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- Earth
Pushing back an oxygen-rich atmosphere
Hematite crystals in Australian rocks hint that Earth’s atmosphere was oxygenated earlier than previously thought.
- Humans
Radio relief for Rwandans’ social conflicts
Rwandans who listened to a yearlong radio soap opera developed increased tolerance for dissent, a greater sense of cooperation and more acceptance of marriage across ethnic lines.
- Earth
Goo gives eels just the right buoyancy
Scientists survey the specific gravity of 25 marine critters.
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Letters
Impossible view In “Milky Way puts on weight” (SN: 1/31/09, p. 8), you claim to show an image of the Milky Way. This image cannot be real. Worse, it creates misconceptions: As a college educator, I find that most students actually believe NASA has launched probes outside of the Milky Way to take pictures of […]
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Science Past for March 28, 1959
[Patients] to run own wing in hospital — A new wing which is being added to an English mental hospital will be run entirely by the patients. Doctors and nurses will enter it only by invitation. Administration will be by a committee of patients, which will have a room for meetings…. Patients will themselves decide […]
- Health & Medicine
Scientists find a soup of suspects while probing milk’s link to cancer
Latest studies focus on estrogens, androgens and IGF-1.
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Haywired: Pointless (Yet Awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined by Mike Rigsby
Make a smiling picture frame, a talking alarm, a no-battery electric car and more with this how-to guide for hobbyists. Chicago Review, 2009, 187 p., $16.95 Haywired: Pointless (Yet Awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined by Mike Rigsby
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A Primer for Mathematics Competitions by Alexander Zawaira and Gavin Hitchcock
A guide to acquiring the mental equipment and problem-solving agility needed to become a successful mathlete. Oxford Univ., 2009, 344 p., $45. A Primer for Mathematics Competitions by Alexander Zawaira and Gavin Hitchcock
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The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider by Don Lincoln
A Fermilab scientist conveys the excitement surrounding the LHC. Johns Hopkins Univ., 2009, 172 p., $25 The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider by Don Lincoln
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The Age of Anxiety: A History of America’s Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers by Andrea Tone
The story of America’s shift to synthetic solutions for personal angst. Basic Books, 2009, 298 p., $26.95
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Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic by Frederick Grinnell
A scientist attempts to demystify the scientific method. Oxford Univ., 2009, 230 p., $27.95 Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic by Frederick Grinnell
