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- Particle Physics
Interview: Murray Gell-Mann
The scientist who developed quark theory turns 80 today. To mark the occasion, Science News presents an extended interview with the physicist.
- Ecosystems
As climate shifts, birds follow
Most of the birds in California’s Sierra Nevada range are on the move in response to recent climate changes.
- Space
Stellar panorama
A newly released portrait of the cosmos provides a 360-degree, human’s-eye view of the entire sky.
- Humans
Reviewers prefer positive findings
Biomedical research journals may be less likely to publish equivocal studies.
- Earth
A hurricane-spawned tornado boom
Cyclones striking the Gulf Coast in recent years have spawned more twisters that those that hit the region in the mid-20th century.
- Space
Defogging Titan’s methane mystery
Researchers have discovered fog just above Saturn’s moon Titan, indicating how methane cycles between the atmosphere and the surface of the moon.
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Science Future for September 26, 2009
October 5–7 Nobel Committee announces medicine, physics and chemistry awards. Visit nobelprize.org November 1 Petitions for a chemistry-themed postage stamp are due to the American Chemical Society. See cenblog.org/2009/07/07 November 1–3 “Darwin in the 21st Century: Nature, Humanity and God” at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Visit nd.edu/~reilly/darwinconference.html
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Desperately Seeking Moly
Unreliable supplies of feedstock for widely used medical imaging isotope prompt efforts to develop U.S. sources.
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Hunting Hidden Dimensions
Black holes, giant and tiny, may reveal new realms of space.
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Broken Symmetry
Scientists seek mechanisms explaining development of the body’s left-right pattern.
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Book Review: Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology by David B. Williams
Review by Sid Perkins.
