
Charter Service: Encasing the Magna Carta
You often hear about the
Framers of the Constitution,
but not so much the framers
of the Magna Carta. They
work for the U.S. National
Institute of Standards and
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Five Rare Wild Cat Species Caught on Camera in Sumatra
After an amazing five of the
seven wild cat species found
on the Indonesian island of
Sumatra were recently caught
on camera in tract of forest
being rapidly lost to de ... > full story

Acid Pollution in Rain Decreased With Emissions, Long-Term Study Shows
Emissions regulations do
have an environmental
impact, according to a
long-term study of acidic
rainfall. A report detailing
... > full story

Protecting Houston from the Next Big Hurricane
To protect Houston and
Galveston from future
hurricanes, experts
recommends building a
floodgate across the Houston
Ship Channel, adding new
... > full story
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Anti-Infective Drug Shortages Pose Threat to Public Health and Patient Care
January 20, 2012 Shortages of key drugs used to fight infections represent a public health emergency and can put patients at risk, according to a new review. Frequent anti-infective shortages can substantially alter ... > full story -
Girl Power Surges in India
January 12, 2012 An affirmative action law in India has led to a direct role model effect and is changing the way the girls as well as their parents think about female roles of leadership and has improved their ... > full story -
Chronic Poverty Stalks Haitian Earthquake Victims Still Living in Camps
January 10, 2012 A new study of aid to Haiti finds that 36 percent of households in the directly affected area -- and 54 percent of those living in camps -- still have not recovered to their pre-earthquake levels ... > full story -
Low Reporting of Clinical Trial Data in Key U.S. Database, Study Shows
January 5, 2012 Many clinical trials in the United States are failing to report their findings in a publicly available database, despite a recent law that compels them to do so, say ... > full story -
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Benefits of New U.S. Air Quality Rules Greatly Outweigh Costs
December 21, 2011 Scientists have written an expanded review of six new air quality regulations by the EPA. These include the first national standards in the U.S. for reducing dangerous emissions of mercury and other ... > full story -
How to Break Murphy's Law
December 21, 2011 Murphy's Law is a useful scapegoat for human error: "If something can go wrong, it will." But, a new study hopes to put paid to this unscientific excuse for errors by showing that the introduction of ... > full story -
The Role of Internet Pharmacies in Prescription Drug Abuse
December 19, 2011 Efforts to halt the growing abuse of prescription drugs must include addressing the availability of these drugs on the Internet and increasing physician awareness of the dangers posed by Internet ... > full story -
Report on Human Subjects Protection
December 15, 2011 The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has issued its report concerning U.S. federally sponsored research involving human volunteers, concluding that current rules and ... > full story -
Why Do People Defend Unjust, Inept, and Corrupt Systems?
December 12, 2011 Why do we stick up for a system or institution we live in -- a government, company, or marriage -- even when anyone else can see it is failing miserably? Why do we resist change even when the system ... > full story -
Drug Laws Fail to Protect Children, Experts Say
November 22, 2011 “Would legal regulation and control of drugs better protect children?” is a question posed by former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso in a new ... > full story
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