Science Education & Policy

The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Neurology. Brain volume decreases with age at an estimated rate of 1.9 percent per decade, accompanied by an increase in white matter lesions, according to background information in the article. Lower brain volumes and larger white matter lesions also occur with the progression of dementia and problems with thinking, learning and memory. Moderate alcohol consumption has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease; because the brain…

SEATTLE, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - Previews New Network Security Appliance; Teams with Local Distributor, LinkQuest Who: WatchGuard executives: Fabrizio Croce, SEMEA Area Manager; Bryan Nairn, Senior Product Manager; Chris McKie, Director of Global Analyst and Public Relations What: WatchGuard Technologies(R) to preview new enterprise-class unified threat management (UTM) integrated security appliance, the WatchGuard XTM 1050, as well as present strategic direction for growth in Middle East and Africa. Discussions to include: -- The new WatchGuard XTM 1050 high performance, high security…

Only A Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soulby Kenneth R. Miller Viking, 2008 Ken Miller is not preaching to the choir. Although he has a day job as an active research biologist at Brown University, Miller has spent more than two decades on the front lines of the battle over evolution as a writer, lecturer, and expert witness in court. During these two decades of culture war, he has come to realize that, although the stakes are high in this fight, sometimes the best tactic is the non-martial one: don't treat the American public as pawns in a propaganda war. Miller starts with…

LONDON, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiat and AKQA have developed eco:Drive. A motor and technology first for linking drivers with in-car telemetry - improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions. eco:Drive is the very latest in digital integrated technology. It is an easy-to-use computer application that connects your car to your PC. Using cutting-edge analytic software, eco:Drive dissects and evaluates your driving style and shows you ways to cut down on fuel consumption, reducing your CO2 emissions and saving you money. In fact, with consistent use of the application, you can expect…

LONDON, October 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Immediate Assumption of 450,000 Student Loan Accounts LINK Financial ("LINK"), the leading European purchaser and servicer of semi - and non-performing consumer receivables, has launched a new brand dedicated to the administration of student loans. The creation of Thesis Servicing is a response to the ever-growing demand for public and private sector higher education funding. Thesis Servicing is a purpose-built, proprietary operation designed to act as a centre of expertise for a wide range of student loan servicing activities in the UK and across…

Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush, according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University. The study – conducted by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at ANU – suggests that despite fears mothers may have that pregnancy affects their cognitive functions, there is no evidence to suggest that is true. The findings have been released as part of Mental Health Week. The research team, lead by CMHR Director Professor Helen Christensen, analysed information from the PATH through Life Project…

Do females intrinsically have less ability than males to excel in mathematics at the very highest level? That used to be the conventional wisdom. But that has changed in the last few years and more gender equality in math has been the result - but we are still losing too many potential mathematicians, according to "Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving," appearing in the November 2008 issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. The study brings together decades of data from several extremely high-level mathematics…

MENLO PARK, California, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company Prepares for Increased Sales and Marketing Efforts to Accelerate Global Progress of MitraClip(R) System Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, has expanded its sales and marketing executive team with the appointment of Sean Cleary as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing and Chris Richardson, as vice president of sales. "The addition of Sean and Chris to our executive team is purposefully timed with our European market introduction of the MitraClip(R)…

DUBLIN, Ireland, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Associated Press, MocoSpace, News International, Mobitainment and Zagat Survey lead the winners for best mobile Web sites The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) today announced the winners of the first ilovemobileweb Awards for excellence in mobile Web site creation. More than 50 submissions from a half-dozen countries were considered for six categories: Social Networking, Information, Entertainment, Corporate, Commerce and Retail, and Travel. "The large number of excellent entries across such a diverse range of categories and countries shows that…

AMSTERDAM, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - Condomerie Supports Indiana University in Online Survey For the first time in Europe a study is being conducted among men to gain information about the fit and feel of condoms. The American Center for Sexual Health Promotion of Indiana University, urges men to participate in this survey and answer questions about their experiences using condoms. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081009/324197 ) The study is supported by Condomerie, the world’s first specialized condom shop, in Amsterdam. On its website http://www.condomerie.com/fitfeel men…