Science Education & Policy

USA Number One... In A Survey Of Illegal Marijuana And Cocaine Use, That Is

A survey of 17 countries has found that the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by Louisa Degenhardt (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) and colleagues, is based on the World Health Organizati ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2008 - 8:31pm

Endeavors Technologies Named A CRN Emerging Tech Vendor For Application Jukebox Virtualization And Streaming Software

IRVINE, California and LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire/-- Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor for its Application Ju ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 1 2008 - 10:34am

Dating Site For Intelligent People Launched In The UK

LONDON, July 2 /PRNewswire/-- A dating website exclusively for intelligent people has now launched in the UK. IntelligentPeople.com is an online dating and networking community which requires that its members pass an IQ test in order to join. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 4:33am

SunGard Acquires Delphi Technologies Limited

DUBLIN, Ireland, July 2 /PRNewswire/-- SunGard has acquired Delphi Technologies Limited (http://www.delphi.ie), a Dublin-based provider of consulting services and managed professional services to Ireland's financial services, insurance and telecommun ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 9:30am

CADNA's Paris Forum: Brand Owners Working Together To Curb Domain Name Abuses And Improve The Internet

WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire/-- This past week, the 3rd Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) international domain abuse forum was held in Paris to coincide with one of the most contested ICANN meetings in years. Brands from around the world gathe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 9:30am

Redline And Tranzeo Collaborate On WiMAX Interoperability

TORONTO, Canada, July 2 /PRNewswire/--- Tranzeo's WiMAX Subscriber Units Achieve Silver Status in Redline Ecosystem Verification(TM) Program Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX broadband wireless products ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 11:30am

Is There Fundamental Scientific Disagreement About Evolutionary Theory?

Creationists and their intellectual cousins, intelligent design proponents, keep saying that scientists disagree as to “the truth” of evolution, and that the field is therefore in crisis, despite official attempts by scientists to deny any problem and uni ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jul 2 2008 - 2:57pm

FDA Approves Abbott's XIENCE(TM) V Drug Eluting Stent

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, July 2 /PRNewswire/--- XIENCE V, Only Drug Eluting Stent to Demonstrate Superiority Over Market-Leading Stent in Clinical Trials, Now Available in United States for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Abbott today announced that th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 4:33pm

As Age Climbs Above 90, Women Significantly More Likely To Have Dementia

Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest studies of dementia and other health factors in the fastest-growing age dem ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2008 - 4:52pm

Exhibition With A Difference

LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/--- With Photo From 15th July a photographic exhibition with a difference will be on display for a month at Baltic Restaurant, SE1. The exhibition is the culmination of an eight-month project where some of London's most vul ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 3 2008 - 2:33am