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- 60-Second Science Health
Food For Sale Everywhere Fuels Obesity Epidemic
A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research blames 40 percent of the rise in obesity on the ubiquity of supercenters, warehouse clubs and restaurants. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports.
- News Health
These 4 Chemicals May Pose the Most Risk for Nail Salon Workers
Besides the questionable labor practices that surround the shops, glues, lacquers and dust in the workplace create their own risks for nail technicians - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 More Science
The Horrors of War: Lusitania Sunk; Poison Gas on the Battlefield
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American - News Health
How to Prevent More Deaths When the Earth Quakes
The solutions are simple but not easy to adopt, as the Nepal example shows - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
The Bright Side of 13 Years of Clouds in 1 Map
NASA visualized 13 years worth of cloud cover and the results are stunning - News Space
Dawn Spacecraft Images Reveal "Ice Rinks" on Ceres
Bright spots in the latest pictures from NASA’s mission to the dwarf planet may be water ice, researchers say - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Republicans Attempt to Use Mockery to Cut Sound Science
Reducing “silly” spending threatens to undermine research on the planet, climate change, other scientific issues - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 3 Mind & Brain
The Brain Cells behind a Sense of Direction
Goal-direction cells add to Nobel Prize–winning discoveries to reveal our internal navigation system - News Space
CSI: Aliens—Astronomers Prep to Detect Cryptic Exoplanet Biosignals
Simulations and laboratory tests are compiling signs of familiar and unearthly life that could be visible in future telescopes - Reuters Energy & Sustainability
Fresh Nepal Earthquake Kills Dozens, Triggers Panic
By Ross Adkin and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 12 (Reuters) - A fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday, killing more than two dozen people in the Himalayan country and neighbouring states, as many buildings already weakened by a much bigger quake last month were brought down. - Mind Matters Mind & Brain
The Book of Forgetting
Douwe Draaisma’s new work examines what we don’t remember — and why - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Steel on the Water Critical for Offshore Wind in U.S.
Rhode Island could prove to be the first state to allow for offshore wind - MIND Guest Blog Mind & Brain
What Drives Subconscious Racial Prejudice?
A study of anti-Roma bias in Hungary seeks to identify the roots of subliminal bias - 60-Second Science Technology
Netflix CEO Peers at Crystal Ball to See TV's Future
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, gave his view of the next couple of decades in the evolution of TV-watching at the re:publica 15 digital culture conference in Berlin on May 5
- Observations Health
House GOP Revives Bill to Block Late-Term Abortions, Armed with New Preemie Viability Data
- Reuters Mind & Brain
Mediterranean Diet with Olive Oil, Nuts Linked to Healthier Brain
Such a diet might help improve memory in older adults, a Spanish study suggests, though the results aren't definitive - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Sea Level Rise Speeds Up
Total sea level rise is lower than previous estimates but the rates are accelerating - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Lonely Republican Voices Buck Party to Urge Action on Climate Change
A Florida Republican calls for action to address rising sea levels as a result of global warming - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 More Science
Defects in Structures That Connect Cells Underlie Many Diseases
Neighboring cells exchange molecular information via channels that directly connect them. Disruption of this signaling system can lead to disorders ranging from hearing loss to heart disease - Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 1s Health
Cell Studies Could Lead to Anti-Aging Drugs
Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
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