I thought I'd cross post this from The Great Beyond, which is a blog we recently started at Nature to complement our own news coverage. The blog rounds up the science stories that, for one reason or another, we're not covering this week, but which are still worth your attention. Let me know whether First Drafts and its readers would welcome this as a weekly service
Friday August 31, 2007Storms to get stronger / Lucy fossil controversy / Scientists sue over background checks
Thursday August 30, 2007Global warming: belief but no understanding / ‘Drunk’ astronauts were sober, probably / Supersonic space rain / Plants can hear
Wednesday August 29, 2007Spiderman suit in ten years / Greenhouse gases and ozone holes / Science blogger sued update
Tuesday August 28, 2007Star Wars prop in space / Stem cells fix rat hearts / China legislates for failure / Fantasy journal league
Other Nature blog posts you may have missedSpoonful of Medicine: Apoorva Mandavilli on (Bio)piracy in Brazil and elsewhere The Sceptical Chymist: ‘Materials Girl’ on Physics, summer school, and math
Ones that got away You think brain drain is a problem? Read ‘How T-Force abducted Germany's best brains for Britain’ in The Guardian ‘Diabetes as Darwinism’ - Greg Critser in the LA Times says we’re all short-beaked finches Extinction fears over ‘Irwin's bum-breathing turtle’ from News.com.au A giant space-junk gun in The Columbus Dispatch (via KSJ Tracker)
Friday August 31, 2007Storms to get stronger / Lucy fossil controversy / Scientists sue over background checks
Thursday August 30, 2007Global warming: belief but no understanding / ‘Drunk’ astronauts were sober, probably / Supersonic space rain / Plants can hear
Wednesday August 29, 2007Spiderman suit in ten years / Greenhouse gases and ozone holes / Science blogger sued update
Tuesday August 28, 2007Star Wars prop in space / Stem cells fix rat hearts / China legislates for failure / Fantasy journal league
Other Nature blog posts you may have missedSpoonful of Medicine: Apoorva Mandavilli on (Bio)piracy in Brazil and elsewhere The Sceptical Chymist: ‘Materials Girl’ on Physics, summer school, and math
Ones that got away You think brain drain is a problem? Read ‘How T-Force abducted Germany's best brains for Britain’ in The Guardian ‘Diabetes as Darwinism’ - Greg Critser in the LA Times says we’re all short-beaked finches Extinction fears over ‘Irwin's bum-breathing turtle’ from News.com.au A giant space-junk gun in The Columbus Dispatch (via KSJ Tracker)
