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  1. Science Past from the issue of June 4, 1960

    SOLVING OF SUN’S RIDDLES — Future space probes may skim as “close” as two million miles from the sun’s visible surface, a report to the National Academy of Sciences suggests. Before this can be done, however, greatly improved materials must be developed since temperatures at that distance would be about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, roughly the […]

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  2. Math

    ‘Discounting’ the future cost of climate change

    Economists develop new methods to quantify the trade-off between spending now and spending later.

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  3. Book Reviews: Geoengineering

    Reviews by Alexandra Witze.

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  4. Book Review: The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons

    Review by Erika Engelhaupt.