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                    [Title] => Debates as the litmus test
                    [Summary] => 

The pre-election fever is going high pitch.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1498527 [Title] => Americans don't flunk, but don't ace survey's science quiz [Summary] =>

When put to the test, Americans rate a solid if unspectacular C in science, a survey shows.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-10 13:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1743093 [AuthorName] => Seth Borenstein [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150911/Calling-Cellphone-Talking.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1423292 [Title] => Study: World dumps 8.8 million tons of plastics into oceans [Summary] =>

Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new study that tracked marine debris from its source.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-13 08:00:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1743093 [AuthorName] => Seth Borenstein [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150213/Sea-trash-plastic-Jenna-Jambeck.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1399742 [Title] => No strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach [Summary] =>

Following a two-decade battle Ribeiro helped spearhead as the head of a local nudist association, Rio de Janeiro has its first beach for nudists, which may surprise some given the city's renown for its hedonistic Carnival celebrations and anything-goes attitude.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-06 10:42:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378868 [AuthorName] => Jenny Barchfield [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/20141205/nudist-beach.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1399730 [Title] => No strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach [Summary] =>

Pedro Ribeiro lives just one block away from Copacabana beach, one of the world's most celebrated stretches of golden sand. But almost every weekend he drives nearly three hours to soak up the sun on his own terms — in the buff.

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The recent survey done by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has alarmed educators in America.

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You cannot get more scientific than the journal entitled “Science,” the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 927990 [Title] => Personalized vaccine shows promise for ovarian cancer in US [Summary] =>

US scientists have developed an experimental vaccine against advanced ovarian cancer that triggers anti-tumor immune responses using cells made from patients' own tumor.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-07 12:00:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909165 [Title] => Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction [Summary] =>

What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a Swedish study found.

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What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies.

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