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Smog filled Utah's Salt Lake Valley in January 2017. Winter weather in the area often traps air pollution that is bad for public health.

EPA Science Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

9:06pm March 28, 2019

by Rebecca Hersher

Some panel members said they don't agree that breathing sooty air can cause premature death. The panel's draft recommendations to the EPA would change how it assesses the dangers of air pollution.

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt

Can We Overcome Racial Bias? 'Biased' Author Says To Start By Acknowledging It

8:43pm March 28, 2019

by Ailsa Chang

In her new book, psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt explores how unconscious racial bias shapes human behavior — and suggests that we examine what situations can trigger racial bias.

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Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat.

How Mosquitoes Sniff Out Human Sweat To Find Us

5:05pm March 28, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. The finding could lead to new approaches for better repellents.

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Edwin Hardeman sits with his wife, Mary, at a news conference after a San Francisco jury awarded him $80 million in damages over his claim that Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer.

Jury Awards $80 Million In Damages In Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Trial

8:50pm March 27, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The verdict represents the second time a jury has decided in favor of a multimillion-dollar damage award after concluding that Roundup caused cancer.

Just a 10 percent shift in the salt concentration of your blood would make you very sick. To keep that from happening, the body has developed a finely tuned physiological circuit that includes information about that and a beverage's saltiness, to know whe

Blech! Brain Science Explains Why You're Not Thirsty For Salt Water

7:36pm March 27, 2019

by Jon Hamilton

Fresh water quenches thirst almost instantly, but salt water doesn't. New research shows how cells in the gut and on the tongue help the brain keep just the right concentration of salt in our bodies.

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A female adult head louse clings to a hair plucked from a human scalp. The brown line visible inside the insect, on the left side of its body, is its last blood meal. Lice typically eat a few times a day.

VIDEO: Head Lice Up Close, And All Too Personal

1:21pm March 26, 2019

by Gabriela Quirós

Claws of the louse that afflicts human scalps fit neatly around a single human hair. Louse eggs stick to hair shafts with a sort of glue. Maybe the best remedy for you and the kids? Comb, baby, comb.

LED lightbulbs have replaced many incandescent ones. Now, the Trump administration wants to reverse an Obama-era rule designed to make a wide array of other lightbulbs more efficient.

Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs

12:46pm March 26, 2019

by Jeff Brady

The Trump administration wants to reverse a rule designed to make lightbulbs more efficient. Environmental groups say the change will cost consumers and waste energy.

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Duke University is paying the U.S. $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting falsified research data to win or keep federal grants. Here, a photo shows the Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., in 2008,

Duke Whistleblower Gets More Than $33 Million In Research Fraud Settlement

5:03pm March 25, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Duke University is paying the U.S. government $112.5 million to settle accusations that it submitted bogus data to win federal research grants.

German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this image of the Earth reflecting light from the sun while aboard the International Space Station July 17, 2014.

New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth

2:05pm March 25, 2019

by Adam Frank

David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth and Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth offer valuable perspectives on climate change — if we're committed to being adult enough to face the future.

University of the Arts in Bern student, Simon Walker, checks a small music speaker placed directly bellow a wheel of Emmental.

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Need A Can't-Miss Wheel Of Cheese? Try Playing It Some Hip-Hop

5:53pm March 24, 2019

Researchers exposed cheese to different genres of music for 24 hours a day over six months to find out that hip-hop might create the tastiest cheese.