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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN News, Jan 20, 2012

Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol
Scientific American
"The form of the sugar inside the seaweed is very exotic," Yoshikuni told Scientific American. "There is no industrial microbe to break down alginate and convert it into fuels and chemical compounds." Once he and his colleagues had isolated the genes ...
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Scientific American
Science writing program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientific American (blog)
She continues to explore science issues on her blog, Science Decoded, where she often includes coverage of polar bears, one of her favorite species. About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, ...
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Rainforest in Transition: Is the Amazon Transforming before Our Eyes?
Scientific American
... in the Amazon Basin," as an international consortium of scientists wrote in a review of the state of the science on the world's largest rainforest published in Nature on January 19. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) ...
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Scientific American
In Bowerbird Romance, Master Illusionists Get the Girls [VIDEO]
Scientific American (blog)
... in his bower (top) and another male succeeds in his courtship (bottom). About the Author: Kate Wong is an editor and writer at Scientific American covering paleontology, archaeology and life sciences. Follow on Twitter @katewong. Female view of bower.
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Scientific American (blog)
NCSE Picks Fight Against Climate Science Deniers
Scientific American (blog)
UPDATE: Steve Mirksy has a podcast interview with Eugenie Scott about this new initiative from NCSE right here on Scientific American! Some really great points made by Eugenie by about parallels between evolution and climate change denialism. ...
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Scientific American (blog)
How Exercise Might Help Our Cells Help Us
Scientific American (blog)
And the new report, published online Wednesday in Nature, describes how this extra autophagy seems to help keep insulin resistance (a precursor to diabetes) at bay in the lab rodents (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group). ...
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Scientific American (blog)
A science fair that won't be held in any gym
9NEWS.com
Google is partnering with a number of organizations to launch the competition, including CERN, the Lego Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American. Students aged 13 to 18 are eligible to participate in the inaugural Google Science Fair singly ...
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Scientific American: US flood protection inadequate
PreventionWeb (press release)
... by government flood officials to hold back flood waters," reports the Scientific American. The problem is that very few were built to protect against the powerful storms expected by climatescientists and the flooding that will accompany them. ...
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Google Science Fair 2012 Opens to Arab Students
Wamda
The Scientific American Science in Action award winner (a new category introduced for this year's competition) will earn $50000 and year-long mentorship to make their project goal a reality. Jarrar hopes to see students from the Middle East and North ...
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Science and Sanctions: Nanotechnology in Iran
Scientific American (blog)
This is true. I am principally a metallurgist, and specifically a particulate materialsscientist. However, I always look at science and technology side-by-side and shoulder-to-shoulder. In fact, it is of prime importance to me, as an engineer, ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Critical Thinking and the Scientific Process First—Humanities Later
Xconomy
A scientist can more easily become a philosopher or writer than a writer can become a scientist. Besides, physics is a much more important tool to understand the science and technology that drives modern life than history is, not to mention that it's ...
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How Long Could Cruise Ship Crash Victims Survive in Cold Waters?
Scientific American (blog)
... “Hypothermia: How Long Can Someone Survive In Frigid Water?“ About the Author: Katherine Harmon is an associate editor for Scientific American covering health, medicine and life sciences. Follow on Twitter @katherineharmon. costa concordia sinking.
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Scientific American (blog)
Corbett's officials' departure initiates questions
Tribune Review
Geer and Carlson noted the article cites a Scientific American blog post about the chemicals that accompany sperm. "If you Google 'semen' and 'Scientific American,' you will find the specifics of what was reported in the journal," Geer said. ...
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#Scio12: Broadening participation in STEM – Advice for Allies
Scientific American (blog)
I've had my eyes opened to the paucity of representation of Native American Scientists and Engineers in the blogosphere and at scientific conferences as well as to the work needed to make Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) professionals ...
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Ian Stewart's top 10 popular mathematics books
The Guardian
In his long-running Mathematical Games column in Scientific American, Gardner – a journalist with no mathematical training – created the field of recreational mathematics. On the surface his columns were about puzzles and games, but they all concealed ...
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The Guardian
Green Chemist: A Q&A with Departing EPA Science Advisor Paul Anastas
Scientific American
This "Green Book" outlines the scientific, technical and analytical way to put sustainability into practice. While it is directed at the EPA, it is far more broadly applicable for people who want to put sustainability into practice. ...
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Clean Start: January 19, 2012
ThinkProgress
[Scientific American] Federal and state officials have presented plans to hold BP to its promise to make the Gulf whole in the wake of the 2010 oil-spill disaster. [Fuel Fix] The relatively warm weather is erasing a lot of demand for winter hats, ...
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Daily TIPs: Tech Czar, Nanoparticles, Hackers, & More
Xconomy
Researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Southern California think they do, according toScience Daily. The scientists studied voter turnout patterns of identical and non-identical twins, and found that 53 percent of the variation in turnout ...
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New Study Sheds Light On The Evolution Of Multicellularity
RedOrbit
A new study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), however, points out that the switch may not have been as difficult as mostscientists have speculated. The traditional paradigm for attempting to understand the ...
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RedOrbit
Childhood and Adult Obesity not Budging Much in the US
Scientific American (blog)
... which does not include other documented losses such as decreases in productivity and the quality of life. About the Author: Katherine Harmon is an associate editor forScientific American covering health, medicine and life sciences. ...
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Scientific American (blog)
DRAINE: Information can help stop invasive plant species
Rapid City Journal
I was surprised to find an interview with Mark Davis titled "A Friend to Aliens" in Scientific Americanmagazine, February 2011. Davis, on staff at Macalester College, has made his mark in the areas of invasion biology, restoration ecology, ...
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Sex Is Safe for Many with Heart Disease, Report Says
Scientific American (blog)
... more information on how to resume their normal sexual activity,” the authors noted. About the Author: Katherine Harmon is an associate editor for Scientific Americancovering health, medicine and life sciences. Follow on Twitter @katherineharmon.
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Scientific American (blog)
Davis Sentman, 66
Iowa City Press Citizen
Davis also published 89 papers, including articles in Scientific American and Science, collaborated with 128 co-authors from around the world, and currently has 1690 citations of his work. He was a specialist in plasma physics, solar-terrestrial ...
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Can Money Buy Self-Esteem?
Scientific American (blog)
(See “The Many Faces of Happiness,” by Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, Scientific American Mind, September/October 2011.) That rush of pleasure you get from the purchase probably does fade, but a type of self-esteem effect seems to last. ...
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Scientific American (blog)
brother ql-500 software download
Kashmir Observer
From Scientific American A firstrate intellectual and cultural history. Divided into sections on evolution, development, and transformations, the book begins with a historical introduction to the study of fins and limbs and goes on to brother ql-500 ...
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Fracking heats up the new year
Examiner.com
Scientific American, a rarely disputed information source and winner of the 2011 National Magazine Award for Journalism Excellence, published the news immediately. Even if no more fluids are injected, this and 177 other disposal wells throughout Ohio ...
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Magnetoastrocoolness: How Cosmic Magnetic Fields Shape Planetary Systems
Scientific American (blog)
But the Fermi team exploited the fact that the instrument is embedded in a magnetic field—Earth's. About the Author: George Musser is a senior editor at Scientific American . His primary focus is space science, ranging from planets to cosmology....
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Scientific American (blog)
LIBRARY MATTERS
Greene County Record
Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain – A 24-hour journal of what's happening in your brain as you sleep, dream, wake up, eat, work, play, fight, love, worry, compete, hope, make important decisions, age and change. ...
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Why not scrub CO2 from the sky?
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
In a 2010 article on the subject for Scientific American, Lackner extrapolated from his technologyto envision a time when 10 million air capture machines around the world, each extracting 10 tons of CO2 a day, would affordably collect 36 gigatons of ...
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Welcome To The Coldest Day Of Winter (thaw roughly 1 week away)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Scientific American has the story: "ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Outside Alaska's largest city, where wildlife is more common than pigeons, locals bearing field glasses turn out every year to watch blazingly white trumpeter swans stop to feed on their way south ...
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Sex, Gender and Controversy: Scicurious and Kate Clancy's Science Online 2012 ...
Scientific American (blog)
Our agency as scientists is continually subverted by broader assumptions that who we are as people dictate our scientific interests. This, I think, is why I find the idea of bias in women's health so interesting. Agency and institutional pressures are ...
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What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Sunday thru Monday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
SET #2: 60-Second Tech ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ skepticality. SET #3: 60-Second Mind ... More news, from Public Radio WHRV, “Discovery Now” ~ Europa Jupiter System Mission: An international collaboration has set its sights on Jupiter, in what could be the landmark mission of 21st-century planetary science. (00:01:30). “Astronomy. ... News at the top of the hour, fromScientific American's “60-Second Tech” ~ Passwords Go Bye-Bye By 2017? (00:01:16). More news...
Astronomy.FM
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Tuesday thru Wednesday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
SET #2: 60-Second Tech ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Planetary Radio ~ BONUS! AAASScience Update. SET #3: 60-Second Mind ~ AAAS Science Update ~ Big Picture Science! (formerly SETI's Are We Alone?) SET #4: 60-Second Science ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Science Talk ~ BONUS! Cheap Astronomy ... News at the top of the hour, fromScientific American's “60-Second Tech“ ~ Service Teaches Computer Code Online, Free. (00:01:15)...
Astronomy.FM
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Friday thru Saturday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Mind” ~Individuals are Removed of Blame When in Groups. (00:01:22). More news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ...
Astronomy.FM
In Atheists We Distrust - Daisy Grewal - Scientific American ...
Only 45 percent of Americans say they would vote for a qualified atheist presidential candidate, and atheists are rated as the least desirable group for a potential son-in-law or daughter-in-law to belong to. ... Casey Luskin - Evolution News and. ... The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, ...
RichardDawkins.net - All Content
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Wednesday thru Thursday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Earth” ~ How City Noise is Reshaping Birdsong. (00:01:42). Extended news, from Public Radio WHRV, “Discovery Now” ~ EBF3: In the world of science-fiction, something can ...
Astronomy.FM
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Monday thru Tuesday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
SET #2: 60-Second Tech ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ AstroTalkUK ~ BONUS! ...Science Update. (click below for episode details!) Today's programs are made possible by YOU! Please help support the only radio station in the Known Universe that is all astronomy and science, all the time! The handy-dandy ridiculously large “DONATE” button is located on stage right ... Newsat the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Tech“ ~ PC Makers Bet on UltraBooks....
Astronomy.FM
Where Did All That Space Debris Come From? | Guest Blog ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network .... Space debris 'at tipping joint': Scientists in the United States call on the space agency, Nasa, to clean up spa. ... Plan to Recycle $300 Billion Worth of Space Debris | Great News Network ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Thursday thru Friday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
News at the top of the set, from Scientific American's “60-Second Mind” ~ Hockey and Concussions. (00:02:08). More news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “ScienceUpdate” ~ Mimic Mimic: When an Indonesian ...
Astronomy.FM
Enviornmental Science News - » Green Chemist: A Q&A with ...
By Scientific American
said there has been a "growing realization across EPA" that green chemistry "can meet environmental and economic goals simultaneously." During his two years as science advisor and assistant administrator at EPA's Office of Research and ...
Enviornmental Science News
Technology for a Cause | Think Tank | Big Think
By An Phung
But they aren't the only ones developing sensible and affordable technology to empower those living in impoverished countries. Here are some other tech savvy innovators who made the news recently for creating tools that promote good ...
Big Think
Scientists Map Enzyme to Vanquish Viruses: Scientific American Video
News videos covering science, health and technology at Sciam.com. ... All Videos tab arrow,Scientific American Exclusives tab arrow ...
www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=scientists-map...
Snowboarding Crow - Scientific American Blog
News · Features · Ask the Experts · Edit This · Extreme Tech · Fact or Fiction ... Anecdotes from the Archive · @ScientificAmerican · Budding Scientist · The SA ...
blogs.scientificamerican.com/.../friday-fun-snowboarding-cro...
How to Predict the Future of Technology: Scientific American
A Blog Around The Clock; Anecdotes from the Archive; @ScientificAmerican; Budding Scientist; The SA Incubator; The Network Central; Scientific American ...
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-future-is...
Time, Scientific American etc - Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Time, Scientific American, etc: Amazon Basin shifting from carbon sink, to source ? ... These background tidbits don't appear in news coverage, to no surprise.
ksjtracker.mit.edu/.../time-scientific-american-etc-amazon-basi...
  
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