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Letters from the March 22, 2008, issue of Science News
The price of water In reference to the article “Going Down: Climate change, water use threaten Lake Mead” (SN: 2/23/08, p. 115), scarcity requires society to allocate. Usually markets do a better job than law at allocating efficiently and fairly. Lake Mead could remain full to the brim regardless of pending climate change. The quoted […]
- Math
Spoil-Proofing Elections
The only way to ensure that the person the voters prefer walks away the winner, mathematicians say, is to fundamentally change voting procedures.
- Humans
From the March 12, 1938, issue
An extinct cinder cone captured from above, a mystery gland's connection to male virility, and growing fodder indoors for winter feeding.
