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Ireland Wanted to Forget. But the Dead Don’t Always Stay Buried.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/28/world/europe/tuam-ireland-babies-children.html

Fires destroy part of Hewlett-Packard archives
https://apnews.com/48f5e656b22d4f7887dc28e96d3b7d40/Fires-destroy-part-of-Hewlett-Packard-archives


'Kill them all' -- Russian-linked Facebook accounts called for violence
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/russia-facebook-violence/index.html


'I want to quit': Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was 'an embarrassment'
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/fox-news-employees-russia-mueller-coverage/index.html


Eating too much black licorice is harmful, FDA warns
Especially for those 40-years-old and older, eating two ounces of black licorice a day for at least two weeks could throw off heart rhythms. 
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/eating-too-much-black-licorice-is-harmful-fda-warns/63-487608661


Wealthy Students are Pushing Out Low-Income Students at Top Public Universities
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/10/27/wealthy-students-are-pushing-out-low-income-students-at-top-public-universities/


Stable, affordable homes don't just help patients, they save taxpayer dollars
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/bmc-sah103117.php


'Protect your eyes while on the slopes,' scientists warn, also your skin.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uol-ye103117.php


Long-term use of drugs to curb acid reflux linked to doubling in stomach cancer risk
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/b-ltu103017.php


Air pollution is associated with cancer mortality beyond lung cancer
A large scale epidemiological study associates some air pollutants with kidney, bladder and colorectal cancer death
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/bifg-api103017.php


Spicy food may curb unhealthy cravings for salt
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/aha-sfm102617.php


Higher thyroid hormone levels associated with artery disease and death
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/aha-hth102617.php


Young bats learn bat 'dialects' from their nestmates
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/p-ybl102317.php


Wristband devices detect dangerous seizures in patients with epilepsy
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/w-wdd103017.php


For older adults with diabetes, losing weight with diet, exercise can improve circulation
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/ags-foa103017.php


Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS, study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uovh-bft103017.php


Thousands of preterm babies could be saved by waiting 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord after birth instead of clamping it immediately
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uos-wam103017.php


Eating more fruits and vegetables with high-pesticide residue was associated with a lower probability of pregnancy and live birth following infertility treatment for women using assisted reproductive technologies.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/tjnj-iop102717.php


Group exercise improves quality of life, reduces stress far more than individual work outs
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/aoa-gei102717.php


Early childhood adversities linked to health problems in tweens, teens
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/wuso-eca102617.php


Helping smokers quit: Payments, personalized support can work
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/bmc-hsq102617.php


Use of e-cigarettes by high school students was strongly associated with later cigarette smoking
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/cmaj-eub102417.php


Long-term aspirin use reduces the incidence of digestive cancers by up to 47 percent
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/sh-lau102317.php


Cover crops provide bed and breakfast layover for migrating birds
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoic-ccp103017.php


Red Sea is warming faster than global average
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/kauo-rsi103017.php


Political views have limited impact on how we perceive climate anomalies, study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/ip-pvh102717.php


Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-tfr102617.php


A team of EPFL and European researchers has discovered a flaw in the way past ocean temperatures have been estimated up to now. Their findings could mean that the current period of climate change is unparalleled over the last 100 million years.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/epfd-tow102317.php


Climate change may slowly starve bamboo lemurs
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/cp-ccm101917.php


A drier south: Europe's drought trends match climate change projections
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/usu-ads102517.php


Investing in conservation pays off, study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uog-iic102417.php


Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/fda-peb102417.php


Sea-level rise, not stronger storm surge, will cause future NYC flooding
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/ps-srn102317.php


China is rapidly expanding its solar power supply, hoping to meet 10 percent of the nation's electricity needs with solar energy by 2030. But there's a problem: severe air pollution is blocking light from the sun, significantly reducing China's output of solar energy, particularly in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/puww-eap102317.php


Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/lu-ril102317.php


Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 5.6 percent, researchers report in the journal Nature Climate Change.
… it can be accomplished without impinging on environmentally sensitive areas in Brazil and while allowing for the expansion of other agricultural crops and human needs, the researchers report.
The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoia-seb101717.php


Arsenic exposure in us public drinking water declines following new EPA regulations
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/cums-aei101917.php


Mountain glaciers shrinking across the West
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uow-mgs102017.php