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Monday, December 20, 2010

“Guidelines to separate science and politics - Minneapolis Star Tribune” plus 9 more

“Guidelines to separate science and politics - Minneapolis Star Tribune” plus 9 more

Guidelines to separate science and politics - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has issued long-awaited guidelines designed to protect federal scientists from political interference -- the first time the federal government has had an explicit government-wide policy of this kind. The four-page ...

Germany's Merck sells crop science business to Denmark's Novozymes for $275M - St. John's Telegram

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:24 AM PST

BERLIN - German drug and chemical maker Merck KGaA says it is selling its crop science unit to Novozymes A/S of Denmark for US$275 million in a move to focus on its core business. Merck board member Bernd Reckmann said Monday that the unit — which ...

Alexandria RE Equities Finishes Decking the Halls of $500 Million Center for Life Science-New York City, an ... - TradingMarkets.com

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:08 AM PST

Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Everyone likes a gift that keeps on giving, and that is what New York City is hoping the newly completed Alexandria Center for Life Science will turn out to be. Developed by ...

Jim Respess: From cutting edge science to cutting edge art - San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:26 PM PST

Is it easier for an artist to become a scientist or for a scientist to become an artist? Or is there some upbringing and innate yearnings that lend itself to an archetype of artist-scientist ? Meeting up with Jim Respess takes us beyond the realm of ...

Science video contest winding down, with some hints for entrants - Ars Technica

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:22 PM PST

We're in the home stretch of the Ars Science Video contest now—entries have to be submitted by the 25th, so there's less than a week left. The submissions we've received have all been very physics-heavy, so if you've got an idea for a biology- or math ...

Holistic nutrition is weak on science, strong on selling supplements - Orlando Sentinel

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:08 PM PST

"Holistic nutrition." You may not know the term, but you've surely heard its claims. Among other things, holistic nutritionists (or HNs, as they call themselves) may teach that fluoride and pesticides are lethal, that most diseases and detrimental ...

Bill Amend has FoxTrot down to science 20 years on - San Francisco Gate

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:00 PM PST

Bill Amend put his physics degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts to good use. His syndicated comic strip, FoxTrot, is filled with science and math references, including the occasional equation that can actually be solved. Amend, who grew up in ...

A ‘Fighter’ Does His Bit for Science - New York Times (blog)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST

Jason Merritt/Getty Images Micky Ward at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Fighter." It's hard to say whether such a move will curry favor with the Academy, but Micky Ward, the boxer at the center of the based-on-real-life story "The Fighter," has ...

Ashland Community Education offers three science programs - Abington Mariner

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:06 AM PST

Ashland Community Education is offering three new science programs for elementary school students next month. Big Blue Planet, by Wicked Cool Science, allows students to investigate the earth's extreme events. Shake and quake with tectonic plates, see a ...

Ivy League Rocket Science Analysis: Why CFOs Cook the Books - CNBC

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:23 AM PST

That's the one sentence summary of an article based on an abstract summing up an academic paper. But you probably didn't need me to tell you that. Because — unlike certain of our academics — you've held a job in the real world. If you hadn't read this ...
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