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  1. Buck Privates Require Buck Rogers

    Wednesday at 12:03 AM

    At the American Museum of Natural History on March 15th, retired Air Force General Lester Lyles talked about how the military came to understand during the first Iraq war the importance of spacefaring capability for everything involved in conducting its operations. Steve Mirsky reports.

  2. Your Microbes Give You Away

    Tuesday at 8:52 AM

    In a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers note that we each carry a unique microbial community--and that the bacterial residue we leave could be used to make forensic identifications. Karen Hopkin reports

  3. Texas Messes with History

    Monday at 11:15 AM

    Long a proponent of including nonscientific creationism in the biology curriculum, the Texas State Board of Education last week further illustrated its willingness to sacrifice accuracy for ideology by excluding Thomas Jefferson from a list of influential historical figures. Steve Mirsky reports

  4. Mine Injuries Rise Right after Daylight Saving Time

    Fri March 12, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    In a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers found that the Monday after the change to Daylight Saving Time is marked by an increase in work-related injuries. Steve Mirsky reports

  5. Arranged Marriages Can Be Real Love Connection

    Thu March 11, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Speaking March 10th at the 92nd Street Y's Tribeca site in New York City, Scientific American Mind contributing editor Robert Epstein discussed how arranged marriages can surpass love matches for long-term contentment. Steve Mirsky reports

  6. Message to Mosquitoes: Urine Trouble

    Wed March 10, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    In a study in the American Journal of Physiology--Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, researchers report a novel method for killing disease-carrying mosquitoes: interfere with their urination. Cynthia Graber reports

  7. Does Getting Fat Protect Against Fat?

    Tue March 9, 2010 at 7:10 AM

    In a paper in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers argue that getting fat is the body's way of storing fat correctly, and that metabolic problems kick in when we get so fat that fat infiltrates organs not equipped to deal with it. Karen Hopkin reports.

  8. Does Getting Fat Protect Against Fat?

    Tue March 9, 2010 at 7:10 AM

    In a paper in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers argue that getting fat is the body's way of storing fat correctly, and that metabolic problems kick in when we get so fat that fat infiltrates organs not equipped to deal with it. Karen Hopkin reports.

  9. Attention Shoppers: You Underestimated Your Bill

    Mon March 8, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    A study in the Journal of Marketing shows that shoppers are not good at estimating the total cost of what they have in their shopping carts. Karen Hopkin reports

  10. Mosquitoes, Not Birds, Made West Nile National

    Fri March 5, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    A study in the journal Molecular Ecology looked at West Nile Virus spread versus bird migration patterns and mosquito movement and concluded mosquitoes, not birds, were probably the primary vector for taking the disease coast to coast in just five years. Adam Hinterthuer reports

 
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