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  1. Computing

    Social Networking for Zebras

    Scientists are developing a new branch of network theory to understand zebra communities.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  2. Humans

    Letters from the December 1, 2007, issue of Science News

    Bed nets and insecticides Kenyan researchers report that insecticide-treated bed nets can reduce malaria-related deaths in children (“Keep Out: Treated mosquito nets limit child deaths,” SN: 9/29/07, p. 195). While these nets appear to provide preventive measures against malaria, my only concern is the toxicity of the insecticides. The World Health Organization lists two of […]

    By Science News
  3. Humans

    From the November 20, 1937, issue

    An American Nobel laureate in physics, the need for research in the chemistry of petroleum, and a new way to send photographs by telegraph.