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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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Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research
by Thomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner, Harvard Univ. Press, 2008, 384 p., $45
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