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Science & Policy News
October 2006
The Washington Post, October 30th, 2006 In a long paper in the journal Nature and several shorter ones in Science, Robertson and his colleagues describe their initial insights on the honeybee genome, which is full of both surprises and confirmed hunches.
Chron.com, October 24th, 2006 Using science and math, Efthimiou explains why it is ghosts can't walk among us while also gliding through walls, like Patrick Swayze in the movie "Ghost." That violates Newton's law of action and reaction. If ghosts walk, their feet apply force to the floor, but if they go through walls they are without substance, the professor says.
The Guardian, October 24th, 2006 During a tour of the Forensic Science Service headquarters in London, he dismissed concerns of opposition politicians, saying the public backed the database because it was "helping us track down murderers, rapists".
The Washington Post, October 19th, 2006 Among the problems raised by the new technologies are how followers of some religions will manage their strict dietary rules if, say, meat in stores is made by a process deemed sinful or contains genes from an organism they are not supposed to eat.
MSNBC, October 19th, 2006 Cloaking differs from stealth technology, which doesn’t make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track. Cloaking simply passes the radar or other waves around the object as if it weren’t there, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream.
New Scientist, October 18th, 2006 We're leaving quite a mess behind: ploughed-up prairies, razed forests, drained aquifers, nuclear waste, chemical pollution, invasive species, mass extinctions and now the looming spectre of climate change. If they could, the other species we share Earth with would surely vote us off the planet.
The Chronicle, October 15th, 2006 The abutment of science with moral or religious values is straining the relationship between science and society. The National Science Board reports that a large majority of Americans (more than 70 percent in every survey since the early 1970s) still believes the benefits of science outweigh its risks to health or the environment.
BBC, October 10th, 2006 A team of US scientists has invented just such a creature using lengths of DNA. They're calling it a "molecular spider". Its DNA legs - four of them - are around 10 millionths of a millimetre long (10 nanometres).
The New York Times, October 5th, 2006 The terms of the prize require competitors to sequence 100 human genomes of their choice within 10 days, and, within six months, those of a further 100 individuals chosen by the foundation.
The New York Times, October 5th, 2006 In a large number of studies, prescription fish oil has been shown to improve survival after heart attacks and to reduce fatal heart rhythms. The American College of Cardiology recently strengthened its position on the medical benefit of fish oil, although some critics say that studies have not defined the magnitude of the effect.
The Scientist, October 3rd, 2006 On a typical day in the Oval Office, the US president, tired of simply watering down reports and testimony that contradict something he supports, decides to simply disband his scientific advisory positions. Along the way, he eliminates the office of presidential science advisor.
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