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You Are Who You Are by Default: It may be off when you’re on, but the brain network behind daydreams and a sense of self is no slacker
The Star That Ate a Mars: Astronomers study white dwarf pollution for clues to extrasolar planet ingredients
Bad Breath: Studies are homing in on which particles polluting the air are most sickening — and why
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Bad Breath

Home / Features / July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2 / Bad Breath

New studies detail how the invisible particles that pollute the air can damage heart, lungs and genetic programming. (p. 26)

Published: July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2
Found in: Biomedicine and Environment
Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow

Home / News / July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2 / Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow

Recent research finds that the hormone mimic may be more prevalent and more harmful than previously thought, highlighting why BPA is a growing worry for policy makers. (p. 5)

Published: July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Become a guinea pig

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Three NIH researchers argue it should be considered a duty with a social mandate akin to voting.

Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Found in: Biomedicine, Education and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Plastics ingredients may shrink babies

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Plastics ingredients may shrink babies

A new study links phthalates, one of the more ubiquitous families of pollutants, with a baby being dangerously small at birth.

Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Found in: Biomedicine, Environment and Science & Society
Science & the Public : How killer whales are like people

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : How killer whales are like people

Killer whales may be sentinels for toxic chemicals accumulating in even landlubbers.

Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Found in: Environment and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Cousteau finds “hypocrisy” in scientific whaling

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Cousteau finds “hypocrisy” in scientific whaling

Another challenge surfaces to Japan's "scientific" whaling.

Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Found in: Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Vitamins add vitality to aging chromosomes

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Vitamins add vitality to aging chromosomes

The chromosomes of many multivitamin supplements users appear younger -- about 10 years younger, a new study finds.

Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Found in: Biomedicine, Food Science, Nutrition and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Of 'science' and fetal whaling

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Of 'science' and fetal whaling

Japan had been sacrificing a large number of pregnant whales in the name of science.

Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Found in: Anthropology, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Doctors don’t always relay important test results

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Doctors don’t always relay important test results

When it comes to medical tests, don't assume that 'no news is good news,' a new study finds.

Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Found in: Science & Society and Technology
Science & the Public : Asia: One reason America can’t afford to jettison good teachers

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Asia: One reason America can’t afford to jettison good teachers

Asia appears to prize science and tech education far more than America does, and the result may be a waning of the West's economic and entrepreneurial dominance.

Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Found in: Computers, Education, Physics, Science & Society and Technology
Science & the Public : ‘CRAP’ paper accepted for publication

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : ‘CRAP’ paper accepted for publication

Find out what happens when a joke, a hoax manuscript, is submitted to an open-access journal.

Published: Monday, June 15th, 2009
Found in: Science & Society
Science & the Public : Plump youngsters show heart-y risks

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Plump youngsters show heart-y risks

Even fat 7-year olds show they're developing a risk of blood clots and other impacts of cardiovascular disease.

Published: Friday, June 12th, 2009
Found in: Nutrition and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Brown fat: Where it’s at

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Brown fat: Where it’s at

Sometimes a fat neck can be a good thing.

Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Found in: Biomedicine, Nutrition and Science & Society
Science & the Public : More troubling news about BPA

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : More troubling news about BPA

Animal studies link bisphenol A — a building block of hard, clear plastics that taints many foods — with new adverse health effects.

Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry and Science & Society
Science & the Public : Hospitals' drug problem

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Hospitals often don't know pharmaceutical-waste rules, and even those that do often release huge quantities of drugs into the environment.

Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Found in: Biomedicine, Environment and Science & Society

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