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    Regarding this article, there are also suspected connections between high-impedance commuting and blood pressure, commuting and unhealthy exposure to air pollution, and commuting and back problems and anxiety. Combined with the effects of auto emissions on global warming, one would think that national debates on sprawl and mass transit are long overdue. Julia JorgensenHouston, Texas […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    Weighing In on City Planning

    Accumulating evidence suggests that urban sprawl discourages physical activity and may thereby contribute to obesity and related health problems.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Humans

    Letters from the January 20, 2007, issue of Science News

    Sea tales In “Dashing Rogues” (SN: 11/18/06, p. 328) on rogue waves, you make no mention of the use of satellite data, which is ideal for this sort of study.