Animal physiology conference sheds light on human physiology
...tember 11, 2006) If you're a bit weary of writing stories based on the latest press releases, consider cover... can develop, breaking away from the cookie cutter stories that everybody else is covering. Comparative physiology is the study of all kinds of animals, findi...Women's Bioethics Project unveils 'The Scientist & the Ethicist' podcast series
... public make sense of an escalating number of news stories about "designer babies," genetic engineering and cloning, the Women's Bioethics Project (WBP) today announced the launch of its first series of podcasts, titled "The Scientist & the Ethicist." "The Scientist & the Ethicist" series presents conversat...Women's math performance affected by theories on sex differences: UBC researchers
...tions where you often see grossly simplified media stories that report on genes for homosexuality, genes for obesity or genes for thrill seeking," says Dar-Nimrod. "The reports themselves have the potential to undermine people's motivations. If I believe that genes have a deterministic influence on my weig...Open Science Conference to focus on regional sustainability challenges to the Earth system
... Below is a list of media briefings and additional stories of potential media interest. All media briefings will be held in Convention Hall 1, Level 2. Briefing 1: Thursday 9 November, 10:35, Opening Session, Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges Speakers: Conference co-chairs Gordon McBean, Uni...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 1, 2006
...g/landmarks/ ) with valuable resources for feature stories and background. National Meeting ResourcesA treasure trove of news sources, background material, and story ideas is available from the ACS's latest National Meeting. Reporters can search and view abstracts of 10,000 scientific presentations, 600 n...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...w" March 6, 2006 "Dust and Snow" May 29, 2006 In stories on climate change in the West, Nijhuis described t...wo interactive graphics, a slide show, and general stories of a length appropriate to the Internet," said Mary Knudson, a freelance editor and writer who also ...Remote latrine reconfirms the presence of Essene sect at Qumran
...around the time of Jesus. Recent articles and news stories have questioned long-established scholarship about the Essenes and their relationship to the scrolls, arguing in particular that the inhabitants of the ancient settlement of Qumran, located in the Dead Sea area where the scrolls were found, had no re...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 8, 2006
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...omprehensive book on coprolites, full of facts and stories that are intriguing to readers five to 100. "Whe...ven have something to say about one of the seminal stories in American history, the arrival of the Mayflower. The official Mayflower record says that the on...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 15, 2006
...es these outstanding accomplishments and tells the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was ...marks' Web site has valuable resources for feature stories and background.( http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/ ) National Meeting Resources A tr...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 29, 2006
...es these outstanding accomplishments and tells the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was ...rg/landmarks/ ) has valuable resources for feature stories and background....Nanotechnology: The story behind the headlines
... risks than its benefits? How do journalists write stories on a technology about which most Americans know next to nothing and that is invisible to the human eye? With governments, corporations and venture capitalists spending $9.6 billion annually on nanotechnology research and development, and with an es...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- December 6, 2006
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... In one of the season's first lists of top science stories of 2006, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) the A...the season for evergreens those evergreen feature stories that are fresh to every new generation of readers, viewers and listeners. Here are a few of our fav...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Dec. 20, 2006
...e season for evergreens -- those evergreen feature stories that are fresh to every new generation of readers, viewers and listeners. Here are a few of our favorites from the ACS News Service, with links to press releases and full texts of the corresponding original scientific journal articles. Yes, Virgini......en and blending rigorous scholarship with riveting stories from the annals of crime, Poison, detection and the Victorian imagination will appeal to an interdisciplinary professional audience as well as to those interested in the darker side of Victorian society....Together, biological membranes prevail
...e fusion, which was chronicled in one of the cover stories in the December 2006 issue of the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Undoubtedly, understanding the mechanisms of this basic life phenomenon is of great biological interest, and there have been extensive studies at the theor...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...w" March 6, 2006 "Dust and Snow" May 29, 2006 In stories on climate change in the West, Nijhuis described t...wo interactive graphics, a slide show, and general stories of a length appropriate to the Internet," said Mary Knudson, a freelance editor and writer who also ...Third annual Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists
...ne of the most complex, interesting, and important stories of our time," says Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships Co-director Sir Brian Heap, Research Associate, University of Cambridge. "This program aims to support the outstanding journalists selected for the fellowships in covering this story with the depth, ...Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed
...ion from indigenous groups. "We know our creation stories and we know who our ancestors are," writes Le'a Malia Kanehe, a Native Hawaiian lawyer from Honolulu, USA, and Legal Analyst for the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism. Moreover such scientific research may have an impact on the rights o...