<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Slate Magazine - Science</title>
    <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2093607/?from=rss</link>
    <description>The state of the universe.</description>
    <copyright>2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC</copyright>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:50:02 EST</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:50:02 EST</lastBuildDate>
    <ttl>120</ttl>
    
    <item>
  <title>Swine flu: What you need to know.</title>
  <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2217013/?from=rss</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slate.com/id/2217013/?from=rss</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[  Swine flu is popping up in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and the virulent strain is sparking debate about public health initiatives. Slate tackles your questions, ranging from why the flu is most deadly in Mexico to whether there are strains of the flu for every type of animal—not just pigs and birds.<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2217013/?from=rss">more ...</a>]  ]]></description>
  <category>Science</category>
  <comments>http://fray.slate.com/discuss</comments>
  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:50:02 EST</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Why couldn't we tell that the balloon boy's parents were faking their distress?</title>
  <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2234005/?from=rss</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slate.com/id/2234005/?from=rss</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[  Shortly after authorities announced that 6-old-year Falcon Heene had been found safe and sound, ending speculation that he had been aboard a flying saucer that escaped from his family's backyard, his father Richard appeared before an encampment of cameras to share a few words of relief. "He says he was hiding in the attic," Heene said, his voice swelling on the last two syllables as he half-shrugged and looked at the ground. "And, um, because I yelled at him." He took a sharp breath, voice faltering. "I'm really sorry I yelled at him."<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2234005/?from=rss">more ...</a>]  ]]></description>
  <category>Science</category>
  <author>Chris Wilson</author>
  <comments>http://fray.slate.com/discuss</comments>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:54:03 EST</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
  <title>It doesn't make sense to charge fat people higher insurance premiums.</title>
  <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2234003/?from=rss</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slate.com/id/2234003/?from=rss</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[  Safeway CEO Steven A. Burd thinks he's solved the nation's health care crisis. The California-based grocery chain has kept its insurance costs stable for the last four years, he says, while its competitors have watched their bills rise by an average of 38 percent. That's because Safeway encourages its workers to pursue a healthy lifestyle: If you're thin and you don't smoke, you can get a significant discount on your premiums. Otherwise, you've got two choices: Pay more for your insurance or mend your wicked ways.<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2234003/?from=rss">more ...</a>]  ]]></description>
  <category>Science</category>
  <author>Daniel Engber</author>
  <comments>http://fray.slate.com/discuss</comments>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:47 EST</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Science, politics, obesity, and health care reform.</title>
  <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2231569/?from=rss</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slate.com/id/2231569/?from=rss</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[  "Let Them Drink Water: What a fat tax really means for America," posted Sept. 21, 2009. Would raising the price on sweetened beverages move the nation toward an apartheid of pleasure in which poor people must drink from the faucet while the rich enjoy superpremium fruit juice?<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2231569/?from=rss">more ...</a>]<!--AD BEGIN--><br clear="all" /><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/slate.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=9179" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/slate.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=9179" border="0" vspace="5" /></a><!--AD END-->  ]]></description>
  <category>Science</category>
  <author>Daniel Engber</author>
  <comments>http://fray.slate.com/discuss</comments>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:47 EST</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Do criminals with Asperger's syndrome deserve special treatment?</title>
  <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2233313/?from=rss</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slate.com/id/2233313/?from=rss</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[  Some time in the 1990s, during the heyday of the X-Files television show, a British computer enthusiast named Gary McKinnon became obsessed with the idea that the U.S. government had covered up evidence of UFO landings. As an unemployed contract worker, he had plenty of time to pursue his theory: Between 2001 and 2002, McKinnon hacked into nearly 100 U.S. military and NASA computers to look for documents pertaining to UFOs. Prosecutors say that at one point he shut down 2,000 computers in the Army's network. Should he ever be convicted in the United States for that crime and others, he'll face at least six years in federal prison.<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2233313/?from=rss">more ...</a>]  ]]></description>
  <category>Science</category>
  <author>Erica Westly</author>
  <comments>http://fray.slate.com/discuss</comments>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:06:29 EST</pubDate>
</item>
  </channel>
</rss><!-- Total Time:1.362781ms --><!--SL-WEB09-->