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  1. Health & Medicine

    Cooking Science

    The Exploratorium’s “Science of Cooking” Web pages offer all sorts of advice on how to improve your cooking–with a pinch of science. Information, recipes, and activities focus on spices, bread, meat, eggs, and more. Experience the thrill of pickle making and learn about a zesty dish called kimchi. Explore the science of cooking your holiday […]

    By Science News
  2. Earth

    Pesticides block male hormones

    Some common pesticides can block the ability of androgens, male sex hormones, to trigger normal gene activities.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Earth

    Weed killer feminizes fish

    The weed killer atrazine can turn normally hermaphroditic fish into females, a new study shows.