The Mississippi Saved the Gulf; More Earth-Like Planets Are Out There
Discovered: How the Mississippi saved the gulf from total ruin, the Milky Way is full of planets, the risks of not going on The Pill, smoking while pregnant is still bad.
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A Big Creepy Peruvian Tomb; 'Teen Mom' and the Daddy Complex
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Discovered: Smoking bans scare some smokers, your relationship with daddy determines how you watch Teen Mom, get ready to have your DNA sequences, and a big creepy Peruvian tomb.
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Fructose Got a Bad Rap; Waterworld: A New Type of Planet
Discovered: Fructose doesn't deserve its association with obesity, a new type of Super Earth, a case for extending the smoking ban, and movies make kids want to drink.
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A Bacon Nose Bleed Remedy; Stem Cell Breakthrough
Discovered: A tasty, pork-based nose bleed remedy, stem cells work, magnetic soap, cancer doesn't stop smokers, and the very real benefits of monogamy.
Cigarette Companies Win a Delay on Those Graphic Warnings
To the delight of anyone who would ever lay eyes on cigarette boxes a Federal judge has halted the FDA's disgusting new warning labels for cigarette packages in the name of tobacco company free speech.
Doctor Says Obama Still Not Smoking
After Obama's first periodic exam in February 2010, it turned out he hadn't quite kicked his smoking habit, and was even sneaking cigarettes, but he seems to be on track now.
A Few New Yorkers Will Go to Great Lengths to Keep Smoking
Here's how the last 14 percent of the city avoids quitting smoking
Gallery: A Lawsuit Disputes New Cigarette Packaging Laws
A collection of advertisements and warning on new cigarette packaging: the good, the bad, and the gruesome.
It's Time to Lay Off the Morning Cigarette
They're more lethal because you'll smoke them "more intensively," researchers say
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America Has More Scorn for Smokers Than Fat People
A quarter of people say they have less respect for someone who smokes
Smoking Offers at Least One Health Benefit
Study says nicotine could help those with Parkinson's Disease
Gallup: Americans Now Favor Banning Smoking From All Public Places
For the first time, Gallup polling finds 59 percent of the public supports a ban
Australia's Latest Assault on Cigarette Packs
Along with gruesome illustrations of the costs of smoking, they would get rid of logos
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