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Economic View - What if the Candidates Pandered to Economists? - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

Imagine that those running for office tailored their economic positions to attract the experts in the field. What would it take to put the nation’s economists solidly behind a candidate?

Warning - Habits May Be Good for You - NYTimes.com

Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising.

Group Apologizes for Its Racial Bias - NYTimes.com
The American Medical Association formally apologized on Thursday for more than a century of policies that excluded blacks from the group, long considered to be the voice of American doctors.

Idea Lab - Too Fat and Pregnant - Bariatric Obstetrics - Idea Lab - NYTimes.com

The maternal risks of obesity.

Room temperature superconductivity: One step closer to the Holy Grail of physics

PhysOrg.com: Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature superconductivity, according to a paper published in today's edition of the scientific journal Nature.

Pill-Popping Pets - Dogs, Cats, And Mood-Altering Drugs - NYTimes.com

Americans are spending millions on mood-altering drugs for their cats and dogs. Is it because we’ve driven them mad?

Report: Rare Metal Fueled African "PlayStation War" | GamePolitics

At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact | csmonitor.com

The Environmentalism of Wall-E | Wired Science from Wired.com
The decade's most powerful environmental film doesn't star Al Gore or Greenpeace activists, but a trash-compacting, Hello Dolly-loving robot with a cockroach for a best friend. Backdropping the Chaplin-esque romantic

Iran and The Economist | Silent no more | Economist.com

An Iranian student protester, sentenced to death for appearing on our cover, has escaped to America