Welcome to Double X Science for May 24, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Matthew Francis, physics editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week,

We have a special focus on Did Einstein write his most famous equation? Does it matter? and Dr. Oz is worried about your fillings. We also cover Parenting Paranoia Comes in different forms, Creating Viruses to Create the Vaccines?, What causes recurrent UTIs?, and Not Knowing, our I Am Mental Illness series post. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Cubes, Pyramids, and More!; StemCellTalks; and Science of Napping (Infographic).

News of the week was about the 14-year old girl presenting her science fair project on iPads and defibrillators/pace makers at a cardiology conference.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/parenting-paranoia-comes-in-different-forms/

http://www.doublexscience.org/creating-viruses-to-create-the-vaccines-against-them/

http://www.doublexscience.org/did-einstein-write-his-most-famous-equation-does-it-matter/

http://www.doublexscience.org/of-utis-and-bacterial-fitness/

http://www.doublexscience.org/dr-oz-is-worried-about-your-teeth-should-you-worry-too/

http://www.doublexscience.org/not-knowing/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/cubes-pyramids-and-more.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/stemcelltalks.html

http://futurescienceleaders.org/engineers2012/2013/03/20/the-science-of-napping/

Our news story concerned the vote in Portland on the fluoridation of municipal water. We have no specific article we referred to for this topic.

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Welcome to Double X Science for May 18, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeffrey Perkel, tech editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, Dominants, alphas, and queens: Happy Mother’s Day!; Thanks, Mom, for not eating me; The Fatherhood Adjustment; Old Ovaries? New eggs? Hatching a Debate; Disabled; Mammograms; and Depressing Genes, I Am Mental Illness series post. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Development of Critical Thinking Outside of School; Blood Plasma Resembles Ketchup!; and Scrapyard Adventures.

News of the week was about the 14-year old girl presenting her science fair project on iPads and defibrillators/pace makers at a cardiology conference.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/dominants-alphas-and-queens-or-happy-mothers-day/

http://www.doublexscience.org/thanks-mom-for-not-eating-me/

http://www.doublexscience.org/fatherhood-the-new-adventure/

http://www.doublexscience.org/old-ovaries-new-eggs-hatching-a-debate/

http://www.doublexscience.org/10-ways-healthcare-reform-might-help-people-with-disabilities/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-labrynthine-task-of-scheduling-a-mammogram/

http://www.doublexscience.org/depressing-genes/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/development-of-critical-thinking.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/blood-plasma-resembles-ketchup.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/scrapyard-adventures.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/05/13/using-earthquake-sensors-to-track-endangered-whales/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/15/184223277/how-scientists-cloned-human-embryos

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Welcome to Double X Science for May 10, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Emily Willingham, editor-in-chief.

Our topics cover posts of the week, Unicorns and Brainbows, A Tour of Digestion from Nose to Um... Tail, About that Pacifier Study, That deadly, imported, meningitis-toting snail? Isn’t., and the I Am Mental Illness post of the week. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Bon Voyage, NEOSSat! and The mystery of salmon migration and magnetism.

News of the week was about the 14-year old girl presenting her science fair project on iPads and defibrillators/pace makers at a cardiology conference.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/unicorns-and-brainbows/

http://www.doublexscience.org/a-tour-of-digestion-from-nose-to-um-tail/

http://www.doublexscience.org/about-that-pacifier-study/

http://www.doublexscience.org/daily-mail-snail-fail/

http://www.doublexscience.org/this-is-good-and-i-am-happy/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/bon-voyage-neossat.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-mystery-of-salmon-migration-and.html

You can google information for our news story.

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Welcome to Double X Science for May 3, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, About That 1 in 50 Autism Number, Selling the Flu Shot, and an Infographic on Urinary Tract Infections. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about How the T. Rex got its Roar, Math, and the Namaqua Rain Frog.

News of the week was about a recent paper in Nature concerning endomitrial cancer and solving the problem of women in science.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/selling-the-flu-shot/

http://www.doublexscience.org/infographic-urinary-tract-infection/

http://www.doublexscience.org/about-that-1-in-50-autism-number/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-animals-hiding-in-t-rexs-roar.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/math-week-one.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/namaqua-rain-frog.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://www.awis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=712 

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7447/full/nature12113.html

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Welcome to Double X Science for April 27, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including a two-part series on vaccination decisions, the cinnamon challenge, the DSM-V and autism, murder mysteries and chemistry, and seeking counseling as a part of our I Am Mental Illness series. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis and some scientists.

News of the week was about the President Obama's pledge of $3 billion for STEM education and Mathy Ladies on Twitter.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/vaccination-attitudes-are-contagious/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-fear-factor-in-vaccination-decisions/

http://www.doublexscience.org/dont-take-the-cinnamon-challenge/

http://www.doublexscience.org/autism-and-the-dsm-5/

http://www.doublexscience.org/of-walnuts-and-world-book-night/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-things-we-never-leave-behind/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/eurazhdarcho-langendorfensis.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-favourite-scientists.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://ivn.us/2013/04/22/obama-administration-commits-3-1-billion-to-stem-education/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/04/24/mathy-ladieson-twitter/

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Title: Science & Art in Microscopy, More Penises, and Coelacanths

Welcome to Double X Science for April 19, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeffrey Perkel, tech editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including Parent HPV vaccine concerns persist and Opinion: Balancing work and home life. Our featured discussion covered La vie est belle, n’est-ce pas? and Circumcision shuffles the penis ecosystem. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about a wrap-up of #ScioTeen and the #Scistuchat on cloning.

News of the week was about the Coelacanth genome and women facing hurdles for start-ups.

You can find this week's posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/la-vie-est-belle-nest-ce-pas/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-penis-microbiome-a-little-junk-in-your-junk/

http://www.doublexscience.org/parent-hpv-vaccine-concerns-persist/

http://www.doublexscience.org/implementing-change-so-we-can-have-it-all/

Our news stories can be found at:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/coelacanth-genome/

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i15/StartHurdles.html

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Welcome to Double X Science for April 12, 2013. This week's host is Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor. We have a double length podcast for you this week.

Instead of 2 co-hosts, we have a single host, but discussions with three of the editors at Double X Science about their posts of the week. Our topics cover posts of the week, including McConnell and mental illness and our regular I Am Mental Illness series. Our featured discussion covered Does Penis Size Matter?, Yvonne Brill: she made the satellite revolution possible, The Seven Women in 'Modern Men of Science,' and Stereotype Threat for Girls and STEM. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about procrastination (a cool info graphic) and the Lazarus Sign.

Due to the length of the podcast, we did not cover news this week.

You can find the posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/does-penis-size-matter/

http://www.doublexscience.org/yvonne-brill-the-rocket-engineer-who-made-the-satellite-revolution-possible/

http://www.doublexscience.org/stereotype-threat/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-seven-women-in-modern-men-of-science/

http://www.doublexscience.org/mcconnell-and-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/

http://www.doublexscience.org/knowing-when-you-need-a-therapist/

Thank you for listening.

Welcome to Double X Science for April5, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor.

We have a double length podcast for you this week. We began our podcast with an in-depth discussion of what drew Jeanne and Adrienne to science and what helped keep our interest there.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including An obituary fail of the Finkbeiner test, The average human vagina, What is a beating embryonic heart?, A robotic hysterectomy is more expensive, but is it better?, and Plan B now available to younger teens. Our featured discussion covered the post Evidence Based Parenting Carnival. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about mistakes leading to cool science, technology, and inventions that we use every day and the advertisements Science World.

Our news this week focused on recent news on science publishing by the Nature publishing group and honeybees and pollination.

You can find the posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/an-obituary-fail-of-the-finkbeiner-test/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-average-human-vagina/

http://www.doublexscience.org/evidence-based-parenting-carnival/

http://www.doublexscience.org/what-is-a-beating-heart-in-an-embryo/

http://www.doublexscience.org/a-robotic-hysterectomy-is-more-expensive-but-is-it-better/

http://www.doublexscience.org/plan-b-now-available-to-younger-teens/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/oops-that-was-totally-intentional.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/science-world-ads.html

You can find more information on our news topic at:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1100424922/neurodome-a-dome-format-film-that-explores-the-bra

Google: unhealthy eating worsens mood

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Welcome to Double X Science for March 29, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, education editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including Women Know Something You Don't, After Newtown Missteps Journalists Get Guidelines, SCOTUS justices can't find science on same-sex marriages, and I Am Mental Illness: Avoidant personality disorder. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about warmer mountaintops and dolphins.

Our news this week focused on recent news on science publishing by the Nature publishing group and honeybees and pollination.

You can find the posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/women-know-something-you-dont/

http://www.doublexscience.org/in-wake-of-newtown-missteps-journalists-get-some-guidelines/

http://www.doublexscience.org/scotus-justices-cant-find-science-on-same-sex-marriage/

http://www.doublexscience.org/avoidant-personality-disorder/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/03/warmer-mountaintops.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/03/dolphins-sentinels-of-sea.html

You can find more information on our news topic at:

http://www.nature.com/news/specials/scipublishing/index.html

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1611

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Welcome to Double X Science for March 22, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeffrey Perkel, tech editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including Autism is not to blame, Farting while Flying, and our I Am Mental Illness series post. Special emphasis was given to Our oral ecosystem. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about posture and vaccines.

Our news this week focused on a new type of microscopy.

You can find the posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/a-history-lesson-written-in-dental-plaque/

http://www.doublexscience.org/autism-is-not-the-monster/

http://www.doublexscience.org/farting-while-flying-let-her-rip/

http://www.doublexscience.org/im-suicidal-not-just-at-the-moment-mind-you/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-might-want-to-reconsider-my-posture.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/03/vaccines.html

You can find more information on our news topic at:

http://www.embl.de/digitalembryo/fly.html

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