Revue de presse ANGLAIS Juillet - Août 2008
New Scientist – 05 July 2008 Time – July 21, 2008
Features Me and my genome : What's it like to get a glimpse of your genetic destiny in a personalised DNA readout? New Scientist speaks to six people about their experience (By Anna Gosline) Interview The language detective (By Jo Marchant) : Everyone's favourite linguist, Steven Pinker, is known for his theory that the mental machinery behind language is innate. In his latest book, The Stuff of Thought, he asks what language tells us about how we think. He says the words and grammar we use reflect inherited rules that govern our emotions and social relationships. Jo Marchant asked Pinker why he thinks that concepts of space, time and causality are hard-wired in our brain, and why he's turning his thoughts to violence.
Life - Going green The Truth about plastic (By Bryan Walsh) : It's just about everything-which may be harmful to you and the planet. How to shrink your plastic footprint.
Time – August 18, 2008
New Scientist, 19 July 2008
Life - Going green Inner-City Farms (By Lisa McLaughlin) : saving money and the planet one edible garden at a time.
Time – August 25, 2008
Features Crazy Money (By Mark Buchanan) : how can we stop the financial markets creating so much misery ? Forget textbook economics, the answer lies elsewhere.
New Scientist, 02 August 2008
Briefing A Brief History of Tabloids!! (By Kate Pickert)
US News – August 18 / August 25, 2008
This Week – Olympics Inside the minds of athletes who cheat (By Peter Aldhous) : finding out why some competitors take drugs while others stay clean may be the key to deterrring doping. Features The immunity fix (By Jim Giles) : the next generation of vaccines could help people overcome everything from drug addiction to obesity. Education The crash course in citizenship (By Eddy Ramírez) : a new front line in the immigration debate : access to higher education.
US News – August 4 / August 11, The Economist – July 19th 2008 2008
Cover Story Frontiers of Science : Big advances are born of big ideas, so scientists are pushing at the bounds of what we know and how we know it. Some look ahead, at the future of humanity and the changing planet we inhabit. Others look back on the birth of life itself—and beyond, to alien worlds. Where Is Human Evolution Heading? The race's DNA is changing faster than ever; what it means for our descendants (By Nancy Shute). Will 'Upgrades' Enhance Our Bodies? Engineers are building strong suits and brainy prosthetics; meet humanity 2.0 (By Nancy Shute) What Will We Eat in a Hungrier World? Making meat without killing animals could fix a host of problems (By Nancy Shute)
Science and Technology Digital libraries - Great minds think (too much) alike : Is the web narrowing scientists’ expertise?
The Economist – August 2nd 2008
Scientific American – August 2008
Science and technology Gene doping - Genetically Modified Olympians? On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance—and of catching them if they try Fun, games and money : a special report on the sports business Fun, games and money : Sport has become a global business as well as a recreation for billions, says Patrick Lane (interviewed here). But how to make it faster, higher, stronger? How do you view? Sport and the media are natural bedfellows Sponsorship form : The value of sport to other kinds of business Local heroes : Sporting labour markets are becoming global. But what about sports themselves? Chunnis on the tree : Sport and sponsorship are not always about fame and fortune For the joy of it : Despite drug scandals and other problems, sport remains wildly popular
Environment Facing the Freshwater Crisis : As demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be implemented soon (By Peter Rogers). Materials Science Self-Cleaning Materials : Lotus Leaf-Inspired Nanotechnology : The lotus plant's magnificent ability to repel dirt has inspired a range of self-cleaning and antibacterial technologies that may also help control microfluidic "lab-on-a-chip" devices (By Peter Forbes).
The Economist – July 12th 2008
The Guardian Weekly – 08 August 2008
Science I, robot (By James Geary) : Although we've always been a bionic species, says James Geary, we're now blurring the line between man and machine like never before while, below, three leading scientists reveal our bionic future.
Finance and economics Bank security - Bodily functions : Can biometrics make banking more secure?
Newsweek – July 28, 2008
Newsweek – August 11, 2008
The Technologist The death of English (LOL) (By Lily Huang) : The most hotly contested controversy sparked by the textmessaging phenomenon of the past eight years is over truant letters. "Textese," a nascent dialect of English that subverts letters and numbers to produce ultraconcise words and sentiments, is horrifying language loyalists and pedagogues. And their fears are stoked by some staggering numbers: this year the world is on track to produce 2.3 trillion messages—a nearly 20 percent increase from 2007 and almost 150 percent from 2000.
The Technologist Last American (Wireless) Virgin (By Daniel McGinn) : It's becoming a rite of summer: as the mercury rises, Apple introduces a new version of its iPhone. And as the newand-improved device went on sale last week, campers once again lined the sidewalk in midtown Manhattan. The new iPhone features faster Web browsing, clearer audio and basic GPS functions; so far, reviews have been mostly positive. But as early adopters clamor for this latest high-tech status symbol, let us consider the group at the other end of the wireless bell curve: the one in seven Americans who still don't have a cell phone. Project Green Beyond Backpacking (By Anna Kuchment) : First there was ecotourism. Then came sustainable travel and green hotels. What's in your suitcase?
Newsweek – August 18-25, 2008
Newsweek – August 4, 2008
Special Report : the education race Tune in tomorrow (By Stefan Theil) : New technology and higher gas prices are driving a boom in online education across the United States.
Financial Times Weekend Edition – July 19/July 20 2008
Life and Arts Power Games : Political statement ? Regeneration ? Whatever the rationale, Olympic architecture is about far more than sport (By Edwin Heathcote) The Technologist Curse of the Microbloggers (By Brian Braiker) : Twitter Nation : Microblogging is huge, but should anyone care? Society A Quest for the Perfect Potato (By Lucy Conger) : Pervuvian farmers have surprised the experts by adapting farming methods to rising temperatures.