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Let’s Get Vertical: City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out
Dead — but not duds: White dwarfs shed light on physics and the fate of the cosmos
The Science Vote: Science News runs down what the two presidential candidates and their campaigns have been saying about science and technology issues.
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Science & the Public: Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine

Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.
Found in: Biomedicine, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Moms: One Solution to Tainted Milk

Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Food Science and Science & Society
Let’s Get Vertical

City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out
Found in: Agriculture, Environment and Food Science
FOR KIDS: Yummy bugs

On the Menu: Mini Livestock. Eating insects is a common practice in most places, at least outside of the United States and Europe.
Found in: Food Science
Science & the Public: This trans fat is vindicated

Featured blog: FDA accords some trans fats a "generally regarded as safe" designation.
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Food Science, Nutrition and Science & Society
Science & the Public: One Downside to Sushi

Uncooked fish can host detectable concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals — pollutants that cooking can make disappear,
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Wash Your Veggies!

The lesson in all of these food-poisoning outbreaks is that we must not expect a risk-free food-supply chain.
Found in: Agriculture, Ecology, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Audubon’s insect cafeteria

Sidebar: Insects
Found in: Environment, Food Science, Humans, Life and Nutrition
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Blogs:

Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 3rd 2008

Columns:

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News &World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

Comment By Guest Columnists
From the October 11, 2008 issue of Science News Sep 26th 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
Review by Heather Benjamin
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