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Apnea treatment = Golfer’s glory? - Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Golfer-doctor finds that treating apnea cuts golf scores; sees new motivator for wearing nighttime masks.



Tar sands - Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Canada’s oil-drenched sands give it the second-largest oil reserves in the world. Using the “tar sands” pollutes air and water, destroys forests and could cause cancer. Should we leave oil sands alone?



Internet: The fastest teacher? - Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

MRI scans of older people show major differences between searchers and non-searchers. After seven hours of Internet experience, those differences disappear. Honest? Could changing the brain be this easy?



Untangling cancer’s genetic trajectory - Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Until now, getting a picture of genetic change in a tumor over time has been next to impossible. A new study reveals that cancer’s genetic tangle gets more complicated with time.



Planetary limits: More than just global warming - Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Scientists propose 9 limits on human actions: Wrecking ozone, over-using fertilizer, killing species could block key “ecosystem services.” Are there natural limits to fresh water use and pollution?



Driving while blabbing - Thursday, September 17th, 2009

How many dead? Research and real-life experience prove that people die when drivers pick up the cellphone. Even worse: texting on the road!



No joke: Laughing gas attacks ozone! - Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

The ozone layer protects Earth from UV rays: Twenty-two years after a treaty to protect ozone, how is the layer doing? What has happened to the ozone hole above Antarctica?



Fertilizing the ocean - Thursday, August 6th, 2009

As Earth warms, we may need huge geoengineering projects to fight climate change. Would adding iron to fertilize ocean plants withdraw enough carbon dioxide to slow warming? Could the plan backfire?



Swine flu - Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Virologists have been working late since swine flu appeared in April. With flu running amok in South America, what can we expect when the epidemic returns north this fall?



Senators, governors and other mammals… - Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Can our evolutionary roots explain that self-destructive search for sex – and sexual companionship? Could Darwinian psychology constitute the cause home-wrecking, career-blitzing fatal attractions?


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