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· May, 2009
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Stories about Science from May, 2009

27 May 2009

USA: The battle over medical marijuana

Written by Hoa Quach ·

In the United States, 13 states currently allow citizens to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but even these limited rights are under threat. In response, many Americans have created blogs...

15 May 2009

Aruba, U.S.A.: Hubble Engineer

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

6 May 2009

Russia: Valentina Tereshkova

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

4 May 2009

China: Pharmaceutical company PSA

Written by John Kennedy · ·

2 May 2009

Egypt: Combating H1N1 with pigs culling

Written by Eman AbdElRahman ·

While the world is busy trying to figure out a way for necessarily precautions to stop swine flu or H1N1 from spreading, the Egyptian government decided to take one more...

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