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CAMPAIGN '08
A project called Science Debate 2008 asked the major party presidential nominees about the state of American science. Here are some of the candidates' answers.
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Phoenix Mars mission extended >>
Thinking about rejection makes a person perceive a room as chillier, researchers find, and people who feel isolated tend to prefer warm drinks over cold ones. >>
Scientists say plants may produce an aspirin-like chemical as an immune reaction to stress. Detecting the substance may help show early signs of disease. >>
Dr. Robert Katzman, the UC San Diego neuroscientist who pushed Alzheimer's disease into the public consciousness as a "major killer" and who co-founded the activist Alzheimer's Assn., died Tuesday at his home in La Jolla after a long illness. He was 82. >>
Scientists report on an alternative to cutthroat competition, finding that a quota system giving fishermen exclusive rights to a portion of the catch can preserve fisheries and help stocks recover. >>
A new study suggests that your political attitudes are wired in from the beginning. >>
A GREENER FUTURE: PART 2
Many obstacles, including insufficient investment and lack of training, keep scientists from embracing green chemistry and designing safer substitutes for the vast majority of compounds in use today. >>
Children are taken for tests as fear grows with the scandal. Hong Kong officials issue a recall of milk products from the mainland. >>
Among those snared in Southland raids are medical professional and clinic owners. Reputed scams involved fraudulent ordering of power wheelchairs, hospital beds, feeding kits and shoes for diabetics. >>
Fujioka vows the hospital will be fully staffed with patients are move in next month. >>
The co-founder of the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies in Long Beach 'helped legitimize and destigmatize sex research.' >>
The regulations would treat genetically engineered creatures like drugs. Critics suggest environmental concerns aren't being given proper weight. >>
ENERGY
The Air Resources Board touts economic benefits in its analysis, but business groups say companies would be forced to flee. >>
The elderly patient was left by City of Angels workers in the busy lobby, the suit contends. >>
Some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee challenge the bureau's director, signaling that they are not convinced the case has been solved. >>
Illnesses caused by tainted formula skyrocket, and more products test positive for contamination. >>
In the first large-scale human study of the chemical, some found with bisphenol A in their urine had more than double the normal risk of heart disease and diabetes. >>
Peter B. Jahrling, who aided the federal probe of the 2001 mailings, says he erred when he told White House officials that material he examined probably had been altered to make it more deadly. >>
The energy and focus that helped Dorothy Green, 79, found Heal the Bay remain with her as her health fails. >>
Errors by a former federal official took land from the red-legged frog, a threatened species. Now an agency wants to rectify that. >>
In testimony before a House panel, additional programs are urged to protect and educate African Americans, Latinos and gay and bisexual men. >>
The company releases test results showing that its Technosphere insulin delivery system is as effective for diabetics as injections. But investors are still wary about safety; MannKind's stock slumps. >>
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SEARCHING FOR A SMILE
Culver City fifth-grader Kiana Deane tries to help her classmates understand the science behind her limited self-expression -- and struggles to come to terms with her own brand of beauty. By Denise Gellene, Times Staff Writer.
Books: science and environment
 Future shock, a million years from now. Aug. 26.
A paleontologist takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of a London landmark. Aug. 17.
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