http://megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 2009-11-20T23:23:35Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_1 ded7b09305dd9d83402c06d87a8664f9 Engaging employees through sustainability is not a one size fits all approach.  From Walmart’s Personal Sustainability Project to  Sodexo’s Corporate Citizenship Program to Intel’s intranet to FMYI’s online collaboration, the variety is endless.  Each of the four members of the Net Impact Conference 2009 panel on ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:23:35Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_2 8b7041ecf33f73ee0d5b02b4096f0591 With the nation's Republican governors gathered in Austin this week for their annual meeting, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour offered his spin on current events to Bob Schieffer. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:11:30Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_3 1c61078032116e57ac8166bd0abc0bcc While waiting for the PBS show, the NewsHour, to begin, I saw a Monsanto advertisement which said, “Monsanto…producing more, conversing more…that’s sustainable agriculture.” On Monsanto’s website the company states its commitment to “help farmers produce more and conserve more” by 2030. One of the ways Monsanto will achieve its ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:05:28+00:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_4 532e06e64e75a4dadd0c913f5bb524e8 I’m all lost in the supermarket I have never been happier so many aisles with so many products so many grownups get their shopping done here. Hey mama mama, come here and find me wrapped up in the cereal aisle you know Trix are just Kix with more colors I eat a bowl and I scream for a while. They got the fifty-pound dog food they got the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:02:50Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_5 c468635c68099fbaf555ddff3053dc9c Boats outfitted with solar panels have become “floating classrooms” for children in the low-lying regions of Bangladesh, where floods have destroyed crops, schools, roads and infrastructure. They are among the more than 20 million people who became displaced last year due to climate change. In the past decade, Bangladesh has experienced 70 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_6 9fa6c47f3045505afc8c1f3d1b174431 Prosecutors have dropped any plans to appeal the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy criminal case. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T22:52:10Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_7 4355cf2c4202943c5b6e05376cd6036d Say you’re the Mayor of San Francisco. You’re spending million of dollars every year to increase energy efficiency, install solar panels and encourage the use of electric cars — all in an effort to lower your city’s greenhouse gas emissions, in line with (hypothetical) newly-enacted Federal greenhouse gas reduction ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_8 f211c9e646017aa37f1814fd805f844d Dan Glickman, the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, is complaining to Congress that those who don't support a proposed international intellectual-property treaty are "hostile toward efforts to improve copyright enforcement worldwide." (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:58 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_9 02350ada8e6fe5dbde305a523d352d2b The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday — or later — will receive it is Jan. 4, 2010, the nation's largest bookseller said Friday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:14 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_10 57bf83f1190cf1063cb9917cc566b5e3 We received an astonishing number of responses to last week's Casual Fridays study, which claimed to be able to identify what makes a good writer in just a few minutes. Of course, I wasn't actually very confident that a brief survey could actually identify the factors that make a good writer. But I did have a hunch that there were certain traits ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:03 EST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_11 f3efaeb0a82f97658a546516a048cf10 Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:36:04-05:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_12 3dd6bfc8817544ae9cd9eac0672eb6fd Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T19:50:11-08:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_13 4a74431770f6283601c854fea1b2df64 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:01 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_14 32d83bb62389888e95ed231a6f19c782 Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, the first firm ever to enter Phase III testing of an antinicotine vaccine, inked a deal potentially worth $500 million, including $40 million up front, granting GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals a worldwide option to exclusively in-license NicVAX and develop follow-on next-generation nicotine vaccines using Nabi's intellectual ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:40:54-05:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_15 a4b6705c8a07a42c9d26d573e169b4dd According to the New York Times: The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades — the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act — will take effect in the nation’s workplaces [on Nov 21, 2009], prohibiting employers from requesting genetic testing or... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_16 3fa8f82ad601334cb869a69d4366daa6 NASA's Astronaut Glove Centennial Challenge contest was held yesterday at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida, and two contestants walked away with a total of $350,000 in prize money for their improved designs of space suit gloves. Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $250,000 for his glove, and Ted Southern of Brooklyn, [ (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:17 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_17 af33204c2e16b953e80613e95e57cff9 A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com . How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah Palin Wearin' Your Product? - Got a great green company? What happens when Sarah Palin shows up wearing it on the cover of Newsweek? The ... Read the full story on TreeHugger (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T20:10:54-08:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_18 0c131e44e4d48f79b70355753a542b3c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:43 -0800 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_19 ce54ba08ab5967ae7dc825d41533f769 Mac mailbox from Te Atatu in Auckland... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Remake | Digg this! (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:21 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/1#item_20 9aeac2eb80646979efc1af268e0f3c3a Happy Friday. Lotsa links for your weekend. Science: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:31 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_1 2c5ccd02ed658f8f1d7f4a99bfcf61ea Early Nov. 18th, eyewitnesses reported an explosion in the atmosphere above Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho in the western United States. Some said the fireball "turned night into day" and produced shock waves that shook the ground when it exploded just after midnight Mountain Standard Time. Infrasound recordings of the blast suggest ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_2 5766ebf0320af690ea294417b55c1fb6 Almost ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of protestors shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. The activists were not against trade or globalization, despite the many misleading claims in the mainstream media. They were against a system of deregulated capitalism that was spreading around the world. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:21 EST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_3 622bad54d79a292f308faacfaac3a652 Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:21 EST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_4 6eef4bd99e7e423ff9267073524b281b Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:49 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_5 e5b140acf40dde66cee1c91d2d427b77 Let's say you're a college student. You have a class meeting today at which a short essay (about 400 words) is due. The essay counts for about 5% of your grade for the course. At that class meeting, your instructor will be lecturing on the reading assignment upon which that short essay is focused. The material from the reading assignment will ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:23 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_6 bea5230ae98786efd75f332ecdd99693 If you're still wondering what this very strange image is, find out by going to the original WITU challenge post for this week. Have a great weekend, and check back next week for another Where In The Universe Challenge! © nancy for Universe Today, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:02 EST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_7 8d2b8d5ea51e7442dbf6627051e12dfd A May 31, 2007 file photo shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN (European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland. (AP PHOTO) (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:46 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_8 e66660bc273f52e1268153bb6e1bc91f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:41 PST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_9 360d69262f4ca2e70320b3ca1c30113e By Dan Walter We found out that her real name was Cindy Chapman, and that she died alone and afraid. Cindy was a paralegal, an activist and a fighter of lost causes who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was part of an online community called RATEMDs, where she had many soul mates. Her posts on health [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T01:55:00Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_10 f523962518a90ed009904e21fb2c7c67 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_11 35d3e3e903ec82e76920136a421079b9 Malaria has begun showing troubling signs of developing resistance to artemisinin, which is currently the best available treatment for the disease. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_12 bdeb31fd791ea2216ccd0842af79941f Alex Brandon / AP Photo The Senate takes its first health-care vote tomorrow, with Joe Lieberman tipping the balance. His close friend John McCain tells Lloyd Grove what’s driving the public option’s new enemy. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_13 41966c96ffab559b6d4ea6cab5b8406d Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:58:27-08:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_14 6c844fc4df9d994cdfec094b88544373 How many of the environmental education initiatives that you know of were started by teachers, parents, or non-profit organizations? That’s typical: from artistic approaches to rainwater harvesting to solar boat building, most efforts at teaching kids about environmental issues start with adults. But students often come up with their own ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:17:30Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_15 069b05f7858d3c2551056c0e3bff6a57 Quebec woman Nathalie Blanchard poses on the beach in a Facebook photograph that convinced her insurance company that she was no longer depressed. Can you really determine someone’s mental state by looking at a photograph? Manulife, a Canadian-based financial services company, apparently thinks so. Nathalie Blanchard, a 29-year-old IBM ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:48 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_16 1588686b6d73160796fa577aa667c08c Though the Cassini mission has focused intently on scientific exploration of Saturn and it's moons, data taken by the spacecraft has significantly changed the way astronomers think about the shape of our Solar System. As the Sun and planets travel through space, the bubble in which they reside has been thought to resemble a comet, [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:16 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_17 791f3e0c784c9ebe967ea17f3bf15921 The pitched battle between evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design has become one of the signature conflicts of the decade. On Pharyngula, PZ Myers picks up the pieces after his debate with Jerry Bergman on whether ID should be taught in schools. Unambiguously he writes, "creationists are not the heralds of a coming paradigm shift; they are ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:02 EST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_18 962b7e45fa0ead38716f89f61d097ac2 "Do you think science in science fiction movies would be better if science education were better in the United States?" This is of particular relevance to me since the home video release of Star Trek was this last Tuesday, and while watching with my wife I alternated my enjoyment of seeing the franchise revived with the aggravation of the science ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:58:27-08:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_19 540ac8fe67fe26cfb4942dfc93990330 Yale Environment 360: Major corporations in the U.S. have shown an increased willingness to voluntarily reduce their impact on climate change despite a sluggish economy, according to... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/21#item_20 dae73b9e27382d0f5895a08af06202d9 ​Back in January, a Dallas-based company that sells bottled water -- pardon, a "natural spring water ... created from all natural ingredients including extracts of alfalfa stems and leaves, milk whey and enzymes from pineapple and papaya" -- asked the University of Texas's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center if it wouldn't mind testing its magic potion. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_1 18542e8dad5d1da12f79aa7d7ec7c900 With NASA reporting a "significant amount" of water on the lunar surface, is it time to re-examine our priorities regarding living and working in space? Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute, talks about why and how people should venture beyond Earth. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:31:05-08:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_2 833c5aea557dd7c3bad236d88e6ead48 WorldChanging Team: by Anna Fahey The womb is not free of toxic pollution. This week, the Washington Toxics Coalition released a study that should raise the ire... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_3 9f20e17c945fc17998cfc272aa7b00e9 Nothing has done a better job of circumventing censorship, spreading democratic thought and promoting understanding between nations than the internet. Join Wired 's global campaign to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to our beloved series of tubes. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_4 8b1f9f300ac8e49eb210802944ab7f39 Has cap-and-trade in Europe worked? WRI’s Senior Fellow Jill Duggan, who helped implement the EU trading scheme, sorts the myths from reality. Europe began its cap-and-trade system in 2005, with a three year learning period (phase 1). In recent U.S. Senate climate hearings, cap-and-trade critics pointed to the challenges of that first phase as ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:21 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_5 6568da5f89b7222687c75a4783831bb7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:30 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_6 5ce24a27a8a1907d3d172281aaa076db My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:03:19Z http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_7 538a504a375c1f90f9e4b7557bd036d7 The Wet Side of the Moon , Opinion, NY Times "From the perspective of human space exploration, that water is the most important scientific discovery since the '60s. We can drink it, grow food with it and breathe it -- by separating the oxygen from the hydrogen through a process called electrolysis. These elements can even be used to fuel rocket ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_8 2ecabb26ffa29471034ff0926953f1e2 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:15 PST http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_9 e470a7e70b9780a7e8e00a8e678cdd2a Originally published in HCPLive.com by Colleen O’Leary, RN, MSN, AOCNS Last time I talked about how I had never really experienced the concept of nurses eating their young in action. However, I have seen the opposite begin to evolve. I see this as a bigger issue in nursing these days. The “putting out to pasture” of seasoned, [...] ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_10 6e9700294fd486d1b6430e9d6da7c987 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:00:00+00:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_11 7652c754be4021968d67ccf65489ae35 New Scientist has a gallery of striking photos taken from Christopher Payne's book that details his photographic tour of abandoned asylums in the US. In both the UK and the US, and, I suspect, in many other countries, there are numerous unused decaying mental asylums that have become obsolete as 'care in the community' has become the flag under ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_12 606470e1d33d4c173cd42e0dec2b9e43 Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: the rise of the tiny medibots, the colliders that will follow the LHC, and an interview with Belle de Jour (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_13 0ab28f3bb3c3f4611b9e042a6ef3ed95 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:51 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_14 45ebfce81ad8d45f5fe6db7a9fd93ad9 Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for Cherry Point, Wash., from a newly installed NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:51 -0500 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_15 6d6b20ef531f06ce702df041edf73b37 ON TV When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs airs Saturday, November 21, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. Preview Crocs >> A "saber-toothed cat in armor" and a pancake-shaped predator are among the strange crocodile cousins whose bones have been found beneath the windswept dunes of the Sahara, archaeologists say. (See pictures of BoarCroc, ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:36:57-05:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_16 e63e8d4fcadd63171e08e3d15aa9cae0 From the Columbus Dispatch: Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery. Officials with the Army Corps of Engineer say Friday that DNA of the giant carp have been... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:44 +0100 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_17 9907e2fff1c34b796b2097064d72e77d La Chine s'apprête à lancer au premier semestre 2012 un satellite de communication de fabrication... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +0100 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_18 d096e4b624a6af6357e282c543f1f511 Une étude internationale associant des chercheurs du CEA, du CNRS et de l'Université Versailles... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:08:37+01:00 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_19 d5ea95d2bea587943a67704d7432a919 Was sind "westliche" Werte? Wo liegen die Grenzen der "westlichen" Toleranz? Bei der EU-Erweiterung oder der Integration von Menschen aus fremden Kulturen? (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://megite.com/science/1258813372/41#item_20 0272823d4ec7afa20034a9582233c0ea Read on Source) ]]>