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Do Electronic Cigarettes Really Help Smokers Quit?

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Alisa Opar - May. 07 (Special Report) - Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you. Yet 45 million Americans smoke , a habit that shaves a decade off life expectancy and causes cancer as well as heart and lung diseases. Nearly 70 percent of smokers want to quit , but despite the deadly consequences, the vast majority of them fail. ...

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The Dirt on Oil Sands

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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Striking Visions of Our Flooded Future

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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As Honey Bee Numbers Drop, U.S. Sees Threat to Food Supply

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - May. 02 (News) - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honey bees, which play a key role in pollinating a wide variety of food crops, are in sharp decline in the United States, due to parasites, disease and pesticides, said a federal report released on Thursday. Genetics and poor nutri

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Global CO2 Levels Approach Worrisome Milestone

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - May. 02 (News) - Near the moonscape summit of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, an infrared analyzer will soon make history. Sometime in the next month, it is expected to record a daily concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of more than 400 parts per million (p.p.m.), a value not reached at this key surveillance point for a few million years. ...

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Europe Restricts 3 Commonly Used Pesticides in Effort to Protect Honeybees

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Apr. 29 (News) - No one is sure what is causing bee colonies to die off around the world, but pesticides called neonicotinoids may be part of the problem. Today, Europe’s health commissioner Tonio Borg said the European Commission would go ahead with a continent-wide pla

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Clean Energy Progress Too Slow to Limit Global Warming

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Apr. 17 (News) - With power generation still dominated by coal and governments failing to increase investment in clean energy, top climate scientists have said that the target of keeping the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius this century is slipping

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Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Exacerbates Climate Change

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Apr. 17 (News) - The Keystone XL Pipeline would move enough tar sands oil to result in another 181 million metric tons of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere yearly. A new report prepared by environmental group Oil Change International (OCI) analyzes what the climat

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As Spy Drones Come to the U.S., We Must Protect Our Privacy

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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Yes, Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs—Now What?

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

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Editorial: Chief Justices Should Not Allow DNA Collection During an Arrest Booking

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Scientific American - Feb. 26 (News) - Editorial: Chief Justices Should Not Allow DNA Collection During an Arrest Booking

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Safety Survey Reveals Lab Risks

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Scientific American - By Richard Van Noorden, Nature magazine - Jan. 03 (News Report) - Scientists may have a false sense of security about the safety of their laboratories, according to early results from the first international survey of researchers" workplace attitudes and practices. ...

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Will Connecticut Massacre Give Politicians the Guts to Take on the Gun Lobby?

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Scientific American - Dec. 15 (Opinion) - Will Connecticut Massacre Give Politicians the Guts to Take on the Gun Lobby?

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Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-Mail Without Warrants

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Scientific American - Nov. 20 (News) - Sen. Patrick Leahy previously said his bill boosts Americans' e-mail privacy protections by "requiring that the government obtain a search warrant." That's no longer the case. Sen. Patrick Leahy previously said his bill boosts Americans' e-mail privacy p

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Will Sandy Change the Climate Change Conversation?

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Nov. 02 (News) - If you were listening to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press briefing Tuesday (Oct. 30) as New York City began to tally the damage from Hurricane Sandy, you may have been surprised by what you heard. "There has been a series of extreme weather incidents.

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U.S. Carbon Tax Could Halve Deficit in 10 years

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Sep. 26 (Opinion) - Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will change the way... Read More » WAHSINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Imposing a $20 per metric ton carb

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Pets Share Owners' Diseases

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Sep. 25 - When Janet Riordan returned home from a European vacation in January, she expected a storm of tail wagging and barking from her 7-year-old golden retriever, Reggie. The moment she saw him, she knew something was wrong. ...

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Romney Says No to “Net Neutrality”

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

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Amino-Acid Deficiency Found to Underlie Rare Form of Autism

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Ewen Callaway - Sep. 07 (Special Report) - A rare, hereditary form of autism has been found — and it may be treatable with protein supplements.

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Cancer-Fighting Compound Might Double as Reversible Male Contraceptive

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Roxanne Khamsi - Aug. 17 (News) - A protein-blocking compound has been found to impair sperm production in mice without the use of hormones

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Prosthetic Retina Helps to Restore Sight in Mice

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Geoff Brumfiel - Aug. 14 (News) - Two neuroscientists have created a prosthesis that can partially restore the sight to blind mice. The device could eventually be developed for use in humans.

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Pregnancy Alters Resident Gut Microbes

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

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Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry?

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries - Jul. 25 (Opinion) - With a presidential campaign, health care and the gun control debate in the news these days, one can't help getting sucked into the flame wars that are Internet comment threads. But psychologists say this addictive form of vitriolic back and forth should be avoided -- or simply censored by online media outlets -- because it actually damages society and mental health.

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International AIDS Conference Returns to U.S. with Much Remaining Undone

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Maryn McKenna - Jul. 22 (News Analysis) - Late Sunday afternoon, less than a mile from the White House, the U.S. will witness something that it has not seen in 22 years: the opening of an International AIDS Conference . ...

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Better Preparation Could Improve the Quality of Death--and Life--for Terminal Patients

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Marissa Fessenden - Jul. 10 (Research) - Terminally ill patients in the U.S. these days face expensive care and prolonged declines. And many hospitals lack a designated palliative care team, which focuses on patient comfort at any point in the life cycle but becomes more critical at the end. In terms of care, the solution to our medical system's woes might be as simple as a conversation about how we die. ...

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