ScienceDebate2008 and blog carnivals

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 12, 2008

The move­ment to have US pres­i­den­tial candidates dis­cuss Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy in a devot­ed debate has been pick­ing up steam. Date and place are sched­uled: April 18th at the Franklin Insti­tute in Philadel­phia. — cospon­sored by the AAAS, the Coun­cil on Com­pet­i­tive­ness, the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Sci­ences, the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Engi­neer­ing, and the Insti­tute of…

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Grand Rounds: Briefing the Next US President

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 15, 2008 |

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US Pres­i­dent, Thank you for vis­it­ing Grand Rounds, the week­ly col­lec­tion of the best health and med­ical blog posts, in the midst of your very busy sched­ule. The health and med­ical blo­gos­phere would like to make sure you and your team take into account the issues out­lined below as you…

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Exercise and The Brain in Newsweek

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 18, 2007 |

The new edi­tion of Newsweek brings us a great cov­er sto­ry titled Stronger, Faster, Smarter. “Exer­cise does more than build mus­cles and help pre­vent heart dis­ease. New sci­ence shows that it also boosts brainpower—and may offer hope in the bat­tle against Alzheimer’s.” Check it out! We addressed the ques­tion Is phys­i­cal fit­ness impor­tant to your brain…

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