Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Chemistry down the tubes

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341
June 16, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/urges+cleaner+Alberta+oilsands/1699392/story.html
Permanent damage has been done, but it's not too late to do something about it, White House says
Jun 17, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-climate-report-dire-but-offers-hope/article1184876/
June 16, 2009
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iDckWe5181KXc5kaIJyQfOMZjPfg
Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252
June 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/17/space-shuttle.html
Manitoba cases now at 226 after 74 new ones confirmed Tuesday
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/mb-swine-flu-death-manitoba.html
June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Canadas-isotope-failure-felt-worldwide/UPI-21861245161554/
June 16, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/nuclear-chalk-isotope-adviser-0616.html
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/medical-isotopes.html

Small comfort in isotope crisis

Jun 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651739
June 17, 2009
Keith Martin
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Abandoning+production+isotopes+tragedy/1703396/story.html
Jun 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrbzMklV-xnrkM8Uv-t2oyD01XKw
The last thing Atomic Energy Canada, or the country, needs is the black eye from the isotope crisis - to say nothing of the anguish for patients
Jun 16, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-chalk-river-mess-has-left-aecls-reputation-in-meltdown-mode/article1184592/
June 16, 2009
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/search+Canadian+digital+action+strategy/1700173/story.html
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/north-contaminants.html
Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
Jun 16, 2009
Jim Grieve & Bill Hogarth
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651249
Jun 16, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651218

Early is not everything

Jun 17, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/early-is-not-everything/article1183389/
The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun 15, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/all-day-kindergarten-is-not-the-magic-bullet/article1182946/
A new film imagines lesbians conceiving with sperm derived from each other's stem cells – and the science may not be far-fetched
Jun 16, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/will-women-one-day-father-children/article1182938/
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/hormone-aging-ama.html
June 16, 2009
Don Butler
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Most+Canadians+ignore+quality+advisories+Report/1702560/story.html
June 16, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/More+mercury+flowing+into+Arctic+Ocean+than+thought+Research/1702589/story.html
June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/16/Aquatic-microbiota-threatened-by-pollution/UPI-87731245174083/
Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051
June 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/German+firms+huge+African+solar+project+report/1701455/story.html
Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/
Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html
Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

U of S adds research chair

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html
Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx
New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx
The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx
In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx