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- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Electrifying ink, superelastic alloys, knotty molecules and more in this week's news.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Airplanes knock rain from the sky, plus a quick-melting glacier and BPA's diabetes link in this week's news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
A sticky E. coli outbreak, clues to pancreatic cancer and a double whammy that leads to cancer in this week's news.
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- Health & Medicine
The Power of D
Sunshine vitamin’s potential health benefits stir up, split scientists.
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Book Review: A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
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Book Review: Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
Review by Laura Sanders.
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The Ragged Edge of the World by Eugene Linden
Buy this book A journalist follows cargo cults in New Guinea, Pygmies in Africa and other groups to trace industrialization’s effects. Viking, 2011, 256 p., $26.95
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Epigenetics by Richard C. Francis
Buy this book A rollicking narrative goes beyond the gene to show how external influences shape genetic legacy. W. W. Norton & Co., 2011, 224 p., $25.95
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Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter by Ellen Prager
Buy this book A tastefully scandalous tour of defensive secretions and extreme sexual flexibility backs up a plea for ocean conservation. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 200 p., $26
