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Contraceptive researchers make a measured push for pulling out
By Lynn Harris
May 20, 2009
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Activists protest this week's American Psychiatric Association meeting, where debate rages over the controversial "Gender Identity Disorder"
By Judy Berman
May 20, 2009
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We're sorry to be buzz kills. But we've heard this one before. Like in 1990. And 1910. Do the automakers have the juice this time?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 20, 2009
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Why do we often care more about imaginary characters than real people? A new book suggests that fiction is crucial to our survival as a species.
By Laura Miller
May 18, 2009
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Agriculture officials have renewed their scrutiny of the world's best-selling pest-killer as they try to solve the mysterious collapse of the nation's hives.
By Julia Scott
May 18, 2009
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Our undercover conservative answers two different Salon readers who want to know why the GOP seems anti-intellectual and anti-science.
By Glenallen Walken
May 11, 2009
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The growing blue state-red state gap over this research shows that science has serious economic and political muscle in America today.
By Peter Dizikes
May 11, 2009
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It doesn't matter if they don't stop swine flu. Mexicans love them anyway.
By Kurt Hollander
May 6, 2009
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Taking steroids is only natural. It's an extension of our technological lives. So let's come down from our romantic soapboxes.
By Alva Noe
May 1, 2009
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Scientists are scrambling to figure out just how alarmed we should be over the swine flu outbreak from Mexico.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 30, 2009
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"This virus will kill 1 million Americans," declared the U.S. in 1976. The panic then has a lot to teach us today.
By Patrick Di Justo
April 28, 2009
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People with autism don't need to be "cured," argues the burgeoning "autism culture" movement. Not all parents or medical experts agree.
By Elizabeth Svoboda
April 27, 2009
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The White House says it's serious about climate change. But its plan to regulate carbon emissions is doomed to fail.
By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
April 22, 2009
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Joining oil companies and conservatives, the Breakthrough Institute says we can reduce emissions without raising the cost of carbon pollution. It's a fantasy.
By Joseph Romm
April 22, 2009
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In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment.
By Steve Paulson
April 14, 2009
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention withheld evidence that contaminated tap water caused lead poisoning in kids.
By Rebecca Renner
April 10, 2009
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When we walk we stop killing. We take our place in nature and restore our humanity.
By Bill Bunn
April 8, 2009
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To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith.
By Gary Kamiya
April 3, 2009
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The actress discusses her latest project on the natural world and how she learned the intricacies of the sex lives of fish.
April 1, 2009
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An adventure in the thrifty, nifty world of die-hard scavenging, where you won't believe what you can find if you just know where to look.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 30, 2009
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Although the state ruled that schools must support Darwin's theory, creationists are singing the praises of Friday's decision.
By Gordy Slack
March 28, 2009
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We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads.
By Gordy Slack
March 25, 2009
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Erecting new transmission lines for solar and wind power is a boon to coal-burning utilities and a drain on our wallets. What's an environmentalist to do?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 23, 2009
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Philosopher Daniel Dennett discusses the human brain, meditation and how people are like robots.
March 23, 2009
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The host of "The UltraMind Solution" responds to Salon's critical article of his PBS medical special.
By Mark Hyman, M.D.
March 18, 2009
Withdrawal method: Not an oxymoron?
Electric cars are coming!
The evolutionary argument for Dr. Seuss
Pesticides indicted in bee deaths
Dear Wingnut, why are Republicans afraid of science?
Stem cell division
Mask hysteria
A-Rod isn't a cheater
Understanding the deadly flu virus
The last great swine flu epidemic
"I am not a puzzle, I am a person"
Obama is just blowing smoke
Don't believe the fossil-fuel lies
Jane Goodall's animal planet
Health agency covered up lead harm
Take a walk
Jesus is just alright with him
Isabella Rossellini on "Green Porno"
Taking in the trash
Texas on evolution: Needs further study
You are not your brain
The dirty green line
"I am grateful for public television's courageous stand"
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