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Ultramassive: as big as it gets: A black hole can consume anything in its path. These monsters can become huge — but perhaps only so huge.
Body In Mind: Long thought the province of the abstract, cognition may actually evolve as physical experiences and actions ignite mental life
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Science & the Public: Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine

Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.
Found in: Biomedicine, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Moms: One Solution to Tainted Milk

Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Food Science and Science & Society
Let’s Get Vertical

City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out
Found in: Agriculture, Environment and Food Science
FOR KIDS: Yummy bugs

On the Menu: Mini Livestock. Eating insects is a common practice in most places, at least outside of the United States and Europe.
Found in: Food Science
Science & the Public: This trans fat is vindicated

Featured blog: FDA accords some trans fats a "generally regarded as safe" designation.
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Food Science, Nutrition and Science & Society
Science & the Public: One Downside to Sushi

Uncooked fish can host detectable concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals — pollutants that cooking can make disappear,
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Wash Your Veggies!

The lesson in all of these food-poisoning outbreaks is that we must not expect a risk-free food-supply chain.
Found in: Agriculture, Ecology, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Audubon’s insect cafeteria

Sidebar: Insects
Found in: Environment, Food Science, Humans, Life and Nutrition
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Blogs:

Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 15th 2008

Columns:

Comment By Guest Columnists Oct 10th 2008

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
Review by Tom Siegfried
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula by Jules G. Evens
Univ. of California, 2008, 366 p., $24.95
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