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August 24, 2006

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August 24, 2006

News

Reporters see gloom, doom for investigative future
Panel brings together Nieman Fellows

University testing new diesel exhaust filter
Captures 80 percent of toxins

Research

Deep-sea sediments could safely store man-made carbon dioxide
Seafloor within U.S. territory could permanently hold thousands of years' worth of nation's output

Women far behind in patent awards
But they are starting to catch up

How Darwin's finches got their beaks
A gene's-eye view of evolution from Arkhat Abzhanov and colleagues

Obesity begins in the womb
Overweight infants on the increase, researchers find

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Rulla Tamimi
Dangerous combination
In a 24-year study, Rulla Tamimi and her colleagues found that women who take a combination of estrogen and testosterone to relieve the symptoms of menopause dramatically increase their risk of getting breast cancer. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office)
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Founder of Harvard's Statistics Department, Frederick Mosteller, dies at 89
Charles W. Dunn, longtime Celtic department chairman and Quincy House master, 90



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