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October 28, 2007
Category: Technology
Last week the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (at the Woodrow Wilson Center) and Consumer's Union hosted a dialogue about nanotechnology consumer products. The dialogue was a major effort to reach out to the American public and engage conversation about the...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 4:37 PM • 2 Comments •
October 24, 2007
Category: The science of...
Here's an interesting article from Scientific American about the genetics of politics. The article discusses a study headed by University of California, San Diego political scientist James Fowler suggesting that genetics can strongly influence whether or not a person will...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 11:16 PM • 0 Comments •
October 23, 2007
Category: Health
This week on "House Call With Dr, Sanjay Gupta" he discusses the latest concerns about cough medications given to children under 6 and antibiotic-resistant staph infections among other things.
Posted by Karen Ventii at 1:45 PM • 2 Comments •
October 1, 2007
Category: For Fun
Dear Readers, I will be on vacation in Ghana until October 20th 2007 so my blogging may be quite infrequent. I look forward to blogging more when I get back. Karen...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 3:35 AM • 0 Comments •
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