Channel 42 http://ch42.com Science is the answer to everything. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Death of the “doughnut” http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:09 +0000 admin In 1998, Charlie Kerfoot discovered a “doughnut” of phytoplankton circulating in Lake Michigan, helping to feed the lake’s famous fishery. Just 12 later, the doughnut is disappearing, and Kerfoot fears that the lake’s ecosystem will crash, taking with it much of the fish biomass. More: continued here ]]> In 1998, Charlie Kerfoot discovered a “doughnut” of phytoplankton circulating in Lake Michigan, helping to feed the lake’s famous fishery. Just 12 later, the doughnut is disappearing, and Kerfoot fears that the lake’s ecosystem will crash, taking with it much of the fish biomass.

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut/feed/ What’s causing life-threatening blood clots in brain surgery patients? http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/whats-causing-life-threatening-blood-clots-in-brain-surgery-patients/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/whats-causing-life-threatening-blood-clots-in-brain-surgery-patients/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:07 +0000 admin One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a pulmonary embolism. But a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery suggests that screening methods used to access the risk of pulmonary embolisms may fall short.

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/whats-causing-life-threatening-blood-clots-in-brain-surgery-patients/feed/ Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a biological clock… http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a-biological-clock/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a-biological-clock/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:07 +0000 admin An international collaboration led by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist has shown that environmental factors, like temperature and light, play as much of a role in the activity of traditionally nocturnal monkeys as the circadian rhythm that regulates periods of sleep and wakefulness.

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a-biological-clock/feed/ Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life … http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/transition-metal-catalysts-could-be-key-to-origin-of-life/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/transition-metal-catalysts-could-be-key-to-origin-of-life/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:04 +0000 admin MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA — One of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals — such as amino acids and nucleotides — have arisen before the biological …

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/transition-metal-catalysts-could-be-key-to-origin-of-life/feed/ Death of the "doughnut" | Science Blog http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut-science-blog/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut-science-blog/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:04 +0000 admin Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot’s doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean. No one knew about the doughnut in southern Lake Michigan, much less the mollusk, until Michigan …

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/death-of-the-doughnut-science-blog/feed/ Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a … http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:04 +0000 admin PHILADELPHIA — - An international collaboration led by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist has shown that environmental factors, like temperature and light, play as much of a role in the activity of traditionally nocturnal …

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/moonstruck-primates-owl-monkeys-need-moonlight-as-much-as-a/feed/ Shoutout to eGFI! : USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/shoutout-to-egfi-usa-science-and-engineering-festival-the-blog/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/shoutout-to-egfi-usa-science-and-engineering-festival-the-blog/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:04 +0000 admin Kicking off with a songfest and building up to a huge expo on the National Mall, a two-week series of events in October will answer the question “How do you make science and engineering fun?” — in hundreds of ways.

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/shoutout-to-egfi-usa-science-and-engineering-festival-the-blog/feed/ The Natural Stuff : Greg Laden's Blog http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/the-natural-stuff-greg-ladens-blog/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/the-natural-stuff-greg-ladens-blog/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:03 +0000 admin Ferrel monk parakeets in Brooklyn (They’ve been living there long enough to get into some bird identification guides) are being poached by …. parakeet poachers! Here is the story. Check this out: Exelon, a nuclear giant that recently …

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/the-natural-stuff-greg-ladens-blog/feed/ Particle Physics + Relativity makes the impossible happen … http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/particle-physics-relativity-makes-the-impossible-happen/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/particle-physics-relativity-makes-the-impossible-happen/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:03 +0000 admin “We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility but the fact of the growth and decay of the elements of matter. With radium and with uranium we do not see anything but…

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]]> http://ch42.com/2010/09/04/particle-physics-relativity-makes-the-impossible-happen/feed/ Environmentalists Getting Mad As Hell | The Science Friday Blog http://ch42.com/2010/09/03/environmentalists-getting-mad-as-hell-the-science-friday-blog/ http://ch42.com/2010/09/03/environmentalists-getting-mad-as-hell-the-science-friday-blog/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:50:10 +0000 admin Millions of people have written e-mails, called their senators, demonstrated in the streets, taken actions in a variety of different ways, and still we can’t even get 50 votes, much less 60” in the Senate.

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