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• WEDNESDAY 25. AUGUST, 2010
• 18:10 Gloom and Confusion in the Stem Cell Community

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  Stem cell scientists still reeling from a judge's ruling that their life's work violates federal law received little reassurance about their job security from the nation's largest funder of these studies  

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• 10:23 Bullying Among Girls: Child Experts Give Tips to Parents

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  Bullying and nasty cliques start as early as elementary school, says Michelle Anthony, a developmental psychologist and the co-author (with Reyna Lindert) of Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Grades  

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• 10:23 Salmon Baby Food: How to Get Your Kids to Eat Fish

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  One reason Americans don't eat enough fish is that it's rarely in our diets when we're children  

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• TUESDAY 24. AUGUST, 2010
• 11:25 The Stem-Cell Ruling: Scientists Alarmed at 'Step Backward'

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  Stem-cell researchers say a court ruling could harm promising new science  

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• FRIDAY 20. AUGUST, 2010
• 23:55 Is It Time We Paid More Attention to Rare Diseases?

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  As doctors put out a call for a registry to help gather information on rare illnesses, pharmaceutical companies are realizing that medicines for small groups can bring big bucks. But is research into rare diseases just an excuse to cash in on sufferers?  

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• 23:55 Report: Men Unfaithful to Women Who Earn More

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  The old saying was almost right: Men Who Don't Prosper are Cheaters  

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• 23:23 How Prehistoric Terror Birds Killed

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  The term mid-size terror bird sounds kind of bizarre at first, as though terror birds, whatever they might be, come in a range of sizes, all of them a bit scary -- sort of like coffee options at Starbucks.  

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• 10:35 Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Alters Genes, Study Says

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  A new study documents similar changes in the airway cells of nonsmokers amid those lighting up  

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• 00:40 Oil in the Gulf: There's More Than We Thought

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• WEDNESDAY 18. AUGUST, 2010
• 10:23 Are iPods, Earphones Behind Rising Teen Hearing Loss?

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  "Can you hear me now?" If you're a teen, the answer may increasingly be no.  

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• TUESDAY 17. AUGUST, 2010
• 16:25 Did Lou Gehrig Die of Something Other Than His Namesake Disease?

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  Yankee great Lou Gehrig may not have had the motor neuron disorder that was famously named after him.  

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• 16:25 Invisible Oil From Spill Could Still Pose Major Threat to Gulf

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  Researchers at the University of Georgia believe that much of the oil from the BP spill is still present underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, where its impact on aquatic life is far from clear  

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• MONDAY 16. AUGUST, 2010
• 14:20 Human Health Impact of Oil Spill Still Largely Unknown

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  A new scientific paper warns that major studies are needed to figure out what the health impacts of such a major spill might actually be  

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• 10:30 Seals Help Out as Salmon Trackers

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  An ecologist has come up with an imaginative way to monitor stocks of one of the world's favorite and most beleaguered species of fish -- by enlisting seals as census takers  

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• THURSDAY 12. AUGUST, 2010
• 10:00 After Avandia: Does the FDA Have a Drug Problem?

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  A TIME investigation of Avandia's journey from lab to pharmacy reveals serious flaws in the way the Food and Drug Administration protects consumers from harmful medicines  

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• 01:00 Study: Were Lucy's Relatives the Oldest Butchers?

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  A new discovery may push back the earliest evidence of stone tool use by human ancestors another 800,000 years, to at least 3.2 million years ago  

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• WEDNESDAY 11. AUGUST, 2010
• 16:05 Brain-Wave Patterns, or Spindles, Identify Light Sleepers

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  Some people's brains are better than others' at blocking out ambient sound during sleep. New research explains why  

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• 16:05 Extinction in a Bowl of Shark-Fin Soup

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  Shark-fin soup is eaten at weddings and other celebrations across Asia. But this gesture of largesse comes with a big environmental price tag  

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• 16:05 Fighting Crime by Reading Minds

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  What if we could read the mind of a terrorist? Researchers at Northwestern University say they have taken a step closer to that reality  

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• 16:05 High Weight Gain in Pregnancy: Heavier, More Obesity-Prone Babies

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  Researchers have found that women who gain too much weight in pregnancy have heavier babies -- and that heavier babies are more prone to obesity later on  

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• 16:05 Inside the Minds of Animals

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  Science is revealing just how smart other species can be -- and raising new questions abouthow we treat them  

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• 16:05 Meditation Can Improve Concentration, Studies Say

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  Increasingly, research suggests that regular meditation can significantly improve focus and help sustain attention -- and you need not become a Buddhist monk to see benefits  

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• 16:05 Should Women Wait After Miscarriage Before Conceiving Again?

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  Experts have disagreed over the optimal period of time women should wait before conceiving after a miscarriage, but a new study suggests there is no reason to delay  

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• 16:05 Study: Signs of Early Puberty in More Young Girls

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  A new study finds that more young girls are entering puberty earlier, prompting researchers to wonder how early it can get  

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• 16:05 Sun Tsunami: Solar Event May Trigger Northern Light Show

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  After a long period of calm, a flare-up of solar activity. How a sun tsunami may trigger a spectacular show of northern lights across Russia, North America and northern Europe  

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