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A federal energy panel issued a blunt warning to shale gas drillers and their regulators today, saying they need to step up efforts to protect public health and the environment or risk a backlash that stifles further development. 201CConcerted and sustained action is needed to avoid excessive environmental impacts of shale gas production and the consequent risk of public opposition to its continuation and expansion,201D said members of the Energy Department2019s Shale Gas Subcommittee in a draft report released today
Read More »Good things come in small packages? A chat about nanotechnology and food safety
Photo: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, photo courtesy of Dr. Prabir Dutta, The Ohio State University.
Read More »Maps Identify Fallout and Radiation Hotspots from Japan Nuclear Disaster
By Edwin Cartlidge of Nature magazine The distribution of fallout from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has now been mapped by two independent teams. [More] Presented By: Grainger has power transmission covered.
Read More »SfN Neuroblogging: Dutiful monkey dads
For the first of Sunday’s poster blogging we’re going to look at some dutiful dads. Some dutiful monkey dads
Read More »He’s No Gregory House–Which Is a Good Thing (preview)
The patient had endured 20 years of pain: her calves had turned into two bricks,
Read More »Dazzling Miniatures: View Highlights from BioScapes Photo Contest
Microscopy remains one of the few areas of science in which enthusiastic amateurs can make others take notice.
Read More »Stunning Images Under the Microscope Capture the Lives of the Tiniest Creatures [Slide Show]
The Olympus BioScapes International Imaging Competition provides a selection of photographs that flame off our pages each December in riotous color. A good portion of the magazine would have to be given over to the contest to give every photo its due. We’re bringing you an additional selection here of worthy stills and videos that we’re sure will fascinate and amaze.
Read More »Did Fracking Cause Oklahoma’s Largest Recorded Earthquake?
The biggest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma struck on November 5, a magnitude 5.6 temblor that buckled a highway and ruptured water pipes. This quake is part of a skyrocketing rise in seismic activity the state has seen in the past three years, leading many to wonder--and worry--about its cause
Read More »The Drone Threat to Privacy
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on security and privacy during the age of drone warfare. Part one is available here . [More]
Read More »Africa’s Nile, Volta and Limpopo Rivers at Risk from Climate Change
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said Monday. [More]
Read More »Is it Time to Rethink your Job Interview Questions?
Recently an article was published on www.mainstreet.com about the Ten Companies with the Toughest Interview Questions , questions that would make anyone nervous if they were put on the spot and asked these questions in a job interview. The idea is to see how people think on their feet, how they decipher a problem or issue, and how they go about processing a problem. It's not necessarily about if they got the answer "right" (many of the questions don't even have a right answer), but what was the candidate's thought process?
Read More »How We View Half-Naked Men and Women
We typically think of women as the targets of body objectification. In fact, research by psychologist Helen Fisher found that men viewed bikini-clad women much as they would a set of tools
Read More »Belief in Relic Putter Helped Golf Scores
It takes lots of practice to shave strokes off your golf score. Or you can just really believe in your putter. Because a new study finds that people putted better when told that their putter had been used by a pro golfer
Read More »Hot and Steamy: Beautiful Volcano Lakes Hold Data Trove and Potential Danger [Slide Show]
Only 12 percent of the world's active volcanoes are topped with lakes.
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