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- Space
Black hole jets in HD
Images of unprecedented resolution offer insight into how black holes swallow up matter.
- Tech
Information flow can reveal dirty deeds
An analysis of Enron e-mails reveals that corrupt networks have a distinctive shape.
- Health & Medicine
A year adds up to big changes in brain
Third grade brings big shifts in how kids use their heads to solve math problems.
- Physics
Light created from the void
An international team of physicists confirms a long-held theory about the quantum energy that fills empty space.
- Life
Genes & Cells
European scientists object to genetic testing, plus triggers for Alzheimer’s and asthma in this week’s news.
- Humans
Association for Psychological Science meeting
News includes likeable look-alikes, seeing clearer through meditation and bouncing back from bad events.
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Book Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson
Review by Sid Perkins.
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A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
The engaging essays in this slim volume are chock-full of information about viruses, from the common cold to smallpox. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 109 p., $20.
