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Science & Policy News
April 2005
Times Online, April 29, 2005
Parents win right to create designer baby to aid ill son: A couple were
given the go-ahead by the House of Lords yesterday to produce a so-called
“designer baby” with the aim of treating a sibling with a genetic disorder.
Marburger Asks Social Scientists for a Helping Hand in Interpreting Data: Last week Marburger challenged the scientific community to help him find answers to a host of questions that puzzle science policymakers. Read
more Exploding Toads Puzzle German Scientists: With test after test turning up null, the question remains - why are toads in Hamburg exploding?
Christian Science Monitor, April 28, 2005 Mixed roots: Science looks at family trees: A new business - the ancestry industry - looks as if it may radically change our ideas of race and heritage.
Discover, Volume 26 No. 5, May 2005 Native America's Alleles, Learning Series: Genes, Race, and Medicine [Part 3]: Arizona's Pima Indians have the world's highest rate of diabetes, and the rest of the world is catching up fast. Can geneticists figure out why?
Western states fail to agree on water: Seven western states have failed to agree on managing the Colorado River in drought conditions and the federal government will have to craft a plan.
Panel urges national standard to govern stem cell research: A National Academy of Sciences panel Tuesday called for national oversight of human embryonic stem cell research.
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A Hundred Cellphones Bloom, and Chinese Take to the Streets: Technology played a big part in organizing the anti-Japanese protests in China. But what are the long-term consequences?
New York Times, April 22, 2005 Climate Research Faulted Over Missing Components: The Bush administration's program to study climate changes fails to include periodic assessments of how rising temperatures may affect people and the environment.
Nobel Economist Says Fat Americans Trust in Science: Gary Becker says that one reason obesity may be running rampant is that people put too much trust in future technology saving them.
Washington Times , April 21, 2005 306 acres end habitat battle for shrimp: After a $400,000 litigation, the endangered fairy shrimp is getting less than 3% of the protected habitat proposed five years ago.
Science Daily , April 18, 2005 Nano World: Top 10 for Developing World: Here are the top ten uses of nanotech for the developing world - do you know what tops the list?
Philly.com, April 16, 2005 Science and politics mix to drive Pa. deer policy: In an equation involving deer, hunters, the public, and wildlife authorities, the answer is anything but clear-cut.
Reuters, April 15, 2005 U.N. video game encourages kids to feed, not kill: The jungle territory that hides lurking rebel forces makes it look like a shoot-em-up adventure, but in this video game -- from the U.N.'s food aid agency -- the aim is to feed the masses rather than blow them away.
ZNet, April 12, 2005 End of the Wild: The extinction crisis is over. We lost: Today the guiding hand of evolution is unmistakably human, with earth-shattering consequences.
The Scientist , April 11, 2005 The Million-Dollar Mislabel: The EPA's RCRA was created in mind with monitoring and penalizing large-scale corporations. Should academics be held to the same fee schedule?
Analysis: Border-water outlook upbeat: Reservoirs on the Rio Grande River are near capacity after plentiful rainfall, and Mexican officials recently agreed to complete repayment of a water debt to Texas that has been a sore spot for years.
A tiny robot swarm - fiction no longer: Sci-fi writers used to create incredible entities made of intelligent, adaptable nanobots. How close is reality to the dream?
Science Daily, April 7, 2005 House panel moves to extend Daylight Saving: In an effort to reduce oil consumption a provision has been added to the energy bill in the house. Its' aim? Extend Daylight Saving Time by nearly two months. Read
more Nanotech Vs. The Green Gang: The "Green Gang" is starting to focus on nanotech research, and governments around the world are listening. PhysOrg, April 6, 2005 Nanobacteria in clouds could spread disease, scientists claim: Learn about nanobacteria and how you could be impacted by them here.
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 5, 2005 Patching up genes the next big step: Scientists at a company in California have developed a potentially revolutionary technique to permanently rewrite any gene in the human body.
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