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	<title>The Savvy Scientist | SmartPlanet</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Savvy Scientist dives into the ethics, issues and innovations brewing in the world's most advanced research institutions.]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[What Neandertal DNA can teach about race, autism, and more]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/what-neandertal-dna-can-teach-about-race-autism-and-more/575]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Insights about human origins derived from studies of our ancestors' DNA might also illuminate some of our current social woes.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Insights about human origins derived from studies of our ancestors' DNA might also illuminate some of our current social woes.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-09-04T10:00:22Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[The slow march of chronic wasting disease]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-slow-march-of-chronic-wasting-disease/563]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ The most important prion disease in the world today can't be allowed to become the next mad cow epidemic.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ The most important prion disease in the world today can't be allowed to become the next mad cow epidemic.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-08-21T10:00:38Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Cliodynamics: a science for predicting the future]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/cliodynamics-a-science-for-predicting-the-future/545]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ A controversial new would-be science attempts to find and apply the quantified laws of history. Even if it fails, the attempt may be worth considering.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ A controversial new would-be science attempts to find and apply the quantified laws of history. Even if it fails, the attempt may be worth considering.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-08-07T10:00:03Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Ending the AIDS epidemic]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/ending-the-aids-epidemic/534]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ The scientific options for vanquishing HIV are looking better. The prospects for paying for them may be getting worse.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ The scientific options for vanquishing HIV are looking better. The prospects for paying for them may be getting worse.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/ending-the-aids-epidemic/534]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-07-24T10:00:43Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Should we all be guinea pigs?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/should-we-all-be-guinea-pigs/520]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Medical tourism and the rise of electronic health records could make all of us experimental subjects. But not all experiments are created equal.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Medical tourism and the rise of electronic health records could make all of us experimental subjects. But not all experiments are created equal.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-07-11T09:23:44Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[NASA's sky crane over Mars]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/nasas-sky-crane-over-mars/500]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ To land the Curiosity rover safely on the Red Planet, engineers will risk an unprecedented maneuver so crazy, it just might work.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ To land the Curiosity rover safely on the Red Planet, engineers will risk an unprecedented maneuver so crazy, it just might work.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/nasas-sky-crane-over-mars/500]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-06-26T10:00:32Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Can stem cells save drug development?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/can-stem-cells-save-drug-development/488]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ The ultra versatile cells offer a way to improve the horrendously inefficient process of creating safe new therapies.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ The ultra versatile cells offer a way to improve the horrendously inefficient process of creating safe new therapies.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/can-stem-cells-save-drug-development/488]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-06-12T10:00:36Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[The transit of Venus leads to new Earths]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-transit-of-venus-leads-to-new-earths/470]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ An astronomical phenomenon studied for almost 400 years still yields surprises, including tips for finding distant planets.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ An astronomical phenomenon studied for almost 400 years still yields surprises, including tips for finding distant planets.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-transit-of-venus-leads-to-new-earths/470]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-30T10:00:31Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[The Tupac hologram, virtual Ebert, and digital immortality]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-tupac-hologram-virtual-ebert-and-digital-immortality/454]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Computer simulations are already bringing back versions of the dead and restoring lost faculties. How far can they go?]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Computer simulations are already bringing back versions of the dead and restoring lost faculties. How far can they go?]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-tupac-hologram-virtual-ebert-and-digital-immortality/454]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-15T10:00:29Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Tomorrow's nanobots today]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/tomorrows-nanobots-today/441]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Future medical nanotechnology won't look robotic. Instead, think very smart particles that usefully imitate life.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Future medical nanotechnology won't look robotic. Instead, think very smart particles that usefully imitate life.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/tomorrows-nanobots-today/441]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-01T10:00:42Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Invisible aliens: they're not life as we know it -- yet]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/invisible-aliens-theyre-not-life-as-we-know-it-yet/425]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Figuring out how to identify strange new forms of life on other planets may help to reveal some overlooked forms on this one, too.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Figuring out how to identify strange new forms of life on other planets may help to reveal some overlooked forms on this one, too.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/invisible-aliens-theyre-not-life-as-we-know-it-yet/425]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-04-17T10:00:10Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Building brains: toward a do-it-yourself guide]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/building-brains-toward-a-do-it-yourself-guide/408]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Remarkably simple structural and developmental principles may ensure the human brain has exactly the right balance of complexity and order.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Remarkably simple structural and developmental principles may ensure the human brain has exactly the right balance of complexity and order.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/building-brains-toward-a-do-it-yourself-guide/408]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-04-03T10:00:07Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[The rights of dolphins, chimps, and other nonhuman persons]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-rights-of-dolphins-chimps-and-other-nonhuman-persons/393]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Certain creatures probably deserve legal standing as more than animals. Whether they can get it is a more complicated question.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Certain creatures probably deserve legal standing as more than animals. Whether they can get it is a more complicated question.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-rights-of-dolphins-chimps-and-other-nonhuman-persons/393]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-03-20T10:00:40Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[The galactic train wreck of dark matter]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/the-galactic-train-wreck-of-dark-matter/379]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Theories about dark matter struggle to make sense of new observations. Is it unexpectedly sticky or a dead end?]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Theories about dark matter struggle to make sense of new observations. Is it unexpectedly sticky or a dead end?]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-03-06T11:00:20Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Ford cars on the highway to health]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/ford-cars-on-the-highway-to-health/369]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ The automaker's new digital health initiative aims to watch out for its passengers' well-being -- and not just while they're behind the wheel]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ The automaker's new digital health initiative aims to watch out for its passengers' well-being -- and not just while they're behind the wheel]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-02-28T11:00:13Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Infectious proteins on the brain: Alzheimer's and prions]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/infectious-proteins-on-the-brain-alzheimers-and-prions/346]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Deadly proteins spread from brain cell to brain cell in Alzhiemer's disease, which prompts scrutiny of possible deep similarities to prions]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Deadly proteins spread from brain cell to brain cell in Alzhiemer's disease, which prompts scrutiny of possible deep similarities to prions]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-02-21T11:00:07Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[What comes after antibiotics?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/what-comes-after-antibiotics/326]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ With decades of misuse gradually ruining the life-saving drugs, science is searching for new ways to kill dangerous bacteria.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ With decades of misuse gradually ruining the life-saving drugs, science is searching for new ways to kill dangerous bacteria.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/what-comes-after-antibiotics/326]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-02-14T11:00:05Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Where SETI meets Intelligent Design]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/where-seti-meets-intelligent-design/305]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Scientists searching for aliens disagree with anti-evolution zealots about the odds of life in the universe, but they all hope to recognize signs of deliberate design]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists searching for aliens disagree with anti-evolution zealots about the odds of life in the universe, but they all hope to recognize signs of deliberate design]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/where-seti-meets-intelligent-design/305]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-02-07T11:00:37Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Improbable evolution: how life beats the odds]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/improbable-evolution-how-life-beats-the-odds/291]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Under the right circumstances, evolving organisms can make astonishing leaps in capability -- which could be the key to gauging the threat from emerging diseases.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Under the right circumstances, evolving organisms can make astonishing leaps in capability -- which could be the key to gauging the threat from emerging diseases.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-01-31T10:23:36Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Throwing rocks at CO2]]></title>
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	    <description><![CDATA[ This follow-up to last week's column on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere considers ways to exploit the earth's own capacities to absorb the gas.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ This follow-up to last week's column on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere considers ways to exploit the earth's own capacities to absorb the gas.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Rennie]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-01-24T11:00:25Z</pubDate>
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