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Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity and Planned Parenthood in a bitter rift over abortion debate
Read More »Word-of-Mind: Researchers Decode Words from the Brain’s Auditory Activity
Oh, to be a fly on the auditory cortex! [More]
Read More »Brazilian Blowout maker agrees to change labels to include formaldehyde warning
Manufacturer's settlement with state of California includes $600,000 fine
Read More »Volcanoes May Have Sparked Little Ice Age
A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age, appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates. [More]
Read More »New Earthquake Computer Model Will Help Regulators Assess U.S. Reactor Risks
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Read More »Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy His Famous "Vitruvian Man"?
Leonardo da Vinci 's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to be a divine connection between the human form and the universe. Beloved for its beauty and symbolic power, it is one of the most famous images in the world
Read More »Why Your Crowdfunded Campaign Tanked
You launched your idea on Kickstarter... but the crowds (and their wallets) never came. Here's what you did wrong
Read More »Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will Cancer Pain Reliever Be Abused?
The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say. [More]
Read More »Would President Romney Be Good For Tech, Science, And Space Innovation In The U.S.?
What would President Mitt do for science, technology, and startups in America? And would he use his missionary zeal to drive policy in these directions
Read More »Experts Weigh In on Bird Flu Research
Earlier this month, the scientists who altered the H5N1 virus to create a more contagious strain that's transmissible between ferrets, agreed to a temporary moratorium, due to safety concerns. The NewsHour reported the story here and here . [More]
Read More »Amelia Rivera, 3, in struggle for kidney transplant over disability
Controversy sparked in January when Riveras said prominent hospital denied daughter kidney transplant because of disability
Read More »What a Yawn Says about Your Relationship
You can tell a lot about a person from their body. And I don’t just mean how many hours they spend at the gym, or how easy it is for them to sweet-talk their way out of speeding tickets. For the past several decades researchers have been studying the ways in which the body reveals properties of the mind
Read More »Proteus: How Radiolarians Saved Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel around Christmas 1860, when he was 26, the year after he returned from Italy. Ernst Haeckel had spent an unhappy year practicing medicine when his parents finally consented to pay for a year of scientific study and travel in Italy. It was 1859, and he was 25
Read More »World Water Monitoring Day
Test your local water and share the results globally [More]
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