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* Mostly-male book images may reduce girls' 
science scores:
In a small study, a gender gap in school science
scores flipped when students used a text showing
only female scientists.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/100421_gender


* Indoor tanning called possibly addictive:
Might gossip magazines soon start featuring tales of
TV and Hollywood personalities entering "tanning
rehab"?

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100420_tanning


* "Mediterranean diet" benefits partly due to 
oil: study
Olive oil ingredients that suppress inflammation are
partly responsible for the healthy effects of
"Mediterranean diets," scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100419_medit


* Pressure to publish may bias scientists:
The quality of research may be suffering because
scholars are judged on how often they get published,
a new analysis suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100424_publish


* Can't go paperless here: demand for soft 
toilet paper getting hard to meet
The Internet's rise is making it ever harder for
manufacturers to satisfy a common American
preference, a report says.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100422_paper


* Brain circuits for empathy, violence may overlap:
Recent findings might help explain why people are 
both an unusually kind and abnormally vicious species,
scientists argue.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100418_empathy


* Did Native Americans contribute to global 
warming?
Tree-burning by natives seems to have led to 
copious emissions of heat-trapping gases, researchers 
say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100415_carbon



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