Science Education & Policy

Colon Cancer In America Traced To English Couple Arriving In 1630

A married couple who sailed from England to America around 1630 may be the ancestors of hundreds of people alive today who are at risk for a hereditary form of colon cancer. Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at The University of Utah have di ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2008 - 3:50am

Politics And Science: Where The Presidential Candidates Stand

What are the United States presidential candidates’ positions on scientific topics ranging from evolution to global warming? A special news report in the January 4th issue of Science addresses these questions and profiles the nine leading candidates on whe ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2008 - 8:10pm

Novel Treatment For Heroin Addiction: Prescribing Heroin

Methadone can be dangerous for some patients but is heroin a good idea for heroin addicts? Maintenance treatment with heroin is appropriate for heroin misusers under certain circumstances, argue Jürgen Rehm from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2008 - 11:19pm

Evolution As Fact, Theory, And Path

The new journal Evolution: Education and Outreach is now available online and free to download. My contribution to the first issue is " Evolution as fact, theory, and path ". Feel free to distribute this and any other papers from the journal as w ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Jan 12 2008 - 9:15pm

New Gene Study May Cause A Rethink Of HDL (Good Cholesterol) In Heart Disease

An international study of 20,000 people found seven new genes that influence blood cholesterol levels, a major factor in heart disease, and confirmed 11 other genes previously thought to influence cholesterol. The international study led by researchers fro ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2008 - 4:17pm

Like Sex Or Food, Aggression Is A Reward For The Brain

New research from Vanderbilt University states that the brain processes aggression as a reward, similar to the way it processes sex and food, and this may help explain a propensity to fight and struggle or perhaps the enjoyment of violent sports like boxin ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2008 - 11:29am

Pulickel Ajayan Named To 'Scientific American 50,' Wins Prestigious MRS Medal

Pulickel Ajayan, the Henry Burlage Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is being awarded the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society and has been named by Scientific American magazine as a Research Leader within the 2006 "Scientific A ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2008 - 1:09am

Blind Readers Get A Braille Version Of NASA Images

In a ceremony at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. The book will be available to the public through a wide variety of sources, includi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2008 - 12:01pm

National Science Board Releases Science And Engineering Indicators 2008

Members of the National Science Board today delivered to the President and the Congress Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 (SEI'08), the Board's biennial report on the state of science and engineering research and education in the United Sta ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2008 - 5:05pm

Test Drive: Hybrid School Buses Get A First Look

The Sigourney Community School District in southeast Iowa, has been using one of the country's first hybrid school buses since Jan. 3. And they're pretty excited about it. Dan Taghon, director of transportation and driver, said the V-8 diesel eng ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2008 - 5:25pm