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February 2007
Putting the “Ew!” in Museum Travel
Putting the “Ew!” in Museum
Our reporter went to the Meguro Parasitological Museum and all we got was this tapeworm
by Kristin Abkemeier

Paradise Found - Through a Black Hole. Space
Paradise Found - Through a Black Hole.
Matt Brown proves, beyond all doubt, that the afterlife awaits us inside a black hole. But how do we get there?
by Matt Brown

One Blockbuster Drug, Many Uses. Health
One Blockbuster Drug, Many Uses.
That's not a side effect, it's another $100 million in sales.
by Anna Gosline

The Joy of Cooking, with Gunpowder Portraits
The Joy of Cooking, with Gunpowder
From her Ontario chemistry lab, Dr. Clara Benson cooked up some WWI-era respect for women in science
by Susan Bustos

No Room at the Loo Portraits
No Room at the Loo
Optimal packing at a physics conference for undergraduate women
by Candace Partridge

Pluto on the Rebound Space
Pluto on the Rebound
Many years later, Venus still has a soft spot for Pluto
by Saeeda Hafiz

The Science of a Soap Opera Plot Twist Pop Culture
The Science of a Soap Opera Plot Twist
Let's take a closer look at the children of "All My Children." We might even learn something.
by Lesly Lopez-Skinner

Your Health This Week Health
Your Health This Week
Advice for a long (offspring's) life: Breast milk, soy protein and fatty acids trump booze, meth and mouthwash
by Anna Gosline

The Epidemiology of Love Human Nature
The Epidemiology of Love
Studies indicate that yeah, it cuts like a knife. But it feels so right.
by Anna Gosline

She’s Such a Geek Photo Contest Pop Culture
She’s Such a Geek Photo Contest
Send us a girl-geek photo and enter to win a large poster of Lady Lovelace Ada Byron her(hot)self
by Anne Casselman

Your Health This (Romantic) Week Health
Your Health This (Romantic) Week
Advice for a long (sex) life: Work up a sweat, re-read those contraception myths and get your grandma off drugs
by Anna Gosline

How Safe Are Microwaveable Plastics For That “Bun in the Oven”? Health
How Safe Are Microwaveable Plastics For That “Bun in the Oven”?
You shouldn't get hormonal surges from your Tupperware. But endocrine disrupting hormones are getting into our bodies anyway
by Stephanie Gower

Old Bromides for New Molecules: Bush’s New Health Man Gets Preachy and Hormonal Health
Old Bromides for New Molecules: Bush’s New Health Man Gets Preachy and Hormonal
The President's new chief of “Population Affairs” isn't the only one who can misappropriate the power of hormones.
by Anne Casselman

Hooked on Genomics Portraits
Hooked on Genomics
Jane Carlton feeds her addiction with the A, T, C and G of the world's most common vaginal parasite.
by Kurt Wong

Flights of Fancy at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium Travel
Flights of Fancy at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
A small New England science museum offers a window into nineteenth-century curiosity
by Kristin Abkemeier

Your Health This Week Health
Your Health This Week
Advice for a long life: sweat moderately, don't drink the hand gel – and boys, be careful with the tea-tree oil
by Anna Gosline

Space Psychosis and the Lethal Love Triangle Space
Space Psychosis and the Lethal Love Triangle
Love can make you crazy, but so can space travel. The combination may have driven one astronaut to attempted murder.
by Anna Gosline