General Science

Mentions a new study that examines dramatic climate change occuring in the last 100 years. The authors attribute these changes to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, human effects on the environment. Given global warming, this work has some important points to make.

A fascinating article about the acoustics of an ancient Greek amphitheater.

This is a very good opinion piece about framing scientific discussion with the public.

Reconstitution of DNA Segregation Driven by Assembly of a Prokaryotic Actin Homolog
Starting Mon, April 19, we will be featuring the recent Science paper from the Mullins lab. Ethan Garner, the first author, will be answering your questions and responding to your comments all week. Please read the paper and start posting your questions and comments.

A new report finds that computer aided detection for mammography does not find more invasive cancers. It does however find more premalignant DCIS.

A new IOM report claims that abstinence education for AIDS prevention (that the US funds) is not as effective as other methods.

The University of Wisconsin just had its patents on embryonic stem cells revoked. This could have a significant impact on stem cell research.

Here is a great resource for everyone. MIT posts a lot of their course materials online for everyone to use. It's free. Check it out.

According to this blog there is a bill in congress to improve science communication with the public.

It may soon be possible to convert all donated blood to type O, the universal donor. A new report describes the identification of efficient enzymes that can remove A and B antigens from blood.