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Feed SubscriptionAbortion more common where it’s illegal: Where are rates highest?
Global abortion rate has stabilized since 2003, but new study shows other surprising trends
Read More »Fruitfly Genome Mapped in 3-D
By Rebecca Hill of Nature magazine A decade ago, hot on the heels of whole-genome sequencing, the idea of three-dimensional genome mapping was developed. [More]
Read More »Abortion around the world: Where are rates highest?
New report unveils global abortion rates, showing big differences around world
Read More »Parents of disabled girl denied transplant blame doctor, not hospital
Joe Rivera says doctor who denied kidney transplant to girl because of mental disabilities tarnished hospital's reputation
Read More »NASA Science Head Sees "No Difference" Between Scientific and Human Exploration
By Eric Hand of Nature Magazine On 4 January, John Grunsfeld, the fix-it-man for the Hubble Space Telescope, became the head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. [More]
Read More »What 10,000 Harvard MBAs Think
It's not good news: The U.S. will become less competitive in the next three years, (no) thanks to a broken tax code and an inefficient political system. The U.S.
Read More »Paula Deen to donate portion of diabetes endorsements to charity
Celebrity chef known for unhealthy cooking announced earlier she'd be paid spokesperson for Novo Nordisk drug Victoza, drawing criticism
Read More »How often do older women need bone scans? What study says
Researchers followed women over 67 for 15 years - what did they find?
Read More »Fight Slippage with Friction
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Read More »Paula Deen served up plate of criticism
Celeb chef know for rich, fatty foods faces backlash after tying announcement of three-year-old diabetes diagnosis to drug endorsement
Read More »Smartphones tied to posture problems?
Orthopedic surgeon suggests simple cure for the strain put on the muscles in our necks and upper backs
Read More »Video: Posture problems linked to cell phones
Smartphones help us connect with the world, but are we bending too much to accommodate them? "CBS This Morning" contributor Lee Woodruff reports on the link between cell phones and posture problems.
Read More »Email: Undead, Now Mutating
By David Zax So says Fiesta.cc CEO Michael Dirolf, who is trying to revamp that least sexy of communications tools: the listserv. Many of us live in our inboxes; for all intents and purposes, our Gmail is our homepage.
Read More »How Scientists Are Tackling the Bed Bug Nightmare (preview)
The elderly man lived by himself in a low-income apartment near Cincinnati.
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