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Science & Policy News
August 2005
The American Prospect, August 25, 2005 E-mail Addiction:
Are we becoming a nation chained to our inboxes?
New York Times, August 25, 2005 Women in scanty
dress are used to sell everything from cars to cigars in Mexico
, but the efforts of environmentalists to harness one model's sex
appeal to stop men from eating turtle eggs as an aphrodisiac have created
a stir.
The Guardian , August 25, 2005
Companies breeding laboratory animals in the UK were bracing themselves
last night as animal rights protesters pondered their next move following
the successful campaign to close the Newchurch guinea pig farm.
Business 2.0, August 22, 2005 Free Wi-Fi?
Get Ready for GoogleNet: A trail of hidden clues suggests Google is
building its own Internet—and might be looking to let everyone connect
for free.
New York Times, August 22, 2005 Scientists in India find few restraints on their work. But what would Ghandi do?
Christian Science Monitor, August 19, 2005
As China's economy grows, it's easy to think the 1980s are back.
The Independent , August 17, 2005
The
British government has identified more than 70 issues requiring discussion
before it updates its 1990 laws governing fertility. Changes could
overturn the current bans of altering the genetic structure of embryos
and creating chimeras.
MSNBC, August 16, 2005
Scientists Develop Pee-Powered Battery: Scientists have devoped
a way to turn pee into electricity. Christian Science Monitor, August 15, 2005
Is the GM food phenomenon going to bring a second "green revolution"
or is it running out of gas?
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 12, 2005
The fact that Seoul has become Cloning and Stem Cell Central has racheted
up a concern that has been growing for years: Is the U.S. losing
its decades-long pre-eminence in science? And if so, does it matter?
SciDev Net, August 12, 2005
Some U.S. $15 billion will need to be spent on agricultural research
in sub-Saharan Africa over the next 20 years if efforts to tackle hunger
and malnutrition are to succeed, says the International Food Policy
Research Institute.
ABC News, August 11, 2005
Salmon swim north into Arctic seas, locusts plague northern Italy and
two heat-loving bee-eater birds nest in a hedge in Britain. Signs
of global warming or just summertime oddities?
New York Times, August 4, 2005
Pentagon's New Goal: Put Science Into Scripts: At a cost of roughly
$25,000 in Pentagon research grants, 15 elite scientists are learning
how to write and sell screenplays.
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