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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>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>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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		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=2383</guid>
		<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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		<title>Swine flu</title>
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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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		<title>Brain battle</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/brain-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the day wears on, both sleep pressure and the brain's alerting signal rise, until sleep pressure triumphs. [Nod]. New brain study explains why night owls don't get as sleepy during the day.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass killings</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/mass-killings/</link>
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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[After another mass murder -- 13 dead in Binghamton, N.Y. -- The Why Files wants to know why they pull the trigger. What are the warning signs of "rampage" shootings? Can they be prevented?]]></description>
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		<title>Body odor</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/body-odor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study finds that male body odor is harder to mask, but the male nose is more easily confused. Info lends insight into human mating, and helps perfume makers.  So what’s in your deodorant?]]></description>
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