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Postdocs go union in California!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 days 1 hour (sciencecareers.sciencemag.org)
On their second attempt, University of California postdocs have managed to gather the few thousand signatures that they need to become a labor union eligible for collective bargaining. This brings about 10% of U.S. postdocs into the UAW-affiliated union.
Graduate students have attempted to unionize at a few universities throughout the U.S., with mixed results. At NYU, for example, the students successfully affiliated themselves with United Auto Workers, gaining one contract. Once that contract ran out, however, the University refused to re-recognize the union 
Will proposed changes pull the teeth of the Endangered Species Act?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 weeks 4 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
As things stand, before granting permission for the government or a private entity to start a project that may affect an endangered specie, the Army Corps of Engineers or FEMA sends the case to the Fish and Wildlife Service or to the NOAA. There, biologists and ecologists determine whether the proposed project would harm vital habitats or the species themselves. These organizations cover tens of thousands of projects each year.
In other words, "Scientific question, ask scientists
U.S. retailers chase a solar panel deadline
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 weeks 6 days (www.nytimes.com)
U.S. retailers might consider floor space to be the number one claim on their attention, but they're finally putting those big, flat roofs to work toward the bottom line. No, they're not doing cheery rooftop displays of their merchandise; they're installing solar panels. If they do so before December 31 of this year, they will receive a generous tax write-off.
So far, the big chains like Wal-Mart, Kohls, Whole Foods, and Safeway have outfitted about one in ten stores with rooftop solar panels, but we can expect more if Congress renews their offer for 2009 and beyond
Black Americans have higher rates of HIV than some African countries
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.nytimes.com)
According to the Black AIDS Institute, the United States may have a lower incidence of HIV than other countries overall, but U.S. blacks, considered alone, aren't so lucky. With 600,000 African-Americans living with HIV and 30,000 new infections each year, if American blacks were a country on their own, they would rank sixteenth worldwide. What's more, infected blacks are much more likely to die than infected whites, after adjusting for age (the article does not say that it adjusted for socioeconomic status)
Nature takes a look at in-vitro fertilization's past, present and future
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
This article is a comprehensive look at the past and future of artificial babymaking. It covers IVF, the possible use of iPS to make gametes. It covers ethics, public relations, and economics...
The part that I like best? IVF has "gone as far as it can" with regards to what it can do, so the next focus is on making it cheaper. The article discusses the woman in a developing country who, on top of her own wishes for a family, faces discrimination for her infertility
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
The adage that you can't teach an old dog new tricks may have some basis in truth, or at least in DNA. It turns out that a pointer's point, a border collie's herding instinct, and several other canine characteristics may be hard-wired in dogs' genes, according to a new study. The advance could help breeders weed out diseases in man's best friend and shed light on the genetic basis of certain human disorders.
Scientific conference held in World of Warcraft!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.sciencemag.org)
What better place to discuss computer science, really? For practicality reasons, it was a Horde-only conference. Any newb or Alliance player was required to create a new character and level up ahead of time so that older players wouldn't have to spend the whole time fending off monsters with the munchies
Malaysian women urged to carry condoms
kavin submitted, created time 3 months 5 days (hosted.ap.org)
Malaysia's deputy health minister urged every woman in the country to carry a condom to protect against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and declared that this is not to debase them but to protect them. Women are the first ones to get exploited by their (HIV-positive) partners.
Mice ascend Everest to combat doping in sport
jerry submitted, created time 3 months 6 days (www.newscientist.com)
Researchers are looking for biochemical markers of the body's response to high altitude, as they could provide a test for gene doping by athletes...
Feisty frog uses a move straight from the comic books
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
I've said it before; I'll say it again: You would NEVER see this in Nature. In a writeup by Lauren Cahoon, Science compares a rare frog behavior to characters from Marvel Comics.
Science reports that certain African frogs of the Arthroleptidae variety have a very interesting way of repelling attackers. Researchers who picked up live frogs often found themselves scratched and bleeding, as if cut by claws ...which frogs don't have
Childhood exposure can affect the brain
kavin submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (www.sciencenews.org)
The effects of lead weigh heavy on the minds of people exposed to the metal during childhood. Two new studies of adults who lived in lead-contaminated housing as kids find that higher lead levels in the blood during childhood are associated with smaller brains and with an increased risk for violent criminal behavior.
Injured vets may regrow body parts
jerry submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (edition.cnn.com)
The news shows salamander-inspired therapy may aid injured vets. A wounded American soldier underwent a history-making procedure that could help him regrow the finger that was lost to a bomb attack in Baghdad last year...
Drug taken to stop smoking is linked to traffic mishaps
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (www.latimes.com)
A surprising development: the drug that the man in this study had hoped would help turn him into a healthier person instead, he believes, caused an accident in which he could have been seriously hurt, even killed.
jerry submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Most researchers agree that modern humans got their start in Africa and then spread throughout the world beginning about 50,000 years ago. But scientists are still working out the details of how the planet was peopled, such as who went where, and when. A new study, employing sophisticated modeling techniques, confirms the prevailing Out of Africa model but also comes up with some surprises, including evidence that the Americas' first human inhabitants arrived in multiple waves.
The Neurochemistry of Forgiving and Forgetting
jerry submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
A new study shows that the hormone oxytocin may spur us to trust others even after they have betrayed us by suppressing a region of the brain that signals fear. The findings could lead to a better understanding of social phobias and related disorders.
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