Male pill

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 31 October 2006 11:17:40 AM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

Despite Carl Djerassi’s prediction (some years ago) that we would never see a “male pill”, it looks like just such a contraceptive treat is coming at last.The new drug, Adjudin, is currently in early clinical trials and is a long way from human use. However, the very fact that drug companies are taking a male [...]

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Axial Air-Gap Induction Motors

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 31 October 2006 10:42:12 AM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

I will be pleased to hear from CR4 members who have any information relating to the theory, characteristics, design, construction, production of 3-pha...

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Accelerated Life Testing of Electronic equipment

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 31 October 2006 10:41:22 AM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

What is the best source of information on accelerated life testing of electronic equipment? What is the best textbook on this subject?

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Ocean Circulation: New evidence (Yes), slowdown
(No)

post from RealClimate on 31 October 2006 10:39:19 AM. © RealClimate

Sometimes journalists are so focused on a particular story that they 'hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest'. There was a perfect example of this last week in the Guardian reporting from the RAPID Climate Change conference in Birmingham (UK) which I was attending. The ...

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Hubble is GO!

post from Bad Astronomy Blog on 31 October 2006 10:23:26 AM. © Bad Astronomy Blog

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin spoke today at Goddard Space Flight Center, and he announced that…The Hubble servicing mission is ON!:-)The mission is slated for 2008. There are contingencies, of course. This all depends on the Space Shuttle, which is not terribly reliable as far as scheduling goes. There are many space station missions that need [...]

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Nanotech Out on a Wing

post from SciScoop Science Blog on 31 October 2006 10:07:17 AM. © SciScoop Science Blog

Researchers in China have used the wing of the cicada to template polymer films with nanoscopic features. The research demonstrates once again how nature can...

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Hovindfreude

post from Pharyngula on 31 October 2006 09:48:18 AM. © Pharyngula

In the ongoing Hovind trial, no new revelations except for more details about how rich the creationist con artist and tax evader is. He makes $50,000/year in speaking fees, and with his wife, sells $1.8 million/year in "Christian merchandise" (tell me, you devout and faithful believers who also read Pharyngula: do those two words in conjunction make you cringe a little bit, deep down?).

They still deny that they earn salaries, and claim that they have no income at all.

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Amusement I'll have to miss

post from Pharyngula on 31 October 2006 09:40:15 AM. © Pharyngula

A reader in Canada just let me know that CBC Radio 1 will broadcast a program on creationist museum tours sometime this morning (between 9:30 and 10...the timezone is unclear). I won't be able to listen because I'm going to be lecturing the freshmen on the perfidies of creationism, so if anyone catches it, let us know how it goes.

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Subduing Salmonella

post from Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. on 31 October 2006 09:38:00 AM. © Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet.

Illness caused by Salmonella isn?t usually fatal, but it can be very unpleasant. This intestinal pathogen, usually transmitted by raw or undercooked foods, can cause fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 40,000 cases of Salmonella infection, or salmonellosis, are reported in the United States each year. But many milder cases are not diagnosed or reported, so the actual number may be up to 30 times greater.

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RFID Bolsters Troop Support

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 31 October 2006 09:33:52 AM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

The U.S. Department of Defense continues to require the use of RFID technology for the delivery of products that support troops in the field. By the b...

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