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Make an egg stand on end, suspend a Ping-Pong ball with a hair dryer and do other fun science demos at home. Skyhorse Publishing, 2008, 321 p., $19.95.Published: Thursday, June 5th, 2008Found in: Science News For Kids -
June 15 Baseball as America opens at the Boston Museum of Science. Visit www.mos.org/exhibits_shows. June 29–July 3 The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Visit www.nicop.org July 27/28 Southern δ-Aquariids meteor shower peak. Visit www.imo.net/calendar/2008Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2008
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Carbon dioxide changes undifferentiated cellsPublished: Saturday, May 24th, 2008Found in: Science & Society
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A little gravity “Britain’s biggest meteorite strike” (SN: 4/12/08, p. 238) states that “gravitational anomalies” make an offshore area a prime candidate as the possible impact site of a meteorite. Wouldn’t that be magnetic anomalies instead? If it is a gravitational anomaly, I would sure like an article on that alone! Thanks for the great magazine. PETER LINDSAY, SEATTLE, WASH. The craters from extraterrestrial impacts can create measurable gravitational as well as magnetic anomalies (SN: 6/15/02, p. 378), albeit exceedingly small ones. For the area off the Scottish coast, the...Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2008
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An opening image of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” will have you flipping quickly to “Turning Around by 2020.” Univ. of Chicago Press, 2008, 337 p., $22.50.Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2008 -
A guided tour of our pre-history and how we understand it. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2008, 216 p., $29.95.Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2008Found in: Humans -
The alien minds are of animals. The question: Can robots mimic them? Oxford Univ. Press, 2008, 252 p., $34.95.Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2008Found in: Body & Brain and Computers -
For young readers, the story of a koala who survived a brush fire. Charlesbridge, 2008, 16 p., $15.95.Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2008Found in: Life -
An argument that simple policies will not save complex forests. Rutgers Univ. Press, 2008, 280 p., $26.95 (paperback).Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2008Found in: Ecology and Life -
Through June 15 “Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure,” at the New York Botanical Garden. Visit the New York Botanical Garden online. September 27 Scheduled opening of Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Visit The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History online. 2009 International Year of Astronomy, a UNESCO and International Astronomical Union initiative. Visit International Year of Astronomy online.Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
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Ancient Skull Puzzles — The 45,000-year-old Neanderthal skull recently assembled from fragments found in Shanidar Cave in Iraq presents a real scientific puzzle to anthropologists because, although his face was very primitive, the back of his head was more like modern man. The description of Shanidar Man as a being who appeared to be a totally different creature depending on whether he was seen coming or going was presented to the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting in Cambridge, Mass., by Dr. T. Dale Stewart of the Smithsonian Institution.… Putting the tiny pieces tog...Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Found in: Science & Society
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Primatologists follow the social lives of these big-brained Costa Rican monkeys. Harvard Univ. Press, 2008 358 p. $45Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008Found in: Behavior and Life -
Home / SN Bookshelf / BOOK LIST | Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail NapkinLearn to use simple arithmetic to approximate anything. Princeton Univ. Press, 2008, 300 p. $19.95Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008Found in: Numbers and Science & Society -
The book promises a personal history of Isaac Newton. Ackroyd also wrote Shakespeare: The Biography and London: The Biography. Nan A. Talese, 2008 176 p. $21.95Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008Found in: Atom & Cosmos -
In this picture book, a child uses sight and touch to identify seven common trees, even after they've lost their leaves. Charlesbridge Publishing, 2008, 30 p. $15.95Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008Found in: Botany
