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Apr
25th
2010
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Oprah: Don't Text and Drive

Oprah comes out against distracted driving—whether phone calling or texting—advocating that we campaign against it like we have against drunk driving. 
Apr
22nd
2010
Thu
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In general, exercise by itself is pretty useless for weight loss.
— Eric Ravussin, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and an expert on weight loss in Weighing the Evidence on Exercise (N.Y. Times)
Apr
20th
2010
Tue
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Formerly Unsober

Life as an alcoholic. (N.Y. Times)
Apr
14th
2010
Wed
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Pastrami plate with local vegetables from Neal’s Deli in Carrboro, N.C. See more at Reinventing the Jewish Deli. (N.Y. Times)

Pastrami plate with local vegetables from Neal’s Deli in Carrboro, N.C. See more at Reinventing the Jewish Deli. (N.Y. Times)

Apr
13th
2010
Tue
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Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again

Small studies of hallucinogens has found some success for certain medical applications. It’s good to see researchers putting aside prejudices to study these drugs. Hopefully, there will be more research in this area. (N.Y. Times) 
Apr
7th
2010
Wed
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Allergy-Free Cities

Cities could do a lot to reduce allergies to pollen—especially tree pollen. (N. Y. Times)
Mar
4th
2010
Thu
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Smoking Room (Uncredited via AfterElton)

Smoking Room (Uncredited via AfterElton)

Feb
20th
2010
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The increase in the number of people bicycling in urban areas has outstripped the increase in the number of accidents, meaning that biking has become generally safer.
— Jackson West, journalist for SF Appeal, as quoted in Urban Bicycling: Is It Becoming Safer? (N.Y. Times)
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[Multitaskers are] terrible at ignoring irrelevant information; they’re terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized; and they’re terrible at switching from one task to another.
— Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University and the founder and director of the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media (CHIMe) Lab, in an interview for Digital Nation. (Frontline)
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In ‘No Excuse’ Campaign, Bad Drivers Offer Excuses

One English county is cracking down on distracted and unsafe driving. I wish they would do the same here. (N.Y. Times)
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