchanges to medical reefer and HIV/AIDS prevention, politics
is getting in the way of science, according to regulation to a new book by a leading authority
on health-care policy and women's health issues at Weill Cornell ... (more)

Science Magazine's Top Stories of 2007 (Saturday 22nd of December 2007 03:00:08 PM)

Ahab_2001 writes "The journal Science has put up its annual Breakthrough of the Year list.
They're looking at the top-ten scientific accomplishments for 2007. Leading the list are
studies of human genetic variation, and a flood of new discoveries that ... (more)

House and Senate Slash Science Budget Increases (Thursday 20th of December 2007 12:30:07 PM)

An anonymous reader writes "As reported by Science magazine, Congress has cut science funding
increases for fiscal year 2008. This comes in spite of the earlier announced suspensory veto
initiative to increase funding for basic experimentation to improve ... (more)

 

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