BIOLOGY News, Jan 31, 2012

BIOLOGY

Ultrasound Zap May Be New Form of Birth Control ABC News A new animal study, published in the journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, revealed that a couple zaps to the testicles might be the future of contraception. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that zapping ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Autism: Brainwaves 'show risk from age of six months' BBC News A study published in Current Biology identified differences in infants' brainwaves from as early as six months. Behavioural symptoms of autism typically develop between a child's first and second birthdays. Autism charities said identifying the ... See all stories on this topic »

Working In A Crowd, Video Gamers Build A Better Protein Than Scientists Co.Design Foldit, a puzzle game designed by scientists to get laypeople involved in solving biology research problems, has been making headlines for years. The game focuses on protein folding, the process by which these essential biochemicals curl up into shapes ... See all stories on this topic » Co.Design

Cynthia Nixon's Claim to Be Gay By Choice Riles Ac … Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) AP - 11 hours ago Explore news, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control. By LISA LEFF | Associated Press – 11 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cynthia Nixon learned the ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple, Kno to change the textbook industry forever UVU Review Imagine watching a video of a whale in a marine biology textbook, then engaging in a comment thread including thoughts and opinions of others studying the same material. It's those functionalities, as well as many more, that give these new textbooks, ... See all stories on this topic » UVU Review

Bowerbirds woo mates with illusions ScienceAlert Professor John Endler, from JCU's School of Marine and Tropical Biology, whose area of expertise is evolutionary ecology, has recently produced a research paper titled "Illusions promote mating success in great bowerbirds". Professor Endler said his ... See all stories on this topic » ScienceAlert

news In detail Knowledgespeak The Code deals with such common questions in higher education as: when and how much copyrighted material can be digitised for student use; whether video should be treated the same way as print; how libraries' special collections can be made available... See all stories on this topic »

Gender-neutral parenting: nutty or nice? Independent Online So proud were they of what they were doing that they even posted on YouTube a video of Sasha saying it was “silly” to talk of differences between boys and girls, and sent friends pictures of him dressed as a pink and glittery fairy. See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

How to Survive a Plague: Sundance Film Review Hollywood Reporter Written by the director with his editors T. Woody Richman and Tyler H. Walk, the film was clearly a monumental research project, culling material from 700 hours of video. France's reporting skills are impeccable. But in his first documentary, ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Concept of race not a black-and-white issue, COSI exhibit shows Columbus Dispatch An exhibit opening today at COSI Columbus explores how the idea of race isn't so much rooted in biology, as many people have asserted for hundreds of years. “Race is a social construct,” said Azuka MuMin, senior director of community outreach and ... See all stories on this topic » Columbus Dispatch

MIT OpenCourseWare Publishes Linear Algebra in Innovative OCW Scholar Format PR.com (press release) Professor Strang, who is one of the most widely known mathematicians in the world, hopes that the new, robust version—with its problem solving videos—will help students everywhere. “I'm very proud of this new version of 18.06,” said Professor Strang. See all stories on this topic »

Working long hours linked to depression Chicago Tribune The new study, published online in the journal Current Biology, examined babies 6 to 10 months old who were at higher risk of developing autism because they had an older sibling with autism. Researchers from Birkbeck, University of London, ... See all stories on this topic »

Cougar News: Interview with Mrs. Hedrick my.hsj.org Besides teaching chemistry, she also teaches physics and biology which is one of the reasons I chose to interview her. Here are some questions I asked and the answers I received: A: UC Davis, UC Berkley, and received graduate degree at University of ... See all stories on this topic »

Book review: Magical realism refreshes Western fiction in 'The Scholar of Moab' Deseret News Peck, an evolutionary ecologist at Brigham Young University where he teaches the philosophy of biology, manages to poke fun at LDS culture without making it the focus of the novel. The novel's portrayal of faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ ... See all stories on this topic » Deseret News

Cooper grad Wasmer enjoys return trip to Abilene as TWU assistant coach. ReporterNews.com I've got a nice little highlight video of her, and it's just amazing things she could do. Basketball came first for her." Wasmer, a homecoming queen and academic all-state selection at Cooper, went on to help Odessa College win a national junior ... See all stories on this topic »

EVENTS CALENDAR for Week starting Jan. 27 New Haven Register Maritime Aquarium, Public Marine-Biology Program: “Squid Dissection”, 10:30 am, noon, 2 and 3:30 pm Jan. 28, for ages 9 and over, $5 per person plus Aquarium admission; “Lizards of the World”, live-animal presentation, 11 am-1 pm Jan. See all stories on this topic »

  

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BEST Anything, Jan 31, 2012

BEST

Indian shares post best January rise in 18 years Reuters Top lender State Bank of India surged 3.9 percent, propelled by a $1.6 billion capital infusion plan, while No.2 ICICI Bank closed 5.9 percent higher after it posted record quarterly profit, powering the main index to its biggest daily percentage gain ... See all stories on this topic »

G Data InternetSecurity 2012 Review: Top-Notch Antimalware Protection PCWorld Although its interface isn't terribly friendly to beginners, G Data's suite put up some of the best malware detection and blocking scores in the history of our testing. G Data InternetSecurity blocked all samples in our real-world tests (which assess ... See all stories on this topic »

World's top new landmarks revealed CNNGo.com By CNNGo staff 31 January, 2012 Arizona's Grand Canyon Skywalk is thebest new bridge, New York by Gehry the top new skyscraper and the Statue of Liberty the most visited landmark, according to Travel + Leisure magazine. The New York-based travel ... See all stories on this topic » CNNGo.com

Sundance DiGiovanni Speaks About The Future of Major League Gaming PCWorld MLG is also introducing Arena events, where the best StarCraft II gamers from around the world will be flown to New York City to compete live in front of a small audience. This is in addition to four main Championship events, the first of which kicks ... See all stories on this topic »

Leanne Smith posts career-best seventh in St. Moritz World Cup Conway Daily Sun By Lloyd Jones The North Conway resident posted her best World Cup result to date, skiing to seventh place in the downhill on Saturday. The result came on the heels of a fine effort in super combined the day before. Smith, the daughter of Paula and Joe ... See all stories on this topic »

Top California Dive Bar, Johnny's Saloon, is World's First Pour Your Own PBR Bar PR Web (press release) That along with the best jukebox in OC and the best regulars in the worldmakes for a pretty awesome time. The i-buttons allowing anyone access to the table, that's of age, is just such a cool feature we couldn't resist spoiling our patrons so we got ... See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

Carrier's Collierville Operation Named a Top North American Plant by IndustryWeek MarketWatch (press release) This is the fourth consecutive year a Carrier facility has been honored with the BestPlants title. Carrier is the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, and a part of UTC Climate, Controls and Security ... See all stories on this topic »

Men's Track & Field: Nixon sets world junior record in heptathlon Today's THV FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The top-ranked University of Arkansas men's track and field team capped its weekend at the Razorback Invitational with aworld junior record in the heptathlon by Gunnar Nixon. Competing in his first collegiate multi-event, ... See all stories on this topic » Today's THV

Five reasons the AL towers over the NL SportingNews.com So just like that, the NL Central lost its two best power hitters—other NL Central teams are OK with this development—and the AL got a flood of first-base pop. Fielder's signing gave the league six legitimate World Series contenders: The New York ... See all stories on this topic »

National Signing Day 2012: Predicting the Best Class in Each BCS Conference Bleacher Report Assembling a highly touted recruiting class full of top-rated prospects certainly deserves respect, and it's something to be proud of since the recruiting world is one of the most cut-throat environments in all of sports. With that said, though, ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

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