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Is Hair In Food A Health Risk?

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The Goods: October 2010’s Hottest Gadgets

A self-tuning chainsaw, a massage chair and more of the best ideas in gear
By Oct 18, 2010
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Life On the Edge: Four Visions For Inhabiting a World Transformed By Climate Change

Conceptual shelters that will protect us all from the perils of our rapidly changing environment: rising waters, extreme heat, rampant pollution and overpopulation
By Oct 15, 2010
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How Quickly Could a Single Supervirus Spread to Every Single Person on Earth?

If it’s a particularly contagious virus, it would spread across the planet in a year. “If it starts in New … Continued
By Oct 13, 2010
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New Theories Test Our Understanding of Nature’s Most Elemental Force

No one has ever quite nailed down gravity. Newton saw that bodies appeared to attract each other even at a … Continued
By Oct 11, 2010
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Instant Expert: What Interstellar Dust Can Tell Us

Dust may help astronomers understand the formation of stars and planets
By Oct 8, 2010
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This Lung-On-A-Chip Is The First Lab-Ready Mini-Organ to Be Used in Drug Research

This ersatz lung, no bigger than a multivitamin, could represent a new pharmaceutical testing method. On it, researchers have created … Continued
By Oct 8, 2010
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Instant Expert: The Drama and Controversy of Fracking

A dramatic technique for mining oil and natural gas called hydraulic fracturing is under fire. Here’s why
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How Scientists Grow Working, Made-To-Order Lungs

In the U.S., people needing a new lung wait more than a year on average for an organ. That’s often … Continued