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Some states push back against stem cell research (AP)

Some states push back against stem cell research

Biology / Other

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A showdown is shaping up in some of the nation's most conservative states over embryonic stem cell research, as opponents draw language and tactics from the battle over abortion to counter President ...





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Legislation on privacy laws a sticky issue

Technology / Other

created May 18, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Though the federal government's current use of spying techniques has irked many Americans, statistics from polls show many citizens are willing to give up some privacy for increased security.


Iraq to impose controls on Internet (AP)

Iraq to impose controls on Internet

Technology / Internet

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Iraqi government has decided to crack down on Internet service providers and ban sites that incite violence or carry pornography, officials said Tuesday, a move that has been strongly criticized ...


New CReAM research on the factors that shape individual attitudes towards migration policy

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new research paper from CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at UCL) investigates the factors which determine individual attitudes towards migration policy.


Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax (AP)

Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(AP) -- California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.


Science wins fight over evolution in schools, says Case Western Reserve University author

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

If you want to understand how evolution has challenged the constitutionality of the separation of church and state, Mano Singham from Case Western Reserve University provides a concise and chronological history in his new ...


How Parents Can Play a Role in a Child Injury

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.


EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.


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Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.


BMJ raises concerns over 'outlawed' gagging clauses in NHS contracts

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Despite government outlawing of gagging clauses in NHS contracts, new evidence published in the British Medical Journal today reveals how some trusts have continued to use them.


Sexual problems rarely addressed by internists caring for cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few internists who care for cancer survivors address issues of sexual dysfunction with their patients, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. In their article appearing in a November ...



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