http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Science & Education"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 17 May 2008 05:07:46 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 30300 | Mayo drama is proof NBA age limit isn't protection for prospects http://en.redtram.com/go/108337306/top100/ 108337306 So the NBA says it wants to 'protect players from themselves' by implementing the age-limit rule? After the O.J. Mayo saga, Gary Parrish wants to know who is it saving now? Sat, 17 May 2008 04:54:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108337306/top100/ 18841 | Prototyping Artificial Cells http://en.redtram.com/go/108329393/top100/ 108329393 The first generation of mass-deployed medical microrobots is likely to consist of many different types of artificial cell, designed and grown to perform specific tasks in the body. As ScienceDaily notes, scientists are already making inroads into the basic tools Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108329393/top100/ 85468 | A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles http://en.redtram.com/go/108329384/top100/ 108329384 Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why the laws Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108329384/top100/ 85468 | Snakes Hear in Stereo http://en.redtram.com/go/108329387/top100/ 108329387 Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear at all. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108329387/top100/ 85468 | Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser http://en.redtram.com/go/108329388/top100/ 108329388 The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108329388/top100/ 3283 | Culture Affects How Teen Girls See Sexual Harassment http://en.redtram.com/go/108329117/top100/ 108329117 Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment -- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings. Older girls and those from Sat, 17 May 2008 04:33:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108329117/top100/ 957 | Drink, filth and fury? Must be a school trip http://en.redtram.com/go/108328642/top100/ 108328642 Outings often involve bumpy rides, but they are still worthwhile, says Charlotte Phillips According to their schools, my children have been educated to within an inch of their lives by school trips. They've got to grips with animal conservation at Sat, 17 May 2008 04:30:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108328642/top100/ 957 | Celebrities' childhood memories http://en.redtram.com/go/108328643/top100/ 108328643 Chris Tarrant TV presenter One of my earliest memories is my first-ever day's fishing. My grandad took me. I was just four. I caught a fish, dropped grandad's rod and fell in the river. All in all, it was pretty Sat, 17 May 2008 04:30:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108328643/top100/ 957 | Childhood memories: bombs away from our backyard plane http://en.redtram.com/go/108328644/top100/ 108328644 Did it have a traumatic effect on us? Not a bit of it. Three days later, we all reconvened for a birthday party on our aeroplane roundabout and there's a photo of us all smiling away. Today, of course, we'd Sat, 17 May 2008 04:30:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108328644/top100/ 957 | Pet subjects: my top 20 cat breeds http://en.redtram.com/go/108328641/top100/ 108328641 When these independent creatures choose to spend time with us, they make us feel we've earned their affection, which adds a different tone to our relationship with them. Pedigree cats have elegant looks and quirky personalities, but are prone to Sat, 17 May 2008 04:30:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108328641/top100/ 2133 | The New Yorker's book blog http://en.redtram.com/go/108320690/top100/ 108320690 The New Yorker leaps into the literary weblog fray with the promising-looking The Book Bench. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320690/top100/ 2133 | Yuri Rytkheu (1930-2008) http://en.redtram.com/go/108320664/top100/ 108320664 Russian author Yuri Rytkheu has passed away; see, for example, Victor Sonkin's piece in The Moscow Times, Yury Rytkheu, an author from Chukotka, has died in St Petersburg. Archipelago have brought out his A Dream in Polar Fog, with The Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320664/top100/ 2133 | In and out of print down under http://en.redtram.com/go/108320677/top100/ 108320677 In Chasing the printed word in The Age Jane Sullivan finds that: Australian literature is a strange market. You can't buy new copies of some of our most revered and loved books for love or money: they are as rare Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320677/top100/ 2133 | The call-in debate ? http://en.redtram.com/go/108320669/top100/ 108320669 BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize-judge Claire Armitstead wonders Just how many books should you read to judge an award ?, wondering: So is the call-in system actually worth the extra work it generates ? Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320669/top100/ 2133 | UK books festivals guide http://en.redtram.com/go/108320679/top100/ 108320679 In The Times Megan Walsh and Caroline White have assembled The 30 best books festivals in the British Isles: the definitive 2008 guide -- and it really is pretty useful. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320679/top100/ 2133 | Scottish abyss ? http://en.redtram.com/go/108320683/top100/ 108320683 In The Guardian Stuart Kelly thinks all the Scottish cheer-leading and patting-themselves-on-back is getting to be a bit much. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108320683/top100/ 1000 | Spellings Names 44 Javits Fellows http://en.redtram.com/go/108318981/top100/ 108318981 Secretary Spellings named 44 Jacob K. Javits fellows to pursue graduate study in selected fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Selected from 899 applicants, fellows are chosen on the basis of superior academic achievement, financial need, and exceptional Sat, 17 May 2008 04:19:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108318981/top100/ 263637 | Online Games Help Search Engines Work Better http://en.redtram.com/go/108293443/top100/ 108293443 Carnegie Mellon University launches gwap.com to use humans to get computers recognize images more efficiently. Sat, 17 May 2008 03:41:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108293443/top100/ 263637 | Low-Cost Laptop Opens Up to Microsoft http://en.redtram.com/go/108293278/top100/ 108293278 One Laptop Per Child's XO to run Windows XP soon, hopefully in dual-boot mode. Sat, 17 May 2008 03:40:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108293278/top100/ 263637 | Mars Much Colder Than Scientists Expected http://en.redtram.com/go/108293277/top100/ 108293277 Red Planet's huge north polar ice cap doesn't deform crust, indicating molten core must be pretty far down. 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