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- Life
Robins reject red glowing grub
Parasitic worms induce a color change in their caterpillar victims that's literally repulsive to predators.
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Young’uns adrift on the sea
Scientists try to identify and track elusive larvae in a boundless ocean.
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Physicists join immune fight
Principles beyond biology may help explain how the body battles infection.
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Liquid Acquisition
Two new scenarios ramp up debate over how Earth got its water.
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Science Past from issue of January 14, 1961
MAN-MADE DIAMONDS ONE-CARAT SIZE PRODUCED — Large, man-made diamonds, more than a carat in size, have been produced for the first time. The diamonds are dark in color and cannot now be used for industrial purposes because of structural imperfections. They were made at the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, N. Y., where the first […]
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Science Future for January 15, 2011
January 22 Tweens work with engineers in Boise, Idaho, to design cities. See www.futurecityidaho.org January 26 Science historian Steven Shapin discusses ancient and modern concepts of food science, in New York City. Go to www.nyas.org January 26 Raise a glass to the science of cocktails at San Francisco’s Exploratorium fundraiser. Go to www.exploratorium.edu
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Book Review: Here is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics by Misha Angrist
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
- Health & Medicine
The Killer of Little Shepherds:
A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr.
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The Leafcutter Ants by Bert Hölldobler and E.O. Wilson
Two Pulitzer Prize–winning biologists team up to describe ants that farm their own food and form colonies that can be considered advanced civilizations. The Leafcutter Ants by Bert Hölldobler and E.O. Wilson W.W. Norton, 2010, 160 p., $19.95.
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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley
The story of the first woman to sail around the globe — as “Jean Baret”— details her unheralded accomplishments as a botanist and explorer. The Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley Crown, 2010, 288 p., $25.
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The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes by Christopher Wills
A globe-trotting biologist explores how evolution has shaped today’s world, from Indonesian corals to Mongolian wolves. Includes more than 100 original photos. The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes by Christopher Wills Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 345 p., $34.95.
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The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich by Sheila Faith Weiss
A historian offers a detailed account of genetics research and its ethical ramifications under the Third Reich. The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich by Sheila Faith Weiss Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010, 383 p., $45.
