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Michael Specter, science writer for The New Yorker, spoke to a standing-room only ScienceOnline2010 crowd at the Research Triangle Park headquarters Friday evening. Much of his talk was about why he wrote “Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms…
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The decision to build Research Triangle Park was made about 230 million years ago in the Triassic period. At least, it was according to the director of exhibits at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. Roy Campbell, leading a tour of participants in…
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There are no sidewalks in RTP. How’s going collaboration here if you need to drive to meet other people? #scio10 The first thought that came to my mind after I read this Twitter post from ScienceOnline2010 was “This is the…
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After taunting researchers for 30 years, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has relented a bit – at least that’s how many infectious disease experts are now interpreting results from two vaccine trials. The first trial was a huge disappointment….
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Seven-year-old Jesse might have been enjoying his summer off from school, but on July 13, he uncovered a big lesson on science and paleontology. Jesse was pawing through the dirt of the fossil dig site at the Museum of Life…
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Not many scientists beg perfect strangers to eat the species they study. But that’s just what “Doctor Bugs” did when visiting tourist-magnet ruins in Cambodia. Dr. Mark W. Moffett proffered a dish of scrumptious crackers topped with herbs and, um,…
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In a lab on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus, engineers are probing the potential of the Chevrolet Volt’s T-shaped battery once it no longer powers General Motor’s plug-in hybrid electric car. The research is based on an agreement GM and…
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How to prevent bacterial infections associated with poor hygiene in hospitals, nursing homes and day care centers has become a necessary though rarely pleasant topic for healthcare providers. Every year, an estimated 5 percent of all hospitalized Americans, or about…
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The fiscal fight over monitoring greenhouse gases raged on Capitol Hill while more than 100 people gathered at N.C. State University Thursday and Friday to explore whether we dismiss the fallout from our fossil fuel dependency at our own peril….
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Things are taking shape for the Museum of Natural Science’s new Nature Research Center in Raleigh. Former governor Jim Hunt dedicated the center’s to museum director Betsy Bennett Tuesday. Amazon research author and rain forest preservation enthusiast Margaret Lowman has…
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