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  1. Masters of Disaster: Survey taps resilience of post-9/11 New York

    Telephone interviews with more than 2,700 people living in and around New York City yielded evidence of widespread psychological resilience during the 6 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

    By Bruce Bower

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    I experienced something very interesting after Sept. 11, 2001. Rather than post-traumatic stress disorder, there seemed to be a togetherness exhibited. I found people to be more courteous, thoughtful, compassionate, and polite in general. I’m sure that people can say they experienced this same type of oneness in past experiences. J. DawsonFolsom, Calif.

    By Science News
  3. Earth

    Greenhouse Plants? Vegetation may produce methane

    Lab tests suggest that a wide variety of plants may routinely do something that scientists previously thought impossible; produce methane in significant quantities in an oxygenated environment.