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Friday, November 12, 2010

“Science and the media: 7 - 13 November - PhysicsToday.org” plus 7 more

“Science and the media: 7 - 13 November - PhysicsToday.org” plus 7 more


Science and the media: 7 - 13 November - PhysicsToday.org

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 09:06 AM PST

Steve Corneliussen 's topics this week: a front-page Washington Post fundamental-physics story involving well-loved house pets, inaccurate science news in a media failure , optimism in a New York Times article about the prospects for quantum computing ...

The science of cat drinking - San Jose Mercury News

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:39 AM PST

It has taken four highly qualified engineers and a bunch of integral equations to figure it out, but we now know how cats drink. The answer is: very elegantly, and not at all the way you might suppose. The act of drinking may seem like no big deal for ...

Cassini probe to resume science soon, NASA says - Kansas City Star

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 07:47 PM PST

NASA expects the Cassini spacecraft to be back to normal before Thanksgiving after going into standby mode last week. Engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reset the craft's onboard computer and cleared the problem. It's still unknown why the ...

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SUPPORTS WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, TRADES ... - Digital Journal

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:21 PM PDT

EDMONTON , Nov. 12 /CNW/ - The Honourable Rona Ambrose , Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today announced Government of Canada support for a project to promote leadership among women in science ...

Eastern Europe's first science centre wows in Poland - YAHOO!

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 02:57 PM PST

WARSAW (AFP) – Eastern Europe can finally boast its first ultra-modern, multi-million dollar science museum in the Polish capital Warsaw, a city already drawing tens of thousands to Europe's biggest annual outdoor science fair. The Copernicus Science ...

Sci Fi Trifles: 10 Useless but Essential Bits of Knowledge from the Worlds of Science Fiction ... - Associated Content

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

Here are ten pop-culture tidbits from our ongoing Sci Fi Trifles column that may never prove useful, but that you now wonder how you have lived so long without knowing them. What you Didn't Know about Fish Heads, Bill Mumy, and Bill Paxton : Back in the 70 ...

Budget Cuts Would Take Decades to Affect Science, If at All - msnbc.com

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST

Newly elected Republicans claim they will use their control of the House to slash budgets across the federal government, including funding for science. Although these cuts will have few, if any, short-term effects on research and innovation, significant ...

The Liberal War on Science - Associated Content

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:47 AM PST

Back during the halcyon days of the Bush administration, liberals took note of Republican positions on embryonic stem cell research and global warming and declared that the GOP was waging a "war on science" which would end when they took power. According ...

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