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- Tech
Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D
Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.
- Humans
Gamers crave control and competence, not carnage
Study turns belief commonly held by video game industry, gamers, on its head.
- Earth
Livestock manure stinks for infant health
Megafarm production associated with infant illness and death rates.
- Humans
Stimulus Bill Calls for Money and Transparency
Congress wants to make sure accountability for economic-stimulus funds doesn't vanish the way it has in the recent bank-bailout program.
- Humans
Salazar II: On Freeing Ms. Liberty’s Crown
A New Jersey senator pleaded with the incoming Interior Secretary to reopen the Statue of Liberty's crown.
- Humans
Salazar I: The Value of Science at Interior
Flawed Endangered Species Act decisions brought out a request for the Interior Secretary nominee to promise to ground future decisions by the agency firmly on the science.
- Life
For worms, one gene can change survival behavior
Natural differences in a single gene cause worms to either eat or avoid harmful bacteria.
- Space
Whiff of Martian methane offers lively possibilities
The definitive discovery in Mars’ atmosphere of methane — often, but not always, a compound hinting at life — introduces the possibility of underground organisms.
- Life
Capuchin monkeys choose the right tool for the nut
New field experiments indicate that wild capuchin monkeys choose the most effective stones for cracking nuts, suggesting deep evolutionary roots for the use of stone tools.
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Nix the Vicks
A century old treatment for soothing the nasal congestion associated with colds and flu may poses risks to infants, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Using checklist reduces surgery complications
Measure twice, cut once: Going over a checklist of procedures in the operating room before and after surgery lowers the complication rate and, in developing countries, saves lives, a study in eight hospitals shows.
