1. Cultural goldmine lurks in digitized books

   Nature News 16 Dec 2010

2. Fears mount for forensic research

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3. Oldest research sub Alvin set for rebirth

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4. US report sets ground rules for artificial life

   Nature News 16 Dec 2010

5. Impacts of Canada's oil-sands operations 'exaggerated'

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   1. No evidence of time before Big Bang

      41 comments 10 December 2010

   2. Arsenic-eating microbe may redefine chemistry of life

      33 comments 02 December 2010

   3. Women scientists must speak out

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   4. Telomerase reverses ageing process

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   5. Optical wing generates lift from light

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16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

Harvard Provost Steven Hyman to Step Down

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Harvard University Provost Steven Hyman plans to step down in June to return to research and teaching. He will have served in the post for 10 years, which he...

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

Europe's ITER Budget Deal Falls Through, Threatening Fusion Project

by Daniel Clery

A plan to cover a budget shortfall for the ITER fusion reactor project in France appears to have fallen apart just 2 weeks before the end-of-year budget deadline. The...

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

DOE Issues Plan to Ensure Access to Critical Materials

by Dennis Normile

Ensuring the availability of rare earths and other strategic materials to the industries that need them would require giving the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) powers that it does...

16 December 2010 | ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)

Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2010

by David Grimm

A look back at some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

Princeton Scientist Tells Earth Researchers: Speak Out

by Eli Kintisch

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Geoscientists want everyone, including policymakers, to understand their work and its possible ramifications for society. But on Wednesday, an overflow crowd of 400 at the American Geophysical...

16 December 2010 | ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)

Fearless Woman Lacks Key Part of Brain

by Cassandra Willyard

Study suggests that the amygdala plays a crucial role in fear, but not other emotions

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

All-Star 'Memorial Celebration' for Climate Scientist Brings Powerpoints, Guitars, and Wine

by Eli Kintisch

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA—In March, climatologist Steven Schneider, drowsy from chemotherapy, was getting ready to go to bed. When he checked his e-mail, though, he found hundreds of messages from...

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

South Korean Court Reduces Hwang's Sentence

by Gretchen Vogel

Disgraced South Korean scientist Woo Suk Hwang had his conviction upheld yesterday by an appeals court in South Korea, which knocked 6 months off Hwang’s suspended sentence. The court’s...

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

Klein Reelected as Chair of California Stem Cell Institute

by Greg Miller

The board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has reelected its founding chair Robert Klein for a second term. Yesterday, Klein reiterated to the board his previous...

16 December 2010 | ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)

What's Hiding the Universe's Brightest Explosions?

by Govert Schilling

Astronomers think they've figured out what causes "dark" gamma-ray bursts

16 December 2010 | ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)

UPDATED: Synthetic Biology Doesn't Require New Rules, Biothics Panel Says

by Jocelyn Kaiser

President Barack Obama's bioethics commission today released its final report on the risks and benefits of the young field of synthetic biology. Its conclusion: no new regulations are needed,...

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News of the Week 2010-12-17

NSF Won't Build Underground Lab; Scientists Hope That DOE Will

by Adrian Cho

Plans to convert an abandoned gold mine in South Dakota into the world's largest underground lab may have to be scaled back and could fall apart entirely after the National Science Foundation's oversight board rejected the current proposal.

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