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Science & Policy News
October 2005
Washington Post, October 31, 2005 Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue: Some fear a shot for teens could encourage sex.
Read more 2 Science Groups Say Kansas Can't Use Their Evolution Papers: Two leading science organizations have denied the Kansas board of education permission to use their copyrighted materials in the state's proposed new science standards because of the standards' critical approach to evolution.
Read more Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters: Instead of continuing their prohibitively high-cost war against the sea, some Dutch architects are designing ways to live on, instead of fighting against, the rising tide.
Read more Remote Control Device 'Controls' Humans: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans top telephone company, says it is developing the technology to perhaps make video games more realistic.
Read more Scare Yourself Silly, But the Real Terrors are at Your Feet: Frightening health news lets people replace immediate dangers with more distant ones
Nanotechnology's Big Question: Safety: Some say micromaterials are coming to market without adequate controls.
Read more Environmentalists Sue Navy Over Sonar Use: Environmentalists sued the Navy on Wednesday, claiming that a widely used form of sonar for detecting enemy submarines disturbs and sometimes kills whales and dolphins.
Read more Traffic violators face ID theft check: Motorists cited for criminal traffic violations will have to give their thumbprint to Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies or go to jail.
Read more IPods Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet: Rather than fighting the fad, some schools are capitalizing on it by giving students iPods and re-imagining them as a learning tool.
Read more Personalized drugs draw biotech dollars: An increasing number of investors and companies are clamoring for profit in personalized medicine. They're pursuing start-ups that are leveraging advances in genetics to find drugs that are safer, cheaper and more effective because they're personalized for specific groups of patients.
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ASU Given $6.2M Nanotechnology Grant: The new Center for Nanotechnology and Society will work side-by-side with nanoscientists to anticipate and understand the societal consequences of nanotechnology.
BBC News, October 7, 2005 SMS Bible launched in Australia: The Bible has been translated into text message-speak in Australia to allow its lessons to be disseminated more easily.
Read more A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom: The small Himalayn kingdom of Bhutan has scrapped GDP and turned to GNH: Gross Nationa Happiness. |
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