Science in the News
Medical researchers say that a smoking ban in Pueblo, Colo., led to a 41 percent drop in heart-attack hospitalizations three years after the ban. The new study is considered the best and longest-term research to show such a link. ...
posted on 1/5/2009
In environmental news, state and federal officials warned people living near a massive spill of coal ash in eastern Tennessee, which took place three days before Christmas, that water samples in the area contain high levels of arsenic. And residents are concerned about the long-term health effects of the spill, one of the worst in U.S. history. ...
posted on 1/5/2009
Long before the early inhabitants of North America cultivated such crops as corn and beans, they gathered and roasted the bulbs of wild onions and other plants, according to a Texas archaeologist. ...
posted on 1/5/2009
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On the Bookshelf
Greg Ross
The sociologist of science considers the subtleties of expertise
posted on 4/18/2008
Anna Lena Phillips
Mathematician, coauthor of How Round Is Your Circle? Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet
posted on 10/12/2008
Anna Lena Phillips
Environmental toxicologist, author of Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out
posted on 10/13/2008
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