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Here's a novel health food I learned about this morning--one that could be free for the gleaning right outside your front door (especially if you live in China). Warning: You have to be quick or it will get away.Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society -
China appears to be the world leader in carbon-dioxide emissions, but we may be partly to blame.Published: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Found in: Environment
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Climate-news watchers may have done a double-take if they caught a look at a story in today’s Washington Times. It reported that: “President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming.” If the account proves true, it will signal a Georgie-come-lately understanding by our President of the need to act on the disturbing revelations that climate scientists have been sounding about a warming of our planet. In contrast, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama have all been stumping that climate war...Published: Monday, April 14th, 2008Found in: Science & Society
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You can name this newly discovered sea slug — or nudibranch — housed in the Scripps Oceanographic Collections. The catch: It’ll cost you. But that “donation” will be tax deductible.Published: Monday, April 7th, 2008Found in: Biology, Environment and Science & Society -
There can be hidden, and substantial, costs to polio outbreaks among immigrant refugees.Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Found in: Biomedicine, Humans and Life
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Groups representing a large share of the electorate can't get the Presidential candidates to commit to a discussion of science and technology issues.Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Found in: Science & Society
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Sometimes spending a little money on vaccinations up front can save a bundle down the line.Published: Monday, March 31st, 2008Found in: Biomedicine, Ecology, Humans and Life
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Nitrate, a common pollutant, may also perturb reproductive hormones—at least in frogs.Published: Thursday, March 27th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain, Earth Science, Environment and Humans -
Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Getting Facts Straight . . . or the Sarah Woolley ChroniclesSometimes we run afoul through the best of intentions.Published: Friday, March 21st, 2008Found in: Science & Society
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The older we get, the fewer doctors there are to attend to our frailties.Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Humans and Science & Society
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Logging on may become more than a choice for some young people.Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain, Computers, Humans, Life, Science & Society and Technology -
Multigenerational projects may help us visualize the big picture.Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Found in: Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society
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The purchase price is often but a small part of the true cost of many animal products in the diet.Published: Thursday, March 13th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Environment, Food Science, Humans and Nutrition
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Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Vatican Identifies Sinful Field of ScienceWould the Pope have shut down Gregor Mendel’s pea studies?Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Biomedicine, Genes & Cells, Humans and Science & Society
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It's finally time to investigate whether pharmaceuticals in water pose a health risk.Published: Monday, March 10th, 2008Found in: Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society
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