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		<title>Fearing flu, finding vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flu vaccine is made in eggs, but that's too slow for a major epidemic. How are vaccines made inside animal cells? What other methods can protect us against a fast-changing, deadly virus?]]></description>
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		<title>Apnea treatment = Golfer&#8217;s glory?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Golfer-doctor finds that treating apnea cuts golf scores; sees new motivator for wearing nighttime masks.]]></description>
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		<title>Tar sands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Internet: The fastest teacher?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Untangling cancer&#8217;s genetic trajectory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Planetary limits: More than just global warming</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/planetary-limits-more-than-just-global-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Driving while blabbing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many dead? Research and real-life experience prove that people die when drivers pick up the cellphone. Even worse: texting on the road!]]></description>
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		<title>No joke: Laughing gas attacks ozone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Fertilizing the ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/swine-flu-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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