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		<title>Studying survival on a sinking ship</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2010/studying-survival-on-a-sinking-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Titanic sank in 1912, the Lusitania sank in 1915. In each case, about 32 percent of passengers survived. But women and children did much better on Titanic, which took 160 minutes to slide underwater, than on Lusitania, which went down in 18 minutes. Ditto for rich people. Why?]]></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>North Korea&#8217;s nukes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=2342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Underground nuclear tests have been the biggest roadblock to a comprehensive test ban. How are these explosions detected, and how reliably?]]></description>
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		<title>Mass killings explained?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Why Files asks why mass killers pull the trigger. What are the warning signs of "rampage" shootings? Can they be prevented?]]></description>
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		<title>Aggression -Another feelgood emotion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the brain, dopamine carries signals that make us eat, take drugs and have sex. New research shows that dopamine plays a key role in rewarding mice for aggression.]]></description>
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		<title>California burnin&#8217;: Are we building in harm&#8217;s way?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/california-burnin-are-we-building-in-harms-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California's fires are a tragedy, but are human actions making them worse? What is the role of global warming and zoning? Can we build safer houses in safer locations?]]></description>
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		<title>Coral Reefs: Imagine an Ocean without them!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2006/coral-reefs-imagine-an-ocean-without-coral-reefs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricanes, disease and heat deliver another body blow to Caribbean coral reefs -- the centers of biodiversity, fish nurseries and guardians of shorelines.  Must we kiss coral goodbye?]]></description>
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		<title>Trees: Natural Barrier to Tsunami Waves?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could something as simple, cheap and natural as a forest protect a coastline from a tsunami's titanic wave? It's looking that way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the health effects of low-level radiation? How much cancer results from a small dose increase? If the hazard is small, are we wasting money on radiation protection? Lessons from Hiroshima and Chernobyl.]]></description>
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		<title>Salvage Logging: Helpful or Harmful?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2004/salvage-logging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salvage logging of forests after natural disturbances is a bad idea, ecologists warn. Evidence from a forest whacked by a 1938 hurricane show how salvage logging changes the landscape.]]></description>
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