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Popular plastics chemical poses further threat - August 25, 2008

Common chemical in plastics, aluminum lining of cans may increase heart attack, type 2 diabetes risk
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35787/title/Popular_plastics_chemical_poses_fur...

Turning CO2 into chalk and sand - August 22, 2008

New method could make carbon sequestration cheaper
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35730/title/Turning_CO2_into_chalk_and_sand

Carcinogens from car exhaust can linger - August 18, 2008

Cancer-causing agents' interaction with nanoparticles could make the chemicals as harmful as cigarette smoke, lab study suggests
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35463/title/Carcinogens_from_car_exhaust_can_li...

Slave ants rebel - August 14, 2008

Kidnapped worker ants do a little quiet sabotage
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35309/title/Slave_ants_rebel

Coastal dead zones expanding - August 14, 2008

The number of coastal areas known as dead zones is on the rise. A new tally reports more than 400 of the oxygen starved regions worldwide.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35289/title/Coastal_dead_zones_expanding

Bittersweet fruits - August 11, 2008

Chemicals that make chili peppers hot also protect them from microbial attack
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35114/title/Bittersweet_fruits

Forecast: Gullywashers - August 7, 2008

Models not accurately predicting intense rains of warmer climate
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35023/title/Forecast_Gullywashers

Science & the Public: TV Take-Backs - August 2, 2008

Here's one solution for all of the conventional TVs that will be cast off during the imminent digital-TV transition.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34827/title/TV_Take-Backs

Science & the Public: A Fairy Tale: Cheap Gas - August 2, 2008

Lawmakers are looking for an answer on how to lower the price of gasoline: That's the wrong question.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34824/title/A_Fairy_Tale_Cheap_Gas

Science & the Public: IPCC Lite - August 1, 2008

A new primer on climate change is slim and trim.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34807/title/IPCC_Lite