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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: In science, beginnings never end up ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All good things must come to an end, they say, but it isn't true.]]></description>
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		<title>For nuclear waste help, call on gulls, fish, mussels and kelp</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/for-nuclear-waste-help-call-on-gulls-fish-mussels-and-kelp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people find sea gulls annoying, but they have their uses.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: With eating, sleeping and aging, timing is everything</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/with-eating-sleeping-and-aging-timing-is-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is all about three things - eating, sleeping and getting old. Think about it.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Celebrating science&#8217;s grandest discoveries before they&#8217;ve even happened</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/celebrating-sciences-grandest-discoveries-before-theyve-even-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[astronomy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plate tectonics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists are always celebrating past accomplishments. And why not? They've got a lot to celebrate.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: To conquer cancer, merge Chinese herbology with Western molecular magic</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/to-conquer-cancer-merge-chinese-herbology-with-western-molecular-magic/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2007/to-conquer-cancer-merge-chinese-herbology-with-western-molecular-magic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[survival rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All things considered, the war against cancer is going better than that other war in progress at the moment -- even though cancer research gets a lot less money.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Chemical clues to evolution&#8217;s mysteries make uncommon sense</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/chemical-clues-to-evolutions-mysteries-make-uncommon-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evolution is complicated. That's why it took a genius -- namely, Charles Darwin -- to figure out how it happened. And that's also why so many people today have a hard time believing that it happened at all.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Wondering where the future comes from</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/wondering-where-the-future-comes-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Bang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Bounce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quantum physics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relativity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A question from a very young reader, as relayed by his mother: "Where does the future come from, mommy? I don't understand. How does it get here?"]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: &#8216;Unparticle&#8217; matter may be the stuff that glues physics together</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/unparticle-matter-may-be-the-stuff-that-glues-physics-together/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2007/unparticle-matter-may-be-the-stuff-that-glues-physics-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[nerve cells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways, science is all about finding the meaning in the mysteries of math.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Avandia reveals risks when mixing math with medicine</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/avandia-reveals-risks-when-mixing-math-with-medicine/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2007/avandia-reveals-risks-when-mixing-math-with-medicine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take Avandia for diabetes, or any medicine approved for anything, you perhaps have been alarmed when the media reports some previously undetected danger that might turn a life-saving drug into a killer.]]></description>
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		<title>Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Other science questions the candidates should be asked</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/other-science-questions-the-candidates-should-be-asked/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2007/other-science-questions-the-candidates-should-be-asked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 20:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge of science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science questions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Applicants for George W. Bush's job have to go through a grueling process, such as being subjected to quiz questions during media events disguised as debates.]]></description>
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