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• TUESDAY 25. MARCH, 2008
• 06:44 Vital Signs: Perceptions: Feminists More Open-Minded on Weight

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  A new study finds that women who describe themselves as feminists are more forgiving than other women when assessing the attractiveness of other women.  

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• 05:55 Link to Global Warming in Frogs’ Disappearance Is Challenged

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  A new research paper argues that the die-offs of harlequin frogs reflect the spread and repeated introductions of the chytrid fungus but questions the link to climate change.  

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• 05:55 Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cups

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  During a historic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, the pressure of the surrounding water crushed foam cups to the size of thimbles.  

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• 05:53 Observatory: Efforts of Dancing Bees Are Often Wasted on Distracted Audience

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  Much has been made about the waggle dance, but many bees seem to ignore the information it might convey.  

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• 04:34 Cases: When the Disease Eludes a Diagnosis

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  Why do doctors and patients often approach the diagnosis of disease so differently?  

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• 04:33 Vital Signs: Exercise: Tying Neighborhoods to Fitness Efforts

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  A recent study finds that the neighborhood that poorer people live in may play just as big a role as their income in how likely they are to exercise.  

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• 04:32 Vital Signs: Disparities: Wealth Factor Seen in Mammogram Rates

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  A new study found that wealthier women were more likely to get mammograms than poorer ones were.  

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• 04:31 Global Update: Indonesia: Warnings on Failure to Contain Avian Flu and on Increased Risk of Deadly Mutation

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  The avian flu situation in Indonesia is grave, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned last week.  

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• 04:30 Skipping Cereal and Eggs, and Packing on Pounds

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  A new study reports that the more often adolescents eat breakfast, the less likely they are to be overweight.  

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• 04:29 Books: From Forgotten Luggage, Stories of Mental Illness

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  Hundreds of pieces of patients’ luggage left behind at Willard State Hospital included items that carry pathos and power in their very plainness.  

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• 04:22 Shuttle Undocks From Station

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  The space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station parted ways on Monday evening after an emotional farewell ceremony.  

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• 04:19 Observatory: Salt Deposits on Mars Appear to Be Like Those Seen in Earth’s Deserts

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  Researchers have found evidence of chloride-bearing materials — in other words, salts — in the Martian southern highlands.  

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• 04:18 Observatory: Theory on Dinosaurs and Volcanic Activity 65 Million Years Ago

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  A new analysis lends support to the idea that massive volcanic activity around 65 million years ago may have played a roll in wiping out the dinosaurs.  

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• 04:06 Findings: Are We Ready to Track Carbon Footprints?

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  People are not good at making immediate sacrifices for an abstract benefit in the future, especially when they have a hard time understanding the problem.  

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• 02:24 Some Clarke Books to Warp Your Brain

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  REACH FOR TOMORROW (Ballantine, 1956) includes “The Rescue Party,” about.  

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• MONDAY 24. MARCH, 2008
• 08:15 David Challinor, Conservationist, Dies at 87

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  Dr. Challinor combined his career as a top scientific administrator at the Smithsonian Institution with an equally intense pursuit of excellence as a champion oarsman.  

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• 05:35 GuadalÍx De La Sierra Journal: For a Prize Bull, Next Big Test Is in the Genetics Lab

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  The owner of Alcade, an aging bull who has sired many top opponents for Spain’s bullfighters, has decided to clone him.  

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• SUNDAY 23. MARCH, 2008
• 08:59 Ideas & Trends: The Fuzzier Crystal Ball

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  When technology evolves so rapidly that the present already feels like the future, can there be another visionary author like Arthur C. Clarke?  

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• SATURDAY 22. MARCH, 2008
• 16:08 Lofty Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes With Caveat in Norway

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  Critics say Norway’s plan to become “carbon neutral” relies too heavily on sleight-of-hand accounting and donations to foreign environmental projects.  

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• 09:07 No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film

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  Two evolutionary biologists tried to attend a screening of the movie “Expelled,” which makes the case for intelligent design, but only one was allowed in.  

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• 05:32 Kansas Governor Vetoes Bill to Revive 2 Coal-Fired Plants

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  Gov. Kathleen Sebelius cited the dangers of greenhouse gases, especially to an agricultural state, as the reason for her opposition.  

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• 00:10 The Lede: NASA Elated by Orbital Putty

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  When astronauts tried out the sticky stuff NASA developed to repair chips and gouges in the shuttle’s thermal skin, it seemed to work fine.  

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• FRIDAY 21. MARCH, 2008
• 20:47 A Burst of Light From Halfway to the Beginning of the Universe

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  Astronomers have spotted one of the largest examples yet of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts in the constellation Bootës.  

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• 10:07 Surf’s Down on Titan, 50 Miles Below the Surface, Scientists Say

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  New calculations suggest that Saturn’s moon has an under-ice ocean that is a mix of water and ammonia.  

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• 06:42 New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking

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  A more detailed analysis of a fossil thigh bone yielded strong evidence that the species Orrorin tugensis stood and walked on its hind limbs.  

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