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10 Jan 12 - Science History Of Science News
Philadelphia Announces Dates for 2012 Science Festival: 10 Days of Interactive ...
Discover how this visual journey reflects man's cultural history -- and how technological advances are revolutionizing the interdisciplinary profession of medical illustration.
Volcanic mercury contributed to mass global extinction, Canadian scientists ...
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News January 10, 2012 3:06 PM Canadian scientists probing ancient chemical deposits on the shores of a High Arctic lake have shed new light on the greatest mass extinction in Earth history - the "Great Dying" that wiped out ...
Guantanamo facing the Cuban Science Day
The Day of Cuban Science is celebrated in the island each January 15 since 1960, after the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz said in the current National Museum of History of Science that “the future of our motherland has to be necessarily, ...
Nobel history illustrates gap in grants to young scientists
That should trouble those concerned about the United States' standing as a biomedical powerhouse, said Kirstin Matthews, first author of a paper published in the open-access journal PloS One by the nonprofit Public Library of Science.
I owe it all to my father – Hawking marks milestone of 70th birthday
The title of Hawking's talk, "A Brief History of Mine", was a deliberate play on the title of his first popular science book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide since it was published in 1988.
Pa. chief to EPA: Let science be guide in Dimock
... DEP's enforcement history with respect to Dimock is rudimentary." Krancer urged Shawn Garvin, the agency's regional administrator in Philadelphia, to allow the EPA probe to "be guided by sound science and the law instead of emotion and publicity.
Doomsday Clock Moved to 5 Minutes to Midnight, Focus on Global Warming & Energy
For those interested in a little more history, the clock was first put into use in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago. They have maintained the clock ever since. The clock has ticked forward or backward 20 times ...
Avoid alcohol two days a week, say MPs
The news is based on a new report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which examined the UK's alcohol guidelines.
Reuters Science News Summary
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Next ice age not likely before 1500 years: study LONDON (Reuters) - High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1500 years, ...
Architect Ricardo Legorreta's work on the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Our city's Museum of Science and History stands as a monument to his forethought and practical artistic vision. The structure represents one of Legorreta's final landmark projects.
Tom Coburn, Ignorance, And The Need For Scientific Communication
Over the decades, political criticism has annoyed scientists, but rarely affected their work or funding; researchers often take this history to mean that such attacks should be shrugged off instead of worried over. But these are different times: the ...
Stephen Hawking at 70: Wonder man of science
His fellow scientists and physics and cosmology enthusiasts all marvel at how he is still scoring extraordinary achievements and remaining ebulliently brilliant.
James F. Crow, Population Genetics Pioneer, Dies at 95
Dr. Crow served on a genetics committee set up by the National Academy of Sciences to assess mutational damage in those exposed to radiation from the atomic weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who Word-Processed First? Professor's History Has Writers Staking Their Claims
In a recent blog post the science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle criticized Mr. Kirschenbaum for failing to award him bragging rights as the first to complete a science fiction novel - and perhaps any kind of novel - on a computer.
Exhibition on history of kites from January 10
Official sources said the kite exhibition will be held from January 10 to January 29 at SMC's City Science Centre. The visitors will get to know about the interesting history of kite and its advent to India. Bhamini Mahida, chief curator at Science ...
Infosys prize conferred on six researchers from 5 science streams
TV Mohandas Pai, president of the Board of Trustees of Infosys Science Foundation, said a new award category in humanities would be introduced from 2012.
Fighting on after the war is over, HIV contrarian publishes yet another paper
The work got Duesberg a tenured position at Berkeley and election to the National Academies of Science. By the time oncogenes had earned their leading proponents a trip to Sweden to meet the King, however, Duesberg was having none of it.
Updates from the Deep: New and Noteworthy in Hydrothermal Vent Research
By Southern Fried Scientist, on January 10th, 2012 From hairy-chested yeti crabs to the deepest known fields, hydrothermal vents have been enjoying a bit of science celebrity in the last few weeks. Beneath the headlines, there has been an eruption of ...
Judges, jugglers, robots and rock bands gather for record-breaking Young Scientist
The jugglers gave a preview of their show at the RDS yesterday, delivered by Jo Williams and Paul Haswell, who talk about the history of science while flinging assorted objects through the air. Pupils of Newpark Comprehensive School, Blackrock, ...
Edison Science & Engineering and Inventor Fairs moves to FGCU
The 55th annual Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Science & Engineering Fair and Inventor Fairs are moving to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) on Saturday, January 14!
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