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- Plants
Losing life’s variety
2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity, but little has been accomplished.
- Health & Medicine
Carotid procedures test about equally
Study finds similar stroke risks after surgery or stents.
- Health & Medicine
U.S. women still have higher stroke incidence than men
Research suggests possible link to abdominal fat.
- Health & Medicine
Compound might facilitate stroke recovery
Animal study finds regrowth of brain cells with natural protein fragment.
- Health & Medicine
Coffee associated with lower stroke risk
Study finds java drinkers 71 percent as likely to have had stroke as nondrinkers.
- Physics
Hogan’s noise
A cosmologist suggests a novel way to uncover the nature of spacetime on the smallest scales.
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Science Past for March 12, 1960
New weight for silver will not affect dimes — An atom of silver weighs less than previously thought, but this new finding of the National Bureau of Standards will not affect the silver dimes in your pockets. A dime will still be worth ten cents. The new atomic weight of silver was set at 107.873 […]
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New NOAA climate office would meet growing needs
As the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s 2009 report indicates, climate-related impacts are already evident and expected to increase. Signs of change abound. Sea level rise. Longer growing seasons. Increases in heavy downpours. Droughts. Extended ice-free seasons and more. JANE LUBCHENCO “NOAA will be better prepared to continue its internationally recognized role in the development […]
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Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports by John Eric Goff
How athletes, Olympian and otherwise, perform some of their most amazing physical feats. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 214 p., $25. GOLD MEDAL PHYSICS: THE SCIENCE OF SPORTS BY JOHN ERIC GOFF
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Being with Animals: Why We Are Obsessed with the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World by Barbara J. King
A fascination with animals is an intrinsic part of human nature, an anthropologist argues. BEING WITH ANIMALS: WHY WE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE FURRY, SCALY, FEATHERED CREATURES WHO POPULATE OUR WORLD BY BARBARA J. KING Doubleday, 2010, 258 p., $24.99.
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Science Future for March 13, 2010
March 19 Hubble 3D, an IMAX film about the telescope’s history and highlights, premiers nationwide. See www.imax.com/hubble March 21–25 The American Chemical Society holds its spring meeting in San Francisco. See www.acs.org April 18–20 Influenza experts meet in Atlanta to discuss the latest findings on the H1N1 virus and their implications. See web.mac.com/tcassin/iWeb/IPIRC
