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Science & Policy News
April 2006
Duluth News Tribune, April 24, 2006 Bill would prohibit mandatory microchip implants: A proposal moving through the state Legislature would prohibit anyone from requiring people to have the tiny chips embedded in them or doing so without their knowledge. Read
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more Profitless Prosperity: Thirty years after the biotechnology revolution began, the industry has yet to turn an aggregate profit. Read
more Earth Day Martyr and Price on Environmental Lawyers Head: As Earth Day dawned around the world, word came that one environmental advocate in the Philippines was gunned down last week and another is living under threat to his life. Read
more Internet Visionaries Betting on Green Technology Boom: Bill Gates, John Doerr and Steve Case believed in the Internet long before Wall Street did. Now, they're betting on the next great "disruptive" technology: alternative fuels and other environmentally friendly products, but this time other investors aren't far behind. Read
more Future sex
gizmos: Reach out and touch someone: When America's top sex
researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field,
some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater
to every fantasy. Read
more State seen as 'leader of the pack' on clean air: A growing number of religious leaders, environmentalists and politicians nationwide say they have been energized by aggressive policies emerging from California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read
more British Rethinking Rules After Ill-Fated Drug Trial: Six healthy young men took part in a study that is sending shock waves through the research world and causing regulators to rethink procedures for testing certain powerful new drugs. Read
more Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions: As the U.S. economy strides into the age of nanotechnology, thousands of workers like these are participants in a seat-of-the-pants occupational health experiment. Read
more Saving Millions for Just a Few Dollars: The book, "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, Second Edition," is being launched today in Beijing. The volume is emblematic of global health strategies in the 21st century.
Israel tests 'kosher' cellphone appetite: The phones - carrying the seal of approval from Israel's rabbinical authorities - have been one of the most successful mergers of technology and centuries-old tradition in the ultra-Orthodox community. Read
more A Geek, Sure, but No Patsy When It's About Research: Laurie Pycroft, 16 years old, is possibly the youngest and certainly the most closely scrutinized campaigner in Britain against a militant animal rights movement that wants to block the building of new animal testing facilities here.
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