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Science News of the Year 2005

A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2005.

Humans

Letters from the December 24 & 31, 2005, issue of Science News

Bends, the truth I very much enjoyed “Cool Birds” (SN: 10/22/05, p. 266). What struck me, however, was a passage that mentioned the “bird’s resistance to the bends” and the researchers’ alleged inability to explain that. As a scuba diver, I know that the bends, or decompression sickness, is caused by breathing compressed air underwater. […]

Earth

Satellite makes finest map yet of Antarctica

Using data gathered by a satellite launched almost 3 years ago, scientists have assembled the most comprehensive high-resolution map of Antarctica that's ever been made.