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Cancer researcher wins science writing prize
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk.
Rare childhood cancers are the subject of an award-winning essay by Nicola Harris in this year's Max Perutz prizeMy palms are sweaty and my mouth is dry, but it's more excitement than nerves, though of course the nerves are there, too. I've got my cel...
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Many fathers get depressed after having children
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Denis Campbell.
One in five men suffer from depression by the time their child is 12, according to a Medical Research Council studyOne in five men become depressed after becoming fathers as they juggle lack of sleep, extra responsibilities and a changed relationship w...
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Old Fad Gets Upgraded – Digital Pets with Robot Bodies and Virtual Avatars (video)
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Aaron Saenz.
In the late 90s, the digital pets craze swept playgrounds and classrooms throughout Japan and the US. The amazingly popular Tamagotchi let you ‘raise’ a virtual pet by attending to its constant needs through pressing buttons on a small egg-shaped toy key chain. Like all fads, the digital pets craze faded, but not completely. Between [...]
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The price of happiness? £50,000pa
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Ian Sample.
Research shows that happiness increases with earnings – up to a pointMoney can't buy you love, but it can make you happier if you are not a high earner, according to a Nobel prizewinning psychologist.A survey of 1,000 Americans found that happiness r...
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I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat (but farm it right) | George Monbiot
Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by George Monbiot.
The ethical case against eating animal produce once seemed clear. But a new book is an abattoir for dodgy argumentsThis will not be an easy column to write. I am about to put down 1,200 words in support of a book that starts by attacking me and often r...
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Top 10 science papers
- Evolutionary hidden information detection by granulation-based fitness approximation • ArticleApplied Soft Computing, Volume 10, Issue 3, June 2010, Pages 719-729 | Davarynejad, M.; Ahn, C.W.; Vrancken, J.; van den Berg, J.; Coello Coello, C.A. […]
- The Hallmarks of Cancer • Review articleCell, Volume 100, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 57-70 | Hanahan, D.; Weinberg, R.A. […]
- Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein and MicroRNA Target Sites by PAR-CLIP • ArticleCell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 129-141 | Hafner, M.; Landthaler, M.; Burger, L.; Khorshid, M.; Hausser, J.; Berninger, P.; Rothballer, A.; Ascano, M.; Jungkamp, A.C.; Munschauer, M.; Ulrich, A.; Wardle, G.S.; Dewell, S.; Zavolan, M.; Tuschl, T. […]
- A Chromatin-Mediated Reversible Drug-Tolerant State in Cancer Cell Subpopulations • ArticleCell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 69-80 | Sharma, S.V.; Lee, D.Y.; Li, B.; Quinlan, M.P.; Takahashi, F.; Maheswaran, S.; McDermott, U.; Azizian, N.; Zou, L.; Fischbach, M.A.; Wong, K.K.; Brandstetter, K.; Wittner, B.; Ramaswamy, S.; Classon, M.; Settleman, J. […]
- Immunity, Inflammation, and Cancer • Review articleCell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 883-899 | Grivennikov, S.I.; Greten, F.R.; Karin, M. […]
- Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors • ArticleCell, Volume 126, Issue 4, August 2006, Pages 663-676 | Takahashi, K.; Yamanaka, S. […]
- The Inflammasomes • Review articleCell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 821-832 | Schroder, K.; Tschopp, J. […]
- Mitochondria Supply Membranes for Autophagosome Biogenesis during Starvation • ArticleCell, Volume 141, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 656-667 | Hailey, D.W.; Rambold, A.S.; Satpute-Krishnan, P.; Mitra, K.; Sougrat, R.; Kim, P.K.; Lippincott-Schwartz, J. […]
- Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation • Review articleCell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 805-820 | Takeuchi, O.; Akira, S. […]
- Reconstitution of the RIG-I Pathway Reveals a Signaling Role of Unanchored Polyubiquitin Chains in Innate Immunity • ArticleCell, Volume 141, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 315-330 | Zeng, W.; Sun, L.; Jiang, X.; Chen, X.; Hou, F.; Adhikari, A.; Xu, M.; Chen, Z.J. […]
