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Beth Lebwohl
English schoolkids publish study on bees
In what could be a first, a group of schoolkids has had its scientific study of bees published in the December 22 edition of a science journal, Biology Letters.
December 22, 2010
Nearly one million kids in U.S. without nearby access to family doctor
Pediatricians tend to be clustered in wealthy urban areas, says a 2010 study in the journal Pediatrics leaving rural kids without nearby doctors.
December 21, 2010
Early childhood nutrition affects later reproductive success
Scientists say they have found clear evidence that early childhood nutrition significantly affects reproductive success later in life.
December 21, 2010
Paul Ehrlich: Humans are wired to be empathetic
Paul Ehrlich, the author of the new book The Population Bomb talks about our human ability to have empathy.
December 20, 2010
Scientists not equally split between Republican and Democrat
The majority of scientists in the U.S. fall to one side of the political spectrum: Democrat. That's not good for science, said science scholar Daniel Sarewitz.
December 17, 2010
Hans Rosling, statistics expert, on numbers and hope
Hans Rosling says that while some numbers about Earth today reflect an overwhelming reality, some reveal a hopeful future.
December 7, 2010
Parkinson’s disease cutting-edge research by Scherzer
Scherzer's team has made a potential breakthrough in understanding Parkinson’s disease. And it is one that could help with treatment.
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November 29, 2010
Giant energy bubbles discovered in Milky Way galaxy
In November of 2010, a team of astrophysicists discovered two giant, energy-filled bubbles extending from the galaxy's center.
November 29, 2010
Saving Indonesia’s ice climate record is a race against time
In summer 2010, Thompson traveled to Indonesia to collect data for the ice climate near the country’s highest peak. The ice is melting fast.
November 8, 2010
World’s largest tropical ice sheet is shrinking
Thompson says the Quelccaya tropical ice sheet in Peru's Andes mountains is bigger than 10 thousand football fields – but it's shrinking.
November 1, 2010
