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Health
BODY CHEMISTRY

The Experimental Man Project

http://www.experimentalman.com/

The Washington Post:
Chemical Law Has Global Impact

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/
AR2008061103569.html

Life
PLAY TIME

YouTube:
Dolphin Play Bubble Rings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q

YouTube:
Dolphins Blow Bubble Rings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5us-v4bntP8

Earth
HIGH AND DRY

The New York Times:
Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/science/earth/14aquifer.html

Physical
AUTO PILOT

YouTube:
Moller SkyCar--Flying car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElS9BKSsezw

Roadable Times

http://www.roadabletimes.com/

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In Issue 4  (October 16, 2009

Earth
WHAT A WASTE

Salon.com:
Let's Talk Crap

http://www.salon.com/
books/int/2008/10/
16/big_necessity/

The New York Times:
Yellow Is the New Green

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
02/27/opinion/27george.html

Health
SECOND OPINION

Mayo Clinic:
Crohn's Disease

http://www.mayoclinic.com/
health/crohns-disease/DS00104

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America:
About Crohn's Disease

http://www.ccfa.org/
info/about/crohns

Life
SPORTING CHANCE

The New York Times:
Born to Run? Little Ones Get Tested
for Sports Gene

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
11/30/sports/30genetics.html

Physical
BIG CATCH

Earth Magazine:
Capturing carbon from coal plants?
Is it feasible?

http://www.earthmagazine.org/earth/article/209-7d9-4-10

Scientific American: New Material Could
Vastly Improve Carbon Capture

http://www.scientificamerican.com/
article.cfm?id=metal-organic-frameworks-carbon-capture

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In Issue 3 (October 2, 2009)

Health
PHOTO MATT

National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke: Cerebral
Palsy Information Page

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/
cerebral_palsy/cerebral_palsy.htm

Physical
FAIRE PLAY

Maker Faire

http://www.makerfaire.com/

The New York Times:
This, From That

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
05/13/science/13make.html

Earth
FIRE FIGHT

Mongabay.com: How to Save
Tropical Rainforests

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/
1001.htm

NASA: Tropical Deforestation

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Features/Deforestation/

Life
SNIFF TEST

YouTube: Bed Bug Dog: A New
Application of a Proven Technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3e8rhT_hAw

Harvard School of Public Health:
Bed Bugs

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/

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In Issue 3 (September 18, 2009)

Earth
THE LONG DRY

National Geographic:
Australia's Dry Run

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
2009/04/murray-darling/draper-text.html

Treehugger: Australia's Drought
Featured as an Interactive Media Project:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/
australias-drought-featured-as-an-interactive-media-project.php

Health
THE GREAT UNKNOWN

The New York Times:
What's Wrong With Summer Stiers?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/
22/magazine/22Diseases-t.html

National Institutes of Health:
Undiagnosed Diseases Program

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Resources.aspx?PageID=31

Life
LEMON AID

The New York Times:
Deadly Pathogen Harms Florida
Citrus Groves

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
08/26/science/26citrus.html

Palm Beach Post: Saving citrus:
Greening threatens groves, but a cure may
lurk in disease-resistant trees from China,
and spinach

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/
business/epaper/2009/01/12/a1f_greening_0112.html

Physical
SUPER BOWL

United States Bowling Congress

http://bowl.com/

Wired: Technology's Gutterball--
New Gear Makes Bowling Too Easy

http://www.wired.com/gaming/
hardware/magazine/16-11/st_bowling

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In Issue 1 (September 4, 2009)

Physical
ZAP!

BBC News:
Tripping the light fantastic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
science/nature/7413828.stm

BBC News:
How planes survive lightning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
uk_news/magazine/4493047.stm

Health
BUOYED SPIRITS

YouTube:
Project Restore--Cody Unser

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=IKQL7QXkOjM

Earth
THE VOG

FOX News:
Volcanic Smog Blankets Hawaii
In Toxic Gas

http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2933,354216,00.html

NASA:
Hawaiian Vog Photographed from Space Shuttle

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
IOTD/view.php?id=38709

Life
PET PEEVE

The New York Times:
Pet chimpanzee attacks woman in Connecticut

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
02/17/world/americas/17iht-chimp.1.20241928.html

The New York Times:
Cleveland Clinic Gets Victim of Chimp Attack

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
02/20/nyregion/20face.html

 

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