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		<title>Autism debate: Does an epidemic continue?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2010/autism-debate-does-an-epidemic-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long rise may be inflated by redefinition of autism, social acceptance of the disabled and desire for services. If this is a real epidemic, it's even more critical to find the cause.]]></description>
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		<title>Bottoms up!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/bottoms-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have been controlling fermentation for at least 9,000 years. What were the ancients brewing, and how did alcohol change society?]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving: What&#8217;s what with wild turkeys?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkeys got help for 75 years from conservation agencies. Coyotes spread across half the country all on their own.  Why have these animals succeeded? How have they changed the environment?]]></description>
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		<title>Fearing flu, finding vaccine</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/fearing-flu-finding-vaccine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=3693</guid>
		<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>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/apnea-treatment-golfers-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=3518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Golfer-doctor finds that treating apnea cuts golf scores; sees new motivator for wearing nighttime masks.]]></description>
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		<title>Raising (Whooping) Crane</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/raising-whooping-crane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ultralight aircraft are guiding crane chicks toward Florida wintering grounds. Dangers remain, but it's a step ahead for Americas' largest flying bird, once reduced to 21 animals.]]></description>
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		<title>Untangling cancer&#8217;s genetic trajectory</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/breast_cancer_evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=2861</guid>
		<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>No joke: Laughing gas attacks ozone!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/no-joke-laughing-gas-attacks-ozone/</link>
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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, should we try huge geoengineering projects to cool the climate? Would adding iron to fertilize ocean plants withdraw enough carbon dioxide to slow warming -- or backfire?]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu</title>
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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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