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Candle caution
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There may be more than romance in the air when dining by candlelight. Some candles give off harmful pollutants, as well as...
Science World, 11/09/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Plumped up portions: over the years, the serving sizes of food have expanded—and so have people's waistlines
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Hershey Company introduced its first milk-chocolate bar in 1900. The sweet confection weighed in at 16 grams (0.6...
Science World, 11/09/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Red dread
Dentists may need to treat redheads more gingerly than other patients. "Redheads require 20 percent more local and general anesthesia than people...
Science World, 10/26/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Real-life bloodsuckers: think vampires don't exist? Meet some creatures with an appetite for blood
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's dinnertime, so Bill Schutt cracks open a bottle of cow's blood he has collected. He pours the red liquid into an ice...
Science World, 10/26/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Vapor trail
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A quick-acting photographer recently snapped this image of a fighter jet rocketing through a funnel-shape cloud. Vapor...
Science World, 10/05/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Disease detectives: when a new flu strain strikes, germ-tracking scientists are on the case
Last April, two students at a San Antonio, Texas, high school began coming down with fever, coughs, and sore throats associated with the flu....
Science World, 10/05/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Cleaning up soiled sites: two middle school students plant a future for land tainted by oil pollution
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a sight you might see in any urban landscape: closed gas stations, crumbling industrial buildings, and old shuttered...
Science World, 09/21/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Saving the ozone layer: thirty years ago, scientists fought to stop the destruction of Earth's protective ozone layer. Did their rescue effort work?
Global warming is a hot topic today. But 30 years ago, the idea of pollution causing the planet to heat up was still a small blip on scientists'...
Science World, 09/07/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Fishy robots
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A school of five robot fish will soon be swimming the seas. Engineers at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom...
Science World, 09/07/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication -
Catching some rays
Lizards love to soak up the sun. These animals are ectotherms and sunbathe to regulate their body temperature. But they also bask in the sun to...
Science World, 09/07/09 by Cody Crane · More from publication
