Science

National Magazine Samples:

	Bison versus Mammoths: New Culprit in the Disappearance of North America’s Giants A scientist turns up new clues to the disappearance of North America’s giant beavers, saber-toothed cats and other large mammals.
	Outsmarting Dengue Fever Why one scientist is vaccinating mosquitoes, not patients.
	Corals in Love Why they spawn only at twilight, and only a few times a year.
	Beauty and the Beasts The sight of a pretty woman brings out the war monger in men.
	Hiking Las Vegas Just a few miles from the perfectly enclosed, artificial worlds of the Strip’s casinos, there lie some beautiful and accessible spectacles of nature.
	20 Things You Didn’t Know about Clouds Some are visible only after sunset, none are created by seeding, and one chewed on a fighter pilot for half an hour before spitting him out, alive.
	Winemaking: Science, Nature, and Fancy Footwork Each glass tells you something about the wine’s milieu as well as the vintner’s approach.

Science-Based Op-Eds:

	All the President’s White Women (New York Daily News)
	Actually, Truth Isn’t Truth (New York Daily News)
	What Would Sigmund Freud Say about Gay Conversion Therapy? (Seattle Times)
	The Supreme Court Meets Sigmund Freud (Chicago Tribune)

PsychologyToday.com Samples:

	The Human Animal Our animal nature is undeniable. Is beastly behavior inevitable?
	Intimacy Across Cultures—and Species Do rats and pigmy chimps dream of electric kisses?
	The Naked Truth about The Wives of Tall Men Are they really happier?
	Mean vs. Kind Humor Louis C. K., the Dobie Gillis show, and borderline personality.
	Tough Love for Dog Lovers New research shows he (or she) is just not that into you.
	Why Don’t Women Leave Batterers? Knocks to the head may diminish them so much that they can’t.
	Is America Safer When Good Guys Have Guns? Homicide data + Crime Victimization Survey Results = Surprise

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For Beck and Branch, Rebecca produces the Science Bits series.