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Third-hand smoke contains carcinogens too, study saysFebruary 8, 2010, 3:01 am by Scientific American: Mind and BrainAnyone walking into a smoker's abode can tell you that the traces of tobacco use don't vanish when a cigarette or cigar is extinguished. But just what happens to this "third-hand" smoke once the air has cleared--and can it still be harmful? [More]
More from Scientific American: Mind and Brain Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments Scientific American: Mind and Brain: March 10, 2010, 10:00 am The forward momentum of medical progress is manifest, it could be argued, in the $50 billion spent in 2008 on pharmaceutical research and development in the quest to bring new Chimps Talk with Their Hands Scientific American: Mind and Brain: March 10, 2010, 9:00 am The origins of language have long been a mystery, but mounting evidence hints that our unique linguistic abilities could have evolved from gestural communication in our ancestors. Such gesturing may also explain Why is talking with gestures easier than talking without them? Scientific American: Mind and Brain: March 10, 2010, 9:00 am Why is talking along with gestures so much easier than trying to talk without gesturing? -- Lionel Halvorsen, Cornith, Tex. [More] End-of-Days Danger Scientific American: Mind and Brain: March 10, 2010, 8:00 am I don’t know how many e-mails I have received fromchildren who are terrified that 2012 will somehow involve the end of life as we know it, all because of an unfounded fringe The Psychology of the Taboo Tradeoff Scientific American: Mind and Brain: March 9, 2010, 12:00 pm Consider the classic hypothetical scenario: Your house is on fire and you can take only three things with you before the entire structure becomes engulfed in flames. What would you take?
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