Saturday, June 12, 2010

Science economics: What science is really worth

Spending on science is one of the best ways to generate jobs and economic growth, say research advocates. But as Colin Macilwain reports, the evidence behind such claims is patchy.
Jun 9, 2010
Colin Macilwain
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/465682a.html
Jun 5, 2010
Drew Halfnight
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/05/oh-the-humanities-research-as-a-commodity/#more-8681
Institute argues against cuts in education to slash deficits
Jun 8, 2010
Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/820164--innovation-is-key-to-prosperity-says-think-tank

It’s innovation that matters

Without the ability to turn new creations into helpful processes, societal gains are elusive. Governments should make the link between the two easier
Jun 11, 2010
Roger Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/its-innovation-that-matters/article1599801/
Acclaimed philosopher Martha Nussbaum argues it is. She’s the latest sage to raise the alarm against higher education's growing obsession with knowledge you can take to the bank.
Jun 11, 2010
John Allemang
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/teaching-the-humanities-vital-to-society/article1601322/
All 19 chair holders held positions outside Canada prior to being named – a big brain gain for this country.
Jun 8, 2010
Mark Cardwell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-research-chairs.aspx

Elite research needs more women

Jun 8, 2010
Lynne Quarmby
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Elite+research+needs+more+women/3124950/story.html

Why Do Scientists Blog?

Jun 9, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affacting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/09/why-do-scientists-blog/
Jun 11, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Helps-University-Lethbridge-Science-Engineering-Graduates-Enter-Workforce-1275085.htm
Jun 11, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Genome-Canada-Funded-Research-Uncovers-Key-Changes-in-DNA-in-Individuals-with-Autism-1274851.htm
Jun 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/11/alzheimer-research-standards.html
International cooperation to establish uniform guidelines and technologies
June 10, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/10/c3914.html
Jun 9, 2010
Mark Henderson
The Times
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/06/david-willetts-plugs-science-lessons-for-mps.html#scivote
Famed physicist spotted around town as he visits theoretical physics institute to help researchers
Jun 11, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawkings-time-in-waterloo/article1600096/
Jun 11, 2010
Eric Beynon
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Carbon+capture+storage+will+work/3139984/story.html
New figures for blown-out well show amount of oil spewing may have been twice as much as previously thought
Jun 11, 2010
Seth Borenstein and Harry R. Weber
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/gulf-spill-could-be-double-first-estimates-scientists-say/article1600305/
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/sitting-health-physiology.html
Mercury-containing material used extensively in Canada, U.S.
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/11/con-amalgam-hearing.html
Our lack of action stands in stark contrast to earlier achievements
Jun 11, 2010
Jody Williams
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-is-canada-not-putting-climate-change-on-the-g20-agenda/article1599421/
Canadians want to drill in some of the roughest, coldest oceans: If we can’t mitigate the risk, we shouldn’t undertake it
Jun 11, 2010
Gerald Butts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/an-arctic-spill-would-be-even-worse/article1599718/
Gulf oil spill reminds that oil permeates our daily lives in ways we never think about – it’s everywhere from shampoo to running shoes
Jun 11, 2010
Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/cutting-your-personal-dependence-on-oil-easier-said-than-done/article1600680/
Multi-billion-dollar market for ‘lifestyle’ drugs for animals raises alarms
Jun 11, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/pooch-feeling-anxious-theres-a-pill-for-that/article1600488/
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/11/ns-fundy-tidal-blades.html

MS research projects test theory

Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/11/multiple-sclerosis-ccsvi-research.html
Jun 10, 2010
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Kirk+enterprise+saving+salmon/3138121/story.html
Becel’s pro.activ calorie-reduced margarine is first sterol-fortified food available in Canada
Jun 10, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-ruling-food-products-can-claim-to-be-cholesterol-busters/article1599717/
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/con-drug-costs.html
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/10/con-consumer-bill-reax.html
Jun 10, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/gender-bias-medical-research.html
Jun 10, 2010
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/feds-seeking-oil-cleanup-crews-as-thousands-of-spills-flow-in-canada-annually-96076199.html
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/10/north-birds-oil-spill.html
Jun 10, 2010
TODD COYNE
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Eliminate+Canada+size+fits+criminalization+marijuana+study+argues/3137447/story.html
Jun 10, 2010
Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Canadian+politics+harms+Africans/3134068/story.html
Drug policy reform should mean lower prices for generic medications and new ways to deliver health care
Jun 10, 2010
Cheryl Koehn
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/changes+Pharmacare/3135349/story.html
June 10, 2010
Ernest Scheyder
REUTERS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/dietfitness/diet/article/821725--waiter-there-s-a-carcinogen-in-my-soup
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/globalwarming-americans.html

Once more, with less feeling

Climate-change negotiations settle in for the long haul
Jun 9, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16317359
Jun 9, 2010
Jeff Rubin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/gulf-oil-disaster-doesnt-make-the-tar-sands-green/article1596265/
Jun 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/09/h1n1-who-chan.html
Jun 9, 2010
Jen Skerritt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Better+your+plan+fight+reserves+Health+Canada+urged/3129517/story.html
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/fungi-biodiesel-study.html
It’s the worst oil spill in American history, but the protests against BP and deepwater drilling have been surprisingly tame
Jun 9, 2010
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/weve-seen-the-spewing-oil-wheres-the-public-outcry/article1598369/
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/bc-glass-sponge-reefs-protected.html

NASA to launch Arctic mission

Jun 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/nasa-arctic-mission.html
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/nb-biomass-crown-forests.html
Initiative would help the environment and create good jobs for disadvantaged groups, coalition says
Jun 9, 2010
Laurie Monsebraaten
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/820662--toronto-hydro-urged-to-spark-local-solar-panel-industry
Jun 9, 2010
Lee-Anne Goodman
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/821466--tale-of-two-opinions-at-maternal-health-meeting
Jun 8, 2010
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/820289--steward-awareness-of-oil-risks-seeps-north
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/08/lancaster-seismic-nunavut.html
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/08/con-health-study.html
Jun 8, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/08/brca1-patent.html
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/08/sk-black-footed-ferret-survive-winter-1068.html
Outbreak exposed serious gaps in Canada's pandemic planning
Jun 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hospitals+biggest+H1N1+problem+Confusion/3125925/story.html

Being prepared

Jun 8, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Being+prepared/3124943/story.html
Jun 7, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/820030--oil-slick-will-head-north-but-not-to-canada-computer-simulations-show?bn=1
Jun 7, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/820089--nuclear-scientists-slam-canada-over-isotopes
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/07/medical-isotopes-atcher.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/medical-isotopes-ottawa-rubidium-pet.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/ontario-pharmacy.html
Jun 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/07/genetically-altered-trees-paper.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/stroke-cost.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/maternal-health-un.html
Ottawa and Quebec City appear poised to bail out asbestos producers
Jun 6, 2010
Kathleen Ruff
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/819432--deathbed-reprieve-for-killer-industry
Jun 4, 2010
Mike DeSouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Greenhouse+cuts+tenth+what+predicted+Ottawa+says/3110598/story.html
Critics say results show Harper government failing to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas pollution
Jun 3, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/emissions-reductions-10-times-less-than-governments-projections-report/article1591784/