Cialis Side Effect: Erection Drug Overdose Linked to Stroke
By
Ben Harder
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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
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Ben Harder
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thinking Harder - March 18, 2008
I think I've got poor face recognition. How common is this condition called prosopagnosia?
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Light Pollution: Night Skies, Dark No More
By
Ben Harder
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Science - March 14, 2008
The ecological dangers and health effects of a bright night are becoming more apparent.
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Light Pollution: Burning Earth at Both Ends
By
Ben Harder
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thinking Harder - February 7, 2008
Environmental contamination may be linked to high infant mortality, cancer rates.
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Forecast for the West: Less Snow, More Floods
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - February 1, 2008
Increases in rainfall threaten to inundate reservoirs—and even fuel forest fires.
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Loss of Amazon Jungle Prods Brazil to Act
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 25, 2008
With illegal deforestation mounting, officials say they'll increase their vigilance.
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Coffee? Now a Pregnancy No-No, but Other Hazards Look Overblown
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 22, 2008
Caffeine and miscarriage, once questionably linked, now seem solidly connected.
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A Rectum, a Finger, and a Lawsuit in New York
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 16, 2008
The patient feels violated. Doctors feel it was necessary. A court will decide.
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How Hibernating Bears Beat Bone Loss
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 10, 2008
Their bones grow even when they are lying dormant.
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Clockwork in Orange and Black
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 8, 2008
Monarch butterflies navigate using an internal compass and a mammal-like clock.
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Fart Like a Kangaroo (and Save the Climate, Too)
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 4, 2008
If cows and sheep can, I'm positive we can.
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Why the World Is Inordinately Fond of Beetles
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - December 20, 2007
A study attributes the insects' diversity to their evolutionary hardiness.
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Wearable Bacteria, Fecal Enemas, and Matching Lesbians
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - December 19, 2007
The NIH sets out to study the human body's resident bacteria.
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On the Environmental Virtues of Cohabitation
By
Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - December 5, 2007
Divorcées—and singles—use more resources per person than do couples, roommates, and families.
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