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  1. Humans

    Letters from the December 2, 2006, issue of Science News

    Concerns vented “Venting Concerns: Exploring and protecting deep-sea communities” (SN: 10/7/06, p. 232) barely scratches the surface of the problem. What is stopping someone from gene splicing the disease of choice onto heat-loving bacterium? Something that can live near the 600°F of melting lead will certainly survive the standard hospital-sterilization process. D.J. KavaBeaumont, Texas The […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    From the November 21, 1936, issue

    Wild turkeys, a life-extending diet, and seeing through fog.

    By Science News
  3. Physics

    Snow Crystals

    This Web site, created by Caltech physicist Kenneth G. Libbrecht, is all about snow crystals and snowflakes.