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...irrelevance, in which, for example, a product trumpets the fact that it is "chlorofluorocarbon free"--even though those ozone-destroying chemicals have been banned for years, meaning the company is asking for applause for just following the law. Another is the sin of the hidden trade-off--the paper towels that come from a sustainably harvested forest but are then shipped to global markets aboard CO2-spewing trucks and planes...
...years or so before women's. Historically, infertility has been seen as a female issue, as has the increased risk of Down syndrome and other birth defects, but studies now also link higher rates of autism, schizophrenia and Down syndrome in children born to older fathers. A recent paper by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute found that the risk of bipolar disorder in children increased with paternal age, particularly in children born to men age 55 or older...
...affiliated teaching hospitals. The Kendall Square-based institute also currently has 330,000 square feet of laboratory space. Experts say that the establishment of the Broad Institute has caused a spike in genomic and psychiatric research, with Broad-affiliated researchers having published some 350 scientific papers over the past four years. “My rough estimate is that a scientific paper emerges about once every three days from collaborations that have come out of this institute,” Eric S. Lander, founding director of the institute and leader of the Human Genome Project, told The New York Times...
...work on climate change, Eric A. Pooley began working on a book about the politics of climate policy. While at the center, Pooley plans to research how the press is writing about the climate issue and the economic impact of climate legislation, and will eventually adapt his research paper into a chapter in his book. “Now that I’m starting to write, it’s just invaluable to have so many wonderful people to bounce my ideas off of,” said Pooley, a former managing editor of Fortune Magazine. Prospective fellows...
...hurricanes is really on the rise. So far that doesn't seem to be the case, with the overall number of storms worldwide holding about steady - in fact, some scientists argue that warming might actually bring about a reduction in the overall frequency of storms. But the Nature paper argues that warmer sea-surface temperatures will result in stronger storms, because hotter oceans mean the developing storms can draw more warm air, which powers the storm. "Hurricanes are driven by the transfer of energy from the ocean to the atmosphere," says Kerry Emanuel, a meterologist at the Massachusetts Institute...