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Forces of Darkness Make Pitch to Congress to Fight Light Pollution
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- June 20, 2008
Experts speak to staffers about wasted energy and threats to health and wildlife.
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Decoded Platypus Genome Spells Out 'Hybrid'
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- May 7, 2008
Gene-sequencing study finds a bit of lizardlike DNA mixed with mammal.
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High-Fat Diet Found to Fight Seizures in Kids
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- May 2, 2008
A regimen called the ketogenic diet dramatically cut frequency of epileptic fits.
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Is the Polar Bear Threatened?
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 30, 2008
Judge rules that Interior Department has until May 15 to rule on Endangered Species Act.
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Masturbation-Prostate Link: eFluxMedia Got It Wrong
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 24, 2008
It quotes liberally from 5-year-old accounts; "latest study in this field."
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The Latest News on Ejaculations and Prostate Cancer
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 24, 2008
It's from 2004, but it's more recent than what Fox News and others are talking about.
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Will We All Soon Eat Lab-Grown Meat?
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 24, 2008
PETA hopes so. Would test-tube produce follow? Who will speak for the fruit trees?
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Reporting on Masturbation-Cancer Link Is Wrong
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 23, 2008
Not morally. Journalistically.
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Space Station Crew Crash-Lands; Hawking Talks
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 22, 2008
Unintelligent life exists elsewhere, cosmologist speculates. Did it design the Soyuz capsule?
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Other Problem Plastics: Bisphenol A Isn't the Only Concern
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 18, 2008
Should we worry about plastics that aren't polycarbonate? The phthalates debate.
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Cialis Side Effect: Erection Drug Overdose Linked to Stroke
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 8, 2008
Can you OD on an ED drug? Yes, say the doctors of a man who took two pills at once.
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How STRADIVARIUS Will Play on Doctors' Minds
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- April 2, 2008
Medical trials with catchy acronyms get excess attention. One drug maker may not benefit.
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Earth Seizes the Spotlight Saturday Night
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 28, 2008
The one-hour dimming of dozens of cities is a protest against wasted energy and light.
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What Viagra's Birthday Means to Men's Health
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 27, 2008
Erectile dysfunction can be a sign that a man's life is at risk.
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Endangered: Should More Species Get the Label?
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 25, 2008
Two Bush administrations, two widely different takes on species said to be in trouble.
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Close Encounters of an Unfamiliar Kind
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 18, 2008
I think I've got poor face recognition. How common is this condition called prosopagnosia?
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Turning Out the Lights
By Ben Harder -
Science
- March 14, 2008
The dangers of a bright night are becoming more apparent.
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Light Pollution: Burning Earth at Both Ends
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 14, 2008
The dangers of a bright night are becoming more apparent.
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My Dinner With Geniuses
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 12, 2008
The future of American science may depend on the high school students who competed in the Intel STS.
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Ethnic Cleansing and Human Evolution
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- March 7, 2008
Why, in Kenya, are the "people of the milk" fighting against people they call "weeds"?
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15 Seconds of Radio Fame
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- February 25, 2008
I talked with WTOP about artificial light and cancer.
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Shedding Light on a Cause of Breast Cancer
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- February 21, 2008
The malignancy is more common in well-lit communities than in naturally dark ones.
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Electric Fabric: More Ways to Tap Ambient Energy
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- February 14, 2008
Could wearing clothes help keep your gizmos charged?
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Tapping the Energy in Every Little Action
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- February 8, 2008
Knee braces, backpacks, and other wearables can generate electricity from our motions.
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Bootlegged Federal Report Spells Trouble for 8 States
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- February 7, 2008
Environmental contamination may be linked to high infant mortality, cancer rates.
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