http://dir.salon.com/topics/science/?source=rss&aim=science en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT By Robert Burton Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/08/primary_care_physicians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/08/primary_care_physicians/index.html?source=rss Family doctors are a dying breed that is not being revived by medical students. This is the healthcare crisis the candidates should be talking about. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/03/floods/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/03/floods/index.html?source=rss Nature will do as nature does, but humans are to blame for the deadly Midwestern floods. Jessica Wakeman Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/01/lipstick_lead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/01/lipstick_lead/index.html?source=rss A failed California bill tried to push companies to keep the lead out of red lipsticks. By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic. By Robert Burton Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/01/michael_gazzaniga/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/01/michael_gazzaniga/index.html?source=rss Are humans unique in the animal kingdom? Neuroscience pioneer Michael Gazzaniga thinks so. He is not convincing. Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/30/evolution_and_conservapedia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/30/evolution_and_conservapedia/index.html?source=rss Conservapedia launches attack on evolution. A scientist gets annoyed By Joseph Romm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/climate_act/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/climate_act/index.html?source=rss Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake. By Pablo Päster Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/30/ask_pablo_fireworks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/30/ask_pablo_fireworks/index.html?source=rss What is the environmental fallout of fireworks? Kate Harding Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/dogs_cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/dogs_cancer/index.html?source=rss How can dogs detect ovarian cancer? By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/25/noise_pollution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/25/noise_pollution/index.html?source=rss When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off? By Pablo Päster Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/23/ask_pablo_climate_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/23/ask_pablo_climate_change/index.html?source=rss It was 20 years ago that Congress heard the first serious warning about global warming. What can individuals do now? Sarah Hepola Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/20/cyborg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/20/cyborg/index.html?source=rss She's the woman of your fantasies, if you dream of 15-inch cyborgs. Sarah Hepola Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/19/ovulation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/19/ovulation/index.html?source=rss For the first time, human ovulation is captured on film. Sarah Hepola Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/18/coffee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/18/coffee/index.html?source=rss The good news for women who drink coffee. Sarah Hepola Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/17/gay_differences/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/17/gay_differences/index.html?source=rss Old stand-up comedy jokes find a new scientific basis. Kate Harding Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/16/diabetes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/16/diabetes/index.html?source=rss Diabetic women get less intensive treatment for their heart disease than men do. By Eliza Strickland Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/16/gambling_science/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/16/gambling_science/index.html?source=rss Determined to defeat lawsuits over addiction, the casino industry is funding research at a Harvard-affiliated lab. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today. Judy Berman Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/11/hymenoplasty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/11/hymenoplasty/index.html?source=rss The disturbing increase in hymenoplasty surgery among European Muslim women. By Elizabeth Svoboda Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/11/transgenic_goats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/11/transgenic_goats/index.html?source=rss And genetically modified his goats and chickens to produce drugs for humans. But hold on. Should we be doing this to animals? By Pablo Päster Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/09/ask_pablo_summer_travel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/09/ask_pablo_summer_travel/index.html?source=rss I'm planning my summer vacation. Is it more ecological to fly or drive? Rachel Shukert Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/03/sex_study/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/03/sex_study/index.html?source=rss A new scientific study answers the age-old question: Do some guys do stupid things because of sex? Kate Harding Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/02/hormones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/02/hormones/index.html?source=rss Apparently, you can do a lot by tracking your menstrual cycles, if you're into that kind of thing. By Joseph Romm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/02/nuclear_power_price/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/02/nuclear_power_price/index.html?source=rss Nuclear energy, the sequel, is opening to raves by everybody from John McCain to a Greenpeace co-founder. Don't be fooled. It's the "Ishtar" of power generation. Kate Harding Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/30/boob_travel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/30/boob_travel/index.html?source=rss Recent discoveries in the field of breast wobble. Plus, a line of plus-size bras from singer/actress Jill Scott.