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- Chemistry
Tiny molecules walk the track
Researchers design synthetic “walking” molecules that may one day haul cargo in artificial micromachines.
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Weed Killer in the Crosshairs
Concerns prompt reexamination of atrazine’s safety.
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Of Swine and Men
Scientists study H1N1’s past to predict what the virus has in store.
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Quantum on Quantum
Entangled photons validate Feynman’s vision for simulating nature.
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Assessing the state of U.S. science and engineering
Every two years, the National Science Board reports to the president and Congress about the state of the science landscape. This year’s Science and Engineering Indicators report was presented to the White House on January 15. The chairman of the board’s Science and Engineering Indicators committee, physicist Louis Lanzerotti of the New Jersey Institute of […]
- Paleontology
Sail-backed dinos had semiaquatic lifestyle
Isotopic analyses of fossils suggest the carnivores had crocodile-like habits.
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Science Future for February 27, 2010
March 16 After a week of interviews, the winner of Intel Science Talent Search 2010 is announced at a gala in Washington, D.C. See www.societyforscience.org March 16–19 Researchers from various disciplines meet in Miami to discuss the state of the Arctic environment. See soa.arcus.org March 21–25 The American Chemical Society hosts its spring meeting in […]
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Science Past from the issue of February 27, 1960
HUMAN SPIES FOR RUSSIA CHEAPER THAN SATELLITES — It would be cheaper for Russia to spy on the U.S. through normal channels than by putting a reconnaissance satellite into orbit…. Russian agents in the U.S. can glean vast amounts of solid information merely by reading several major metropolitan daily newspapers…. The Department of Defense thus […]
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Book Review: The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam
Review by Erika Engelhaupt.
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Book Review: Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth by Randi Hutter Epstein
Review by Kristina Bartlett Brody.
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Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method by Niccolò Guicciardini
A science historian analyzes Newton’s philosophy of mathematics. MIT Press, 2009, 422 p., $55. ISAAC NEWTON ON MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY AND METHOD BY NICCOLò GUICCIARDINI
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A Bird-Finding Guide to Costa Rica by Barrett Lawson
The country with the highest percentage of preserved land in the world has many birding opportunities, described here by location. Cornell University Press, 2009, 365 p., $29.95. A BIRD-FINDING GUIDE TO COSTA RICA BY BARRETT LAWSON
