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Laura Helmuth

Laura Helmuth is Slate's science and health editor.

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Is The Impossible Reprehensible?

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois argue about the new movie based on the 2004 tsunami.

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois | IM | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 2:09 PM ET

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Plenty of Marriages Should Be Put up for a Vote. Just Not Gay Marriages.

Laura Helmuth | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at 5:26 PM ET

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How Did Science, Medicine, and the Environment Do in the Elections?

Your House of Representatives now has twice as many physicists.

Laura Helmuth | SCIENCE | Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at 10:13 AM ET

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Dexter, Season 7

Isn't there an incest taboo for adopted siblings?

Laura Helmuth and Katy Waldman | TV CLUB | Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at 9:45 PM ET

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Who Will Win a Nobel Prize?

Everything you need to know about the contenders, rivalries, scandals, and politics of the famous awards.

Laura Helmuth | SCIENCE | Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at 5:23 PM ET

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Why Is Romney Campaigning on Medical Quackery?

He's going after the ultimate niche voter: Virginia’s Lyme disease conspiracy theorists.

Laura Helmuth | SCIENCE | Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at 10:23 AM ET

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New Study Is Good News for Women Who Want Men Who Cook and Clean

Laura Helmuth | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at 12:30 PM ET

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Romney Out-Debates Obama

How the GOP candidate schooled the president on science policy.

Laura Helmuth | SCIENCE | Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at 2:52 PM ET

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Dude, Bank Your Sperm. It’ll Get You Laid.

Laura Helmuth | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at 2:30 PM ET

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Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a Worldview.

Laura Helmuth | THE XX FACTOR | Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at 10:24 AM ET

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Laura Helmuth

Is The Impossible Reprehensible?

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois argue about the new movie based on the 2004 tsunami.

Plenty of Marriages Should Be Put up for a Vote. Just Not Gay Marriages.

How Did Science, Medicine, and the Environment Do in the Elections?

Your House of Representatives now has twice as many physicists.

Dexter, Season 7

Isn't there an incest taboo for adopted siblings?

Who Will Win a Nobel Prize?

Everything you need to know about the contenders, rivalries, scandals, and politics of the famous awards.

Why Is Romney Campaigning on Medical Quackery?

He's going after the ultimate niche voter: Virginia’s Lyme disease conspiracy theorists.

New Study Is Good News for Women Who Want Men Who Cook and Clean

Romney Out-Debates Obama

How the GOP candidate schooled the president on science policy.

Dude, Bank Your Sperm. It’ll Get You Laid.

Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a Worldview.

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