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Botox injections put a crease in emotional evaluations
By immobilizing a muscle needed for frowning, Botox injections may interfere with a person’s ability to assess others’ emotions.
- Life
Saber-toothed cats strong-armed prey
Smilodon fatalis used strong forelimbs to pin victims, an analysis of fossils shows.
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Safety in Numbers
Mathematics offers innovative weapons for fighting terrorism.
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Enzymes Exposed
Clearer views of the cell’s movers and shakers threaten a century-old mainstay of biology.
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All Patterns Great and Small
Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.
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Science Future for July 17, 2010
July 25 – 29 An international group of animal behavior specialists meets in Williamsburg, Va. See animalbehaviorsociety.org/absmeetings August 22 – 26 The fall meeting of the American Chemical Society is held in Boston. See www.acs.org September 1 Deadline to submit videos for Science’s “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest. See submission guidelines at gonzolabs.org/dance
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Science Past from the issue of July 16, 1960
From the issue of July 16, 1960 One-eyed robot hunts objects lost in the sea — A one-eyed, swimming robot with powerful claw-like pincers is being developed for hunting and retrieving objects lost in the ocean at depths up to 2,000 feet. Solaris, as the robot is called, has propellers for motion. When its TV […]
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Book Review: Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization by Spencer Wells
Review by Nathan Seppa.
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Book Review: Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness by Kees van Deemter
Review by Sid Perkins.
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Exploring the Solar System with Binoculars by Stephen James O’Meara
Backyard observers can make the most of basic tools. EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH BINOCULARS BY STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, 156 p., $29.99.
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Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering by Mark Denny
Structures stand, soar and collapse based on fundamental physics principles. SUPER STRUCTURES: THE SCIENCE OF BRIDGES, BUILDINGS, DAMS, AND OTHER FEATS OF ENGINEERING BY MARK DENNY Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 266 p., $30.
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Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change by Melanie Lenart
A scientist explains how the planet adjusts to warming. LIFE IN THE HOTHOUSE: HOW A LIVING PLANET SURVIVES CLIMATE CHANGE BY MELANIE LENART Univ. of Arizona Press, 2010, 236 p., $22.95.
