Saturday, June 28, 2008

Iran Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain View, Stressing Treatment - NYTimes.com
Iran’s government has been more supportive of drug treatment than any other government in the Islamic world, according to the U.N.

Researchers create mercury-absorbent container linings for broken CFLs
PhysOrg news: Researchers create mercury-absorbent container linings for broken CFLs

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fossil fills out water-land leap
Scientists identify a 365-million-year-old fossil that helps explain the sequence of events that took early creatures onto land.

The Brains Behind the Image Fulgurator | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Julius von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator' projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. Depending on whom you ask, it's either a clever

Existing Drug Reverses a Form of Mental Retardation in Mice: Scientific American
Scientists hope medication could treat learning disorders caused by autism

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Map | Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World

Alberta ignores U.S. oil critics at its peril
There was a time when being Alberta’s man in Washington D.C. involved golf rounds and cocktail circuits

Charts - Sitting on the Porch, Leaving the Car in the Garage - NYTimes.com
Consumer confidence data shows that pessimism about the economy is at historic highs, and that plans to take vacations or make major purchases are at some of the lowest levels ever recorded.

Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift - New York Times
There are growing calls among some evolutionary biologists for an upgrade to Darwin, although they differ about what form this might take.

Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
PhysOrg news: Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory

Undersea Trafficking: Colombia's Cocaine Cartels Learn a New Trick - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
The Columbian drug cartels have acquired a new weapon in their arsenal. They are now using small, submarine-like semi-submersibles assembled deep in the jungle to outmaneuver drug agents and traffic cocaine to North America.

Cruise Night, Without the Car - NYTimes.com
For car-loving American teenagers, rising gas prices are making this the summer the cruising died.

Pro Poker Players Bet Away From the Table, Too - NYTimes.com
For professional poker players, anything can be a reason for betting.

Book Review - 'Microcosm - E. Coli and the New Science of Life,' by Carl Zimmer - Review - NYTimes.com
A history of the bacteria shows how the study of tiny creatures has helped answer some of science’s biggest questions.

Pollen from modified corn kills monarch butterflies

Housing Official's Bumper Sticker Draws Ire - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore
CECIL COUNTY, Md. -- A Maryland housing official is coming under fire for, among other things, a bumper sticker as people getting cut out of a government program are firing back. Friday, June 27, 2008.

Louisiana passes first antievolution "academic freedom" law

Eskimos Sue 23 Energy Companies For Global Warming Related Damages ( kivalina,, eskimo,, global, warming, lawsuit,, k-vill,)
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Essay - Market Data, Far From the Market - NYTimes.com
The financial services company Reuters has started a pilot program to give market data to farmers in India, helping them compare prices from one market to another.

Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis? - Global Warming - Environment - NYTimes.com
Weedy ancestors of our food crops, some scientists predict, will cope far better with coming climatic changes than their domesticated descendants.

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