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  1. Astronomy

    Black hole silhouettes

    Scientists attempt to image a shadow and its tumultuous ring.

    By Charles Petit

  2. Unnatural selection

    Chemists build proteins with parts not in the typical toolkit.

    By Laura Beil

  3. Science Future for October 9, 2010

    October 10 – 24 First USA Science & Engineering Festival, held in D.C. Go to www.usasciencefestival.org October 15 – 22 Third annual Imagine Science Film Festival celebrated in New York City theaters. See http://imaginesciencefilms.com October 16 New Smithsonian exhibit opens featuring a coral reef made of yarn crocheted into geometric patterns. Go to www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/hreef

    By Science News

  4. Science Past from October 8, 1960 issue

    DO SEA SERPENTS EXIST? — The flurry of interest in sea monsters gained new impetus in September 1959, when Dr.