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Dumpster Diving Provides Drinking Data Dec 09, 2014

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Researchers estimated alcohol consumption at a senior center by putting out recycling bins and counting the bottle contents. Karen Hopkin reports

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Summer Teen Jobs Cut Violence Dec 08, 2014

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A study following teens who had summer jobs found violent crime in that population almost cut in half, during and following the employment. Cynthia Graber reports

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Poorer Kids May Be Too Respectful at School Dec 03, 2014

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Working-class kids ask for help from teachers less often and less aggressively than do their middle-class counterparts

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<i>Scientific American</i>'s 1930 Football Study Found Little Actual Action Nov 26, 2014

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The Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that an NFL game has just 11 minutes of actual action. Eight decades earlier, Scientific American found just about the same thing

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Worse Than the Bite Nov 20, 2014

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A new study suggests bed bugs can transmit Chagas disease to mice—but the same thing is unlikely to happen in humans. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Semen Protects HIV from Microbicide Attack Nov 14, 2014

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Microbicides that kill HIV in the lab often fail in clinical trials. A study finds that semen may be the culprit. Cynthia Graber reports

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Select Few Can Truly Drink to Their Health Nov 14, 2014

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Alcohol's supposed benefit to the heart may only be available to people with the right genes. Christopher Intagliata reports

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"We Are on the Comet!" Nov 12, 2014

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Some sounds from the Rosetta Mission team today after they succeeded in landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Steve Mirsky reports

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Young Earth May Have Been All Wet Nov 10, 2014

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Because the chemical signature of water on Earth matches the signature of water in an ancient group of asteroids called eucrites, it means that Earth might have had water much earlier than previously thought. Julia Rosen reports

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Chimps Hit Sack with Breakfast Plans Nov 07, 2014

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Chimps choose an overnight camp site based on the likelihood of finding calorically rich food nearby. Karen Hopkin reports

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