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Science News — Too much fast food could put people on a fast track to diabetes, a new study suggests. Just one month on a fast food diet was enough to alter the ability of fat cells to respond to insulin, researchers from Linköping University in Sweden reported ...More…
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Undiagnosed Diabetes Is Costly / Science News
Science News — An estimated 6.3 million American adults have diabetes and don't know it, according to a new study. But ignorance is not bliss - or cheap. These undiagnosed type-2 diabetics experience more medical problems than healthy adults their age. The new ...More…
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Industry Attempts To Influence Medical Care / Science News
Science News — The pharmaceutical and biomedical-devices industry preferentially targets the most senior medical researchers - especially ones who publish prolifically - in its efforts to influence what information is collected, whether it's published, and how ...More…
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Air Pollution Makes Chromosomes Look Older / Science News
Science News — Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution can make cells in the body look older - about 10 years older, a new study finds. Andrea Baccarelli of the University of Milan, Italy, and his colleagues extracted genetic material from white blood ...More…
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Science Stimulus / Science News
Science News — Researchers look to the new administration to bring fresh perspectives to health, energy, climate policy and science funding Barack Obama has proven to be an impresario at selling new policies - and at selling himself as the best man to implement ...More…
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Island Press, 2009, 307 p., $24.95.
Science News — Hightower eventually traces the symptoms to diets rich in big fish such as tuna and swordfish, the types that accumulate high concentrations of methylmercury. Her cure: Forgo eating fish for up to a year. Now Hightower takes readers along on her ...More…
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Barron's Educational Series, 2009, 960 p., $35.
Science News — Countless inventions, large and small, have played defining roles in human history. But when editor Jack Challoner began to compile a list of these innovations, he wondered if 1,001 might be too many. He quickly realized the number was far too small.More…
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Planck By Planck / Science News
Science News — The upcoming ESA mission will study the cosmic microwave background radiation for clues about the dawn of time Astronomers say it's not a scam. The launch of the European Space Agency's Planck mission, set for May 6, will put into orbit a new ...More…
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SN Special : Darwin Turns 200 / Science News
Science News — This special Web edition of Science News includes expanded versions of articles from the magazine's print edition plus two additional features, all commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. View key events & discoveries . ...More…
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The Four Color Problem Gets A Sharp New Hue / Science News
Science News — Mathematicians find new answers to the still puzzling theorem that four colors suffice to color any map. In 1852, botanist Francis Guthrie noticed something peculiar as he was coloring a map of counties in England. Despite the counties' ...More…
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What can we learn from the experiences of other countries?
Science News — We really need to be moving very quickly ... we really need to take some dramatic steps so that by 2050 we've substantially eliminated most of the carbon from our energy sources.... The report suggests that unless we change the policies, unless ...More…
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Hand Tools Can Pose Cardiovascular Risks / Science News
Science News — Over the long Memorial Day weekend, legions of do-it-yourselfers plugged in power tools to tackle home projects. I was among the many. One clean-up project required brief use of a sander. And as its vibrations sent a tingling up to my elbows, I ...More…