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posted on
May 4th, 2009
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HC: SciGuy
based in
Houston

Has the global sea ice decline stopped?

These are good times to be a climate change skeptic. The planet has not shown substantial warming for a decade now. The Gore Effect seems to be holding. Some glaciers are advancing. And the Arctic ...

posted on
May 4th, 2009
from
HC: SciGuy
based in
Houston

Swine flu: The good, the bad and the ugly

A week ago there was considerable concern (panic?) about swine influenza. It had begun jumping from American to American. Early reports out of Mexico suggested it could have a case fatality rate of ...

posted on
May 3rd, 2009
from
HC: SciGuy
based in
Houston

Genetics identifies descendents of oldest modern humans

One of the other things I missed last week amid the swine flu frenzy was a fascinating study in Science (see abstract) that used the genetics of modern Africans to pinpoint the origin of the most g ...

posted on
May 2nd, 2009
from
HC: SciGuy
based in
Houston

Want to sell more fries? Put salads on the menu

I'm only getting to this now because of the swine flu craziness this week, but a remarkably counter-intuitive study recently came out that concerns the food choices people make. The basic conclusio ...

posted on
May 1st, 2009
from
HC: SciGuy
based in
Houston

Is there a disconnect between WHO and local docs?

There's something I've noticed during the last day or two that's troubling when it comes to swine influenza. I don't know if this is a trend, and I don't entirely understand why it's happening. Cha ...