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USA TODAY archives from June 2009
Media must educate, not panic, populace.(Public Health)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... In addition to alerting the public about the latest cases of swine flu, the press should be educating the populace about how pandemics are fueled largely by poverty and can be combated, asserts Priscilla Wald, author of Contagious, which...
Nose knows how to stave off infection.(H1N1)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... While there is no vaccine for H1N1 (swine flu) and no way to guarantee prevention against infection, one physician believes that there are simple and easy ways we all can reduce our susceptibility to infection. "Most flus enter our body through...
Parents can alleviate children's fears.(Swine Flu)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Parents should assess their personal feelings about the swine flu situation when they discuss the matter with children so they can determine what messages they want to communicate, advises Judith Myers-Walls, associate professor of child...
A 47,000,000-year-old skeleton.(SCIENCE SCENE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... A 47,000,000-year-old skeleton that could be the "great-great-great aunt" of modern man recently was unveiled at New York's American Museum of Natural History. About the size of a small cat, this "best-ever preserved primate fossil" looks to...
The burgeoning field of "museomics".(SCIENCE SCENE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... The burgeoning field of "museomics"--using improved methods for sampling DNA combined with the latest sequencing technology to analyze preserved museum samples--has set to work on studying the thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, reports a team of...
Former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau is donating his brain upon death to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine--joining more than 100 former professional, college, and high school athletes--to help solve the sports concussion crisis.(SCIENCE SCENE)
June 1, 2009... Former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau is donating his brain upon death to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine--joining more than 100 former professional, college, and high school athletes--to...
Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival.(SCIENCE SCENE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them? Parasites strike a middle ground between the benefits gained by reproducing rapidly and the costs to their hosts, according to the 'trade-off hypothesis" put forth by...
New microscope has super resolution.(Imaging)
June 1, 2009... A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet, as human capacity for discovery has zoomed to the...
Baseball diamonds and world's fair wonders.(Innovations)
June 1, 2009... There are a myriad of objects on display at "Centuries of Progress: American World's Fairs," ranging from photographs to models to archival materials to ephemera--including the "World of Tomorrow" World's Fair patch worn by the hometown New...
Mosquito gene linked to insecticide resistance.(Malaria)
June 1, 2009... Malaria remains one of the most serious diseases worldwide, claiming the lives of more than 1,000,000 people per year in tropical and subtropical regions, the majority of whom are children under five years of age. Efforts to eliminate this...
Implantable lens makes glasses unnecessary.(Vision)
June 1, 2009... If you are having trouble reading or sending text messages on your cell phone, eye surgeons from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, may have a remedy. Intraocular lenses, the next generation of implantable lenses, are...
Scientists discover new pacific iguana.(Ecological Diversity)
June 1, 2009... A new iguana has been discovered in the central regions of Fiji. Named Brachylophus bulabula, the colorful creature joins only two other living Pacific iguana species, one of which is critically endangered. The scientific name bulabula is a...