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• July 25, 2008

A court with no judge, no jury and a controversial treatment of science takes center stage in the autism-vaccine debate.

• June 12, 2008

I had no idea that vaccines could be green…until Jenny McCarthy told me so. And she’s singing a new verse to an old song — the theory that vaccines cause […]

• April 29, 2008

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced last week that it would offer a $1 million reward for a company to bring commercially viable test-tube meat to market by […]

• April 24, 2008

Sunday, the New York Times ran a front-page article about food shortages forcing people and governments to embrace the genetically modified crops many have previously shunned. That article came hot […]

• April 9, 2008

A recent study says dogs shouldn’t be allowed near important bird habitats, leashed or not.

• April 4, 2008

Coping with fears of genetic discrimination leads some people to take matters into their own hands.

• April 3, 2008

As an avid reader of CNN.com I was a little shocked to see an op-ed penned by Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey regarding autism. First of all, in my limited […]

• March 8, 2008

Every time I think about becoming a vegetarian, it looks good on paper and even feels good in practice for a few days. But then my stomach rolls over, begging […]

• March 7, 2008

Tuna farming advances, but strict fishing regulations might be the only hope for this sushi fish.

• February 25, 2008

- Asks Carol from New Athens, IL

• January 30, 2008

A Crohn’s disease drug has a troubled past — and scientists may know why.

• December 27, 2007

Scientists have presented a new way of viewing the world based on the assumption that humans are here to stay. The central piece of their “anthropogenic” map is the human […]

• December 21, 2007

It would surprise most people to learn that an exploding cell phone could pack enough of a wallop to kill them. A severe burn—maybe, but it’s hard to imagine an […]

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