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14,075 articles from NYT > Science

• MONDAY 21. MAY, 2012
• 22:10 Q & A: Why Are Chimps Stronger Than Humans?

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  Scientists have yet to determine a clear answer, but one recent study points to differences in musculature, another to differences in the nervous system.
  
   

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• 22:00 Side Effects: Dogs’ Genetic Roots Remain Obscure

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  Little about the origins of dogs is agreed upon, beyond the fact that they descended from wolves. Genetic research has provided little insight so far.
  
   

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• 21:55 Personal Health: A Richer Life by Seeing the Glass Half Full

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  How to define optimism, put it into practice and enjoy its benefits.
  
   

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• 21:52 Vital Signs: Vital Signs: An Olympic Respite From Air Pollution

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  Researchers measured heart rates, blood pressure and biomarkers in 125 doctors before, during and after the 2008 Olympic Games.
  
   

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• 21:41 Tailoring Treatments for Alcoholics

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  Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
  
   

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• 20:50 Vital Signs: Nutrition: Some Fats May Harm the Brain More

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  A study followed fat consumption among women older than 65 and tracked their mental ability over four years.
  
   

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• 20:38 A Long View on Health Care: Think Like an Investor

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  A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.
  
   

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• 20:31 Well: Really? Never Brush Your Teeth Immediately After a Meal

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  Research shows that brushing too soon after meals and drinks, especially those that are acidic, can do more harm than good.
  
   

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• 20:22 Big Data Troves Stay Forbidden to Social Scientists

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  Huge repositories of data collected by Internet companies are not accessible to scientists, leading some to complain that studies based on these data can’t be peer-reviewed.
  
   

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• 19:52 Green Blog: On the Horizon, a Northern Lights Extravaganza

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  A photographer creates a stop-motion video to drum up interest in the so-called "solar maximum," a peak in solar activity expected next year.
  
   

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• 18:24 Green Blog: On Our Radar: Group of 8 Affirms Climate Change Efforts

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  Leaders reaffirm support for international efforts to forge an accord on mitigating the effects of global warming.
  
   

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• 18:00 Wordplay Blog: Numberplay: Meeting Times

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  When do a clock's hands meet?
  
   

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• 16:37 Green Blog: N.R.C. Chairman Is Resigning

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  Gregory B. Jaczko has sparred with colleagues and Congressional Republicans on a range of issues, including the shelving of a nuclear waste repository.
  
   

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• 16:37 Gregory Jaczko to Resign as N.R.C. Chairman After Stormy Tenure

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  Gregory B. Jaczko, who battled colleagues and Congress as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will step down as soon as a successor is confirmed.
  
   

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• 13:18 Green Blog: Popping the Cap on Arctic Methane

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  As land ice melts in the Arctic, heat-trapping methane is escaping from underground formations, researchers warn.
  
   

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• 06:01 Well: Diabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers

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  A study found a sharp increase in the disease's prevalence among teens, adding to worries that diabetes may progress more rapidly in children than in adults.
  
   

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• SUNDAY 20. MAY, 2012
• 08:06 From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz

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  Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy” in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
  
   

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• 06:16 Texas Monthly: Texas Gets Prehistoric With Two New Fossil Halls

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  After years of exporting prized dinosaur fossils to some of the world’s best museums, Texas will be getting two huge exhibit halls, in Dallas and Houston.
  
   

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• 06:03 Insurance Company Approved for Land Trusts

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  The Land Trust Alliance has won nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service for an insurance company it is creating.
  
   

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• SATURDAY 19. MAY, 2012
• 11:45 SpaceX Rocket Launch Is Aborted at the Last Second

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  A rocket owned by the private company SpaceX and launching with cargo to the International Space Station was aborted at the last second on Saturday morning.
  
   

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• 07:54 Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids

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  As automakers increase their efforts to design vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, college engineering programs are likewise adapting their curriculums, preparing students to build vehicles increasingly powered by batteries.
  
   

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• 07:03 Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects

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  Cheap, plentiful natural gas provides utilities with little incentive to build coal-fired plants with a technology that traps carbon gas for storage or other uses.
  
   

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• 06:56 Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town

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  Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys, who live there.
  
   

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• 00:01 Scientist at Work Blog: Don't Feed Wild Dolphins (Even if They Beg)

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  Human feeding of wild dolphins brings them into contact with anglers and their gear, and leads to increases in serious dolphin injuries and deaths.
  
   

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• FRIDAY 18. MAY, 2012
• 21:47 Dot Earth Blog: A 'Fracked' Photograph

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  A photographer slices open a stone and finds an image reflecting our gas thirst.
  
   

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