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Wired
November 6, 2006
Geoffrey Gagnon |
Faces of the New Atheism: The Illusionists Penn & Teller got famous catching bullets in their teeth, eating fire, and making rabbits vanish. But now they're trying something even more ambitious: They want to make religion disappear.   |
Wired
November 2006
Gary Wolf |
The Church of the Non-Believers A band of intellectual brothers is mounting a crusade against belief in God. Are they winning converts, or merely preaching to the choir? |
Wired
November 2006
Steve Olson |
Faces of the New Atheism: The Punk Rocker Punk rocker and zoologist Greg Graffin is offended by what he sees as the intellectual dishonesty of scientists who find compatibility with religions that, in the case of Christianity at least, embrace walking on water and resurrection. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2006
Victoria Gill |
British Scholarship Scheme to Attract the World's Best Brains The Royal Society has developed an international fellowship scheme that aims to attract the world's best scientists to the UK and give the country a business edge. |
Chemistry World
October 3, 2006
Victoria Gill |
UK Dragging Heels on Nanotechnology Disappointing and slow. That is how the UK government's research to improve the understanding of the potential health and environmental impacts of free nanoparticles has been summed up by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering. |
Chemistry World
October 20, 2006
Tom Westgate |
UK Researchers Unveil Country's Most Powerful Microscope For the first time in the UK, researchers will be able to see atoms and the bonds between them, thanks to the brand new FEI Titan 80-300 monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope. |
Chemistry World
October 18, 2006
Ned Stafford |
Nobel Lobbying Skews Prizes, Chemist Claims US success among the 2006 Nobel prizes has prompted a top German chemist to complain that US domination in recent years has more to do with lobbying efforts than with superiority over European peers. |
Chemistry World
October 17, 2006
Ned Stafford |
Chemistry Takes Back Seat Among German Elite First-round funding has been announced in a science funding scheme to create a German elite, or ivy league, of universities. Chemistry-related programs account for only a small slice of the funding pie. |
Scientific American
November 2006
Steve Mirsky |
Uncommon Scents Although scientists are vital to the fragrance industry, there are no fragrances honoring them. So here are some humorous suggestions for a new line of scientist-inspired scents. Isaac Newton's Gravitas... J. Robert Oppenheimer's Cataclysm... etc. |
Scientific American
November 2006
Stuart A. Kauffman |
The Evolution of Future Wealth Technologies evolve much as species do, and that under-appreciated fact is the key to growth. A deeper understanding of how species adapt and evolve may bring profound -- even revolutionary -- insights into business adaptability and the engines of economic growth. |
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