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It’s written all over your face: To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think
Team spirit: Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.
For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few…Geoneutrinos
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Book Review: Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat by Richard W. Hartel and AnnaKate Hartel

Review by Dina Fine Maron
Book Review: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

Review by Bruce Bower
Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

A photographic tribute to the glories of nature, including picturesque landscapes, stunning aerials and diverse life forms.Time, 2008, 250 p., $29.95
Genomes and What to Make of Them by Barry Barnes and John Dupré

A history of genomics and a primer on what to expect in the future. Univ. of Chicago, 2008, 273 p., $25
Hanging with Bats: Ecobats, Vampires, and Movie Stars by Karen Taschek

A children’s writer explores the facts and fictions behind these nighttime fliers. Univ. of New Mexico, 2008, 94 p., $16.95
Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science by Robert L. Park

Why people hold on to certain beliefs, even when science proves them wrong. Princeton Univ., 2008, 230 p., $24.95
The Jinn from Hyperspace and Other Scriblings — Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner

A collection of musings on curiosities in math and physics, along with writings on homeopathy, false memory and Lewis Carroll.Prometheus Books, 2008, 307 p., $25.95
Book Review: The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces by Frank Wilczek

Book Review: The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces by Frank Wilczek
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Sights and Sounds

Photography

Atom Flipping
New equations for better MRI

Blogs:

Science & the Public Big Increase Coming for NIH — Maybe
By Janet Raloff Dec 19th 2008

Columns:

Comment SESAME opens doors to international collaboration
By Herman Winick Jan 2nd 2009

Math Trek The Sudoku solution
By Julie Rehmeyer Dec 23rd 2008

Not to Miss:

2008: Science News of the Year

Thwarting tree poachers

Pulsars in a new light

Guest column from Steven Chu

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat by Richard W. Hartel and AnnaKate Hartel
Review by Dina Fine Maron
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Book Review: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett
Review by Bruce Bower
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Planet Earth: An Illustrated History
A photographic tribute to the glories of nature, including picturesque landscapes, stunning aer...
Buy now | More Books