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Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Latest Articles by Jonathan M. Gitlin
Forecasting space weather and its economic impact
The National Academies convened a public workshop last year on the impact of space weather on the economy and society; we take a look.Read More...
New undersea cable cuts lead to Internet outages
Once again, Internet traffic to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia has been compromised following damage to an undersea cable.Read More...
Choices for Obama science posts serious about climate change
President-elect Obama continues to excite the scientific community. John Holdren has been selected as the president's Science Advisor, and Jane Lubchenco has been chos...
New paper suggests politics influence NIH grant distribution
A new paper claims that states with more members on the House subcommittee responsible for the NIH's budget end up with significantly more NIH funding—despite the ri...
Protecting e-patient privacy: new government guidelines
Mike Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has just issued a series of core privacy principles for electronic health records.Read More... ...
New outbreaks in Asia as bureaucrats argue over bird flu
Yes, H5N1 is still out there, even if it's failed (so far) in reducing the world population down to a handful. The World Health Organization has been sitting down to c...
Climate conferences talk the talk; walking yet to be seen
Governments around the world gathered in Poland this week for an IPCC conference aimed at averting climate change. The EU, present at the talks, also met on their own ...
This week in science: CSI, science, waist sizes, and metamaterials
This week, Nobel Intent looked into space quite a lot, along with an examination of the ratio of a woman's hips to her waist, and gave some consideration to things mad...
AIDS: a good example of why science policy matters
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki rejected AIDS research and science in favor of superstition; more than 350,000 avoidable deaths resulted. But could AIDS be ...
Acidic oceans: worse than we thought
Carbon dioxide, released from burning fossil fuels, doesn't just enter the atmosphere; it dissolves into the seas, too, making them more acidic. New data suggests this...
An outlet at every parking meter? Bay Area welcomes plug-ins
Gov. Schwarzenegger and several Bay Area mayors have joined forces with start up Better Place to transform California into an electric vehicle wonderland. Read More......
Grow your own: tissue engineering saves patient's lung
A group of scientists from Spain, Italy, and the UK have successfully 'grown' a replacement length of airway, specific to an individual patient, and have used the airw...
