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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>Raising (Whooping) Crane</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>
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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>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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		<title>Senators, governors and other mammals&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic tests go mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies are marketing genetic tests direct to consumers.  Some tests can be lifesavers. But many tests return confusing results, which even doctors have a hard time interpreting.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The epidemic fades, with 61 confirmed deaths and 5,251 cases so far. Were the public health warnings overdone? Or did they help stem the pandemic? Your guide to the time of finger-pointing, flu-style.]]></description>
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