Science Education & Policy

Landmark Campaign Reaches Rural Kenyans With Tools To Prevent Malaria, Diarrhoeal Disease And HIV

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Campaign Provides Affordable and Efficient Approach to Preventing Disease Identified An important new approach to fighting malaria, diarrhoeal disease and HIV among adult m ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 25 2008 - 7:30pm

Should Pregnant Women Be Included In Clinical Trials?

Why aren't pregnant women included in most clinical trials? Bioethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities writing in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (*) say it's time to c ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2008 - 1:17am

Boston Scientific Celebrates Grand Opening Of International Institute For Therapy Advancement

PARIS, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- State-of-the-art medical training center in Paris designed to advance standard of patient care Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the grand opening of the International Institute for Therapy Advan ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2008 - 1:30am

The European Library Opens 27 Jewel Boxes

HEEMSTEDE, The Netherlands, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- The Contents of Europe's National Libraries Will Soon be Available in Most European Languages With funding from the European Commission and the Conference of European National Libraries (CENL), ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2008 - 3:30am

More On David Sloan Wilson And The Invisible Hand Of Evolution

David Sloan Wilson, over at the Huffington Post,  has replied  to my criticism of his previous essay on why the so-called “invisible hand” guiding financial markets is, as he puts it, “morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, u ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jan 15 2009 - 5:56pm

Online Auction Site EBid Celebrates 10th Birthday By Expanding Global Reach

LONDON, September 29 /PRNewswire/--- Award Winning 'best eBay alternative' invests to strengthen worldwide businesses Offering online sellers and buyers the chance to make money and find a bargain, eBid.net, today announces its expansion into Po ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 29 2008 - 1:30am

CensorNet Is Checkmark Premium Certified For Web Filtering By West Coast Labs

BRISTOL, England, September 29 /PRNewswire/-- CensorNet Pro achieves the highest Checkmark certification from West Coast Labs. West Coast Labs is an independent organisation that tests Internet security products. The Checkmark Premium accreditation certif ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 29 2008 - 1:30am

NHS Plus Network Awarded First National Occupational Health Service Contract

LONDON, September 29 /PRNewswire/-- NHS Plus and NHS Direct today announced the NHS Plus network has won its first national contract to provide occupational health services. Led by Health at Work at Imperial College, in partnership with 31 NHS Plus networ ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 29 2008 - 7:30am

Nature Asks Barack Obama The Tough Questions On Science Policy

Leave it to a British publication to finally come out and ask a question that similar US organizations have sought to avoid; namely whether or not Intelligent Design should be taught in school. US presidential candidate Barack Obama took up Nature's i ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 29 2011 - 10:26pm

Wind Turbines And Ecology- Birds Are Smarter Than You Think

Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, helps resolve a potentially major environmental conflict: ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 4:34pm