• Best Reads of 2011 [Aardvarchaeology]

    Updated: 2011-12-30 15:40:33
    Now on ScienceBlogs : The Entire Universe , One Picture , and One Year Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs Aardvarchaeology Best Reads of 2011 Here are my best reads in English during 2011. I only read 38 books this year blame the Internet which is why the really good ones are fewer than usual.Bonk . The curious coupling of sex and science . Mary Roach 2008. . Latest Posts Archives About RSS Contact Profile Dr . Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist , journal editor , public speaker , chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society , atheist , lefty liberal , bookworm , and father of . two Search Recent Posts Best Reads of 2011 Aard Turns Five My To-Read Pile Rediscovering Ancient

  • Happy New Year – Be Back Tue Jan 3

    Updated: 2011-12-29 19:46:42

  • New Scientist: Hail the Returning Comet

    Updated: 2011-12-29 17:08:20
    : Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment UPDATES Annual list of lists top science stories of 2011 Advance Ink for Grail , twin probes of the Moon’s gravity field New Scientist : Hail the Returning Comet Here’s a well-framed shot of the night sky from high above the Atacama Desert in Chile as 2011 nears its end . I choose to take it as an omen of hope and optimism . New Scientist picked it up from the European Southern Observatory . Lensman Guillaume Blanchard caught the scene as little and thoroughly roasted Comet Lovejoy see earlier post preceded the dawn sun into the sky , the Milky Way high above looks like a Magellanic Cloud on the right and a unit of the Very Large Telescope hunkers in the foreground . I amped this small version with the auto-correct

  • Adult Asthma Tied to Recent Infections

    Updated: 2011-12-28 13:00:00
    Recent respiratory infections may be linked to adult-onset asthma according to the results of a population-based incident case-control study.

  • Cat Allergy Depends on When You Get the Cat

    Updated: 2011-12-27 20:39:51
    Thinking of getting a cat? European researchers found that acquiring kitty as an adult can lead to a cat dander allergy.

  • Don't Rely on IgE Test for Pediatric Allergies

    Updated: 2011-12-26 04:01:00
    The mere detection of sensitization to an allergen on allergen-specific IgE tests is not always equivalent to a clinical diagnosis, cautioned a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • 2012 set to be an important year for people with asthma

    Updated: 2011-12-23 00:00:00
    There's a lot to look forward to in the coming year for people with Asthma, taking place in health care and at Asthma UK.

  • Inside Science News Service: Slinky under the tree? Show the kids its levitation trick.

    Updated: 2011-12-22 19:28:19
    : . Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Science Magazine retracts claimed link of chronic fatigue to mouse virus who , again , wrote the paper Miami Herald , Great Fall Trib , Houston Chron , etc : It’s the end of December time to spot . birds Inside Science News Service : Slinky under the tree Show the kids its levitation . trick At the American Inst . of Physics’s Inside Science News Service managing editor Ben P . Stein updates an oldie but goody for the holidays : The levitating slinky Late science writer Martin Gardner , former math puzzle editor at Scientific American and a leader of science skepticism of astrologers , spoon benders , and other huckster first wrote about the phenomenon , Stein notes , ten years ago or . so One can see the trick

  • Science Magazine retracts claimed link of chronic fatigue to mouse virus (who, again, wrote the paper?)

    Updated: 2011-12-22 18:44:29
    , , Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Venezuela : prensa exagera primero con la vacuna contra cáncer de Jacinto Convit , y matiza después tras respuesta descontrolada de población Inside Science News Service : Slinky under the tree Show the kids its levitation . trick Science Magazine retracts claimed link of chronic fatigue to mouse virus who , again , wrote the paper Sometimes serious news comes along with a nagging distraction that puts a hitch in effort to take it soberly at face value . So here it is : Science’s editors today revealed they have withdrawn a 2009 paper on detection of a retrovirus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome . One of the authors : Vince Lombardi . Actually one does not know his nickname , but the name is Vincent C .

  • Under new rules, more people with severe asthma may qualify for disability benefits

    Updated: 2011-12-22 00:00:00
    In a piece of good news to finish the year, we have heard that the rules for deciding whether someone with asthma is capable of working will be changed.

  • Together we can light up the dark this Christmas

    Updated: 2011-12-21 00:00:00
    Light a candle tributes

  • Slimming Down With Portion Control

    Updated: 2011-12-19 18:12:34
    Downsizing a plate portion is one way to slim up. The key to doing this correctly is balance. Stay away from extremes. Piling on food is just as bad as skimping on all foods. Find a good medium. This helps if you’re in a calorie counting range and you can find a decent plate size [...]

  • BMI at Age 7 Appears Key to Asthma Risk in Kids

    Updated: 2011-12-19 04:01:00
    Overweight youngsters did not have an increased risk of asthma in later childhood if their weight normalized by age 7, according to a Swedish study that partly challenged speculation about an obesity-asthma link in children.

  • Massage Therapy May Improve Asthma Symptoms in Children

    Updated: 2011-12-13 20:25:24

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