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ChemistryCO2: Only One Flavor
Federal climate policymakers should have a grounding in basic chemistry.
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ClimateA Fairy Tale: Cheap Gas
Lawmakers are looking for an answer on how to lower the price of gasoline: That's the wrong question.
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HumansObama Likes Research
Featured blog: The Obama campaign answers 14 questions posed by the Science Debate 2008 committee, and research figured prominently in most of the answers.
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HumansCollege Illiterates
Students seem increasingly apathetic to the printed word.
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ClimateEnergy: Apollo-like Program Needed
Big action and big bucks are needed to deal with the United States' energy problems, research leaders argued today.
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HumansArctic warming chills interest in fishing
Featured blog: An October 7 accord could put U.S. Arctic waters off-limits to fishing.
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ChemistryFaucets Destined for Brassy Changes
Although new standards poised to take effect in a few years will reduce the lead-leaching risk from drinking water faucets, showerheads and many other water dispensers around will remain unregulated.
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HumansCollege: It’s What We Make It
College experiences differ more within than between colleges, a new survey reports.
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HumansReal News: An Endangered Species
Forget Black Monday. What will happen now that it's beome a Black Year for news reporters at papers and other conventional media?
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ChemistryENV Tidbits: Corals, nano concerns, and more
News nuggets on climate-imperiled corals, nanotech worries, and soft drinks bearing pesticides.
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EarthWater-cleanup experiment caused lead poisoning
Featured blog: Lead concentrations spiked in many children living in the nation's capital after the local water authority altered the treatment used to disinfect drinking water.
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ChemistryNonstick chemicals linked to infertility
Featured blog: Infertility doubled in women who had high concentrations of commercially produced nonstick chemicals polluting their blood.
By Janet Raloff