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Climate science: a peace-studies lesson

By Paul Rogers. The doubters of global warming are emboldened by their new ability - as in the “climategate” affair - to put climate researchers on the defensive. But the experience of comparable assaults on the discipline of peace studies in (...)

12 Mar. 2010 | | openDemocracy

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6 nov. 2009 | | Andreas

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Science journalists, bloggers and the Brave New World we live in

One of the by-products of the brouhaha (here, here) over The Atlantic article on vaccines was some interesting issues raised by the way the Knight Science Journalism Tracker handled it (here, here). If you aren’t familiar with KSJ Tracker, (...)

29 oct. 2009 | 4 comments | Effect Measure

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’Captain Al’ Hubbard : An Appreciation

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern. — ALDOUS HUXLEY Alfred "Captain Al" Hubbard led a (...)

27 oct. 2009 | | Shaun Mullen

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BioAccelerate NYC Prize To Fund Translational Research

The Partnership for New York City and the New York City Economic Development (NYCEDC) Corporation have announced that the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) will provide up to $1.25 million for the BioAccelerate NYC Prize. The BioAccelerate NYC Prize (...)

21 oct. 2009 | | Ruth Schaffer

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Is Nanotechnology the Key to Happiness ?

Nanotechnology has been called a great many things—the great leveler, the panacea to all that ails the world, the technology that will allow us to solve all of our problems from world hunger to pollution. But this month, at nanotechnow.com, Tihamer (...)

16 oct. 2009 | | Bioethics.net

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Hypnosis is dangerous

A doctor named O’Connell in the Lakeside Behavioral Health Center is accused of sexually molesting a co-worker under hypnosis in her second session on smoking cessation. Court papers state the victim was hypnotized while she was lying on the bed. It (...)

13 oct. 2009 | | Andreas

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The Destruction of Cause & Effect

I’ve just learned that 52% of my Facebook friends are Democrats and 48% are Republicans, so I went to read some of their blather. One told me that there is an alarm clock that will wake you up to the smell of bacon. Another of these alarm clocks (...)

30 sep. 2009 | | Cobb

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Public health surveillance : America the backward

A good story by the AP’s Lauran Neergaard yesterday highlighted the need for better public health surveillance and the efforts being made to improve it so as to keep track of possible rare side effects from the swine flu vaccine. This is an issue (...)

29 sep. 2009 | | Effect Measure

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Iran’s science minister does science the easy way : by plagiarizing

People complain that ministers in the cabinet Iran’s recently selected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government will say things so outlandish no one else would even think of saying them, but Declan Butler over at the Nature blog, The Great (...)

24 sep. 2009 | | Effect Measure

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Repair Stem Cell Treatments in Portugal and China A Boon To Spinal Cord Injury Patient

Kit Bond, a spinal cord injury patient, is reporting that multiple stem cell treatments in Portugal and China have improved his quality of life and that is the reason he continues to go to receive Repair Stem Cells (aka Adult Stem Cells). Bond, who (...)

24 sep. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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The Most Intelligent Emissions Target, Period

Courtesy of the @tcktcktck, this is the most socially responsible, fair and intelligent answer to international emissions targets there is. India’s Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Rames, has laid out India’s expectations (...)

11 aoû. 2009 | | Kori

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Adult Stem Cells Help Scleroderma Patient Feel "Reborn"

Stem Cell Treatment Helps Scleroderma Patient From New Jersey. New Jersey resident, Michael George feels “reborn” after having his own adult stem cells implanted in him to treat his scleroderma in a new stem cell treatment. Scleroderma is an (...)

21 jui. 2009 | 1 comment | Don Margolis

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A Beautiful Effect of Climate Change?

Nobody’s certain yet, but some scientists are speculating that increases in atmospheric CO2 is causing a hauntingly beautiful phenomenon called "night shining" clouds. Mysterious, glowing clouds previously seen almost exclusively in (...)

20 Jul. 2009 | | Kori

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Viruses and sandcastles at the beach

It’s Saturday and it’s summertime and Mrs. R. and I are still in the city. OK with me. I’m a city boy and find it easiest to maintain upright posture on asphalt, but my bride of 37 years likes the beach, so most summers we go off for a (...)

13 jui. 2009 | 1 comment | Effect Measure

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False precision and the state of health and science reporting

I’m not qualified to say if science and health reporting has gotten worse in recent years. Maybe I’m just paying more attention to how bad it often is now. My impression is that some reporters today are as good or better than we’ve ever (...)

8 jui. 2009 | | Effect Measure

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Diabetes Type 2 Helped By Adult Stem Cells In Research Study

Dr. Roberto Fernandez Vina is scheduled to present a stem cell research study in which he helped improve Diabetes Type 2 patients with their own Adult Stem Cells and followed up on them for 3 years ! The stem cell treatment and therapy was a great (...)

29 jui. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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Why We Age

Okinawans have the longest life expectancy and those living over 100 years are claimed to be about 34 per 1,000,000. HOWEVER, surveys done in various geographical locations and investigations have demonstrated that all records of longevity are extremely (...)

22 Jun. 2009 | | Hankroth

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Genes R You

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22 Jun. 2009 | | Hankroth

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Iraq Ahead of US in Stem Cell Research and Treatment

While America continues to waste put its money into Embryonic Stem Cell research, a doctor in Iraq is actually treating patients with their own Adult Stem Cells. Dr. Abdul Majeed Alwan Hammadi is treating patients for free- and has so far treated 34 (...)

16 jui. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect is a concept born out of quantum physics, but it has much greater implications than just a scientific principle. It is something we should all be aware because we create our own cause and consequences daily. I am not a physicist, so (...)

3 Jun. 2009 | | Pete Latona

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Contact lenses boost self-esteem in children

Children Prefer Contact Lenses Over Glasses. This is the result of a study by Ohio State University on 484 nearsighted children between the ages 8-11. Led by Professor Jeffrey J. Wallin, the study analyzed the impact of contact lenses and glasses on the (...)

13 May. 2009 | | Giada

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Priest Uses His Own Adult Stem Cells for Multiple Sclerosis in Iraq

Stem Cell Therapy in Iraq. An English priest living in Baghdad, Iraq has had his own Adult Stem Cells used to treat his Multiple Sclerosis. Canon Andrew White, the vicar of St. George’s Church in Baghdad was the recipient of this stem cell therapy (...)

22 avr. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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What’s It Like to Be a Middle Aged Guinea Pig ?

If you want to know, read the L.A. Times Booster Shots post which recounts Rosie Mestel’s recent experience volunteering for a cancer epidemiology study. A first hand account of what it’s like to be interviewed by a health services researcher, (...)

20 avr. 2009 | | Bioethics.net

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Potential new antiviral : why the fanfare ?

The news of a new antiviral comes at a Press Conference. That could either mean a blockbuster breakthrough or an unwarranted device to get attention for some otherwise decent but not blockbuster science. Unfortunately, the news that "Experts Identify (...)

17 avr. 2009 | | Effect Measure

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Adult Stem Cells Can Help Diabetes Now !

Adult Stem Cell Research Shows that Diabetes Type 1 Can Be Helped In a Stem Cell research study that is being published today in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), Adult Stem Cells have been used to help patients with Diabetes Type 1. 20 (...)

16 avr. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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Stem Cell Research- US Patients Battle the FDA Over Use of Their Own Cells

American Doctors and Patients Challenge the FDA to Save Lives Rather Than Allow Patients to Needlessly Die. A couple of weeks ago, the American Stem Cell Therapy Association (ASCTA) was formed by a group of doctors not to debate the pros and cons of (...)

10 avr. 2009 | | Don Margolis

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