Science Education & Policy

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Chip PC new, Expandable Linux-based Platforms Feature Domain Authentication and Active-Directory Management in a Linux-based OS, Tight Security, Local Browser and a Truly Rich Multimedia Experience Chip PC Technologies, a global technology leader in desktop virtualization and server-based solutions, today announced it will be launching a new series of Linux-based devices, Xtreme PC LX, offering a powerful, super compact thin-client with advanced multimedia capabilities, policy-based management and very low power consumption of just 3W. The…

Despite low overall unemployment, Canada's manufacturing industry has cut 88,000 jobs this year, with nearly all the losses occurring in Ontario. Also, part-time employment has grown by 3.5 per cent in 12 months, much faster than the 0.9 per cent growth in full time work. A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the social determinants of health demonstrates that these kind of employment changes can affect more than your wallet. Research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)'s Dr. Carles Muntaner in the WHO report highlights the profound impact of employment…

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Innovative Campaign Breaks Down Policy and Funding Barriers and Paves Way for Affordable and Efficient Approach A new approach to fighting malaria, diarrhoeal diseases and HIV was launched today in the Western Kenyan district of Kakamega in Lurambi division. The new campaign will provide a basic care package consisting of a PermaNet(R) long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net, a LifeStraw(R) water purification tool, condoms and educational materials as encouragement for residents to participate in a voluntary HIV counseling and testing campaign…

War on Science STOP calling it the God's particle, already. I suffocate in all this God damn religious propaganda these days and have developed a severe allergy against all "God Bless" and "Thank you God"s. Leave at least God out of the Lovely Hadron Collider. For Christ sake! Feel free to believe what ever you want, but leave it out of science. Jesus! May Allah be with you - and me. :-) Oh yeah. I just watched the great but depressing BBC documentary The War on Science. I think reading what physicists really want from LHC might cheer you up. It did me. :-)

Children who wear glasses are being bullied at school, to the extent that some play truant to avoid playground taunts - and it's because of the glasses, not because some kids are just not cool, says Specsavers. Research commissioned by them to mark the inaugural National Glasses Day on Friday September 19th reveals that a quarter of children were sad when they were told that they had to wear specs. Being told 'Johnny Depp wears glasses' did not seem to help so Specsavers has commissioned iconic specs wearer Gok Wan, presenter of C4's "How to Look Good Naked", and anti-bullying charity…

LONDON, September 12 /PRNewswire/ -- There was jubilation from officials representing Dr Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) at a meeting of the Brent Planning Committee this week, where the local Council unanimously approved new plans for an GBP8m cultural centre - The Maqam - in Brondesbury Park, London. The new Maqam Centre, which takes its name from the 'Station of Abraham' in Makkah, will be a dynamic cultural and exhibition space where professionals, scholars and artists from around the world can meet and interact. The Centre will also accommodate exhibitions and educational resources,…

The August 2008 issue of Integrative and Comparative Biology has the following papers in a special section entitled Evolution vs. creationism in the classroom: evolving student attitudes. Teaching evolution: challenging religious preconceptions by Eric C. Lovely and Linda C. Kondrick Trickle-down evolution: an approach to getting major evolutionary adaptive changes into textbooks and curricula by Kevin Padian Still creationism after all these years: understanding and counteracting intelligent design by Barbara Forrest Thomism and science education: history informs a modern debate by Linda C…

Here's something you probably know. When asked, people say they would choose “good” snack rather than a “bad” one, and they probably mean it, but when the goodies arrive, they may just go ahead and get the bad one. In an article in the September/October 2008 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Dutch researchers found that there is a substantial inconsistency between healthful snack choice intentions and actual behavior. Witness the Waffles of Doom. Participants were asked about their intentions among four snacks: an apple, a banana, a candy bar and a molasses waffle.…

WASHINGTON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - SIIA & Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute to host stellar joint program benefiting IP Communities Across Europe and the U.S. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), in collaboration with Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, is pleased to host an intriguing one-day symposium entitled Software Cultures, Hardware Laws, slated for October 2, 2008, in Central London. "We are very pleased to be co-hosting Software Cultures, Hardware Laws in concert with our colleagues from Queen Mary Intellectual…

PARIS, France and NUUK, Greenland, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) cable ship 'Ile de Sein'* landed today in Nuuk, the 2,100 km section (or trunk cable) of Tele Greenland's submarine cable network. After completing the cable loading in Calais (France) in July, the 'Ile de Sein' began laying segments 1 and 2 in early August from Landeyjasandur in Iceland to Qaqortoq in Greenland. Following a route carefully assessed with survey instruments mapping the seabed, these segments are three of the four sections composing the 90 million Euro project "…