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  1. Health & Medicine

    Anatomia

    These Web pages feature more than 4,500 historic illustrations of human anatomy, taken from 95 rare books, ranging in date from 1522 to 1867. The books come from the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. See, for example, a drawing of the human heart and lungs, taken from René Descartes’ book De homine, […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    A New Publisher

    This week, we are pleased to welcome Elizabeth Marincola as the new president of Science Service and publisher of Science News. She succeeds Donald R. Harless, who retired after 34 years at Science Service, including 7 years as president and publisher of Science News. Elizabeth Marincola Marincola comes to us from the American Society for […]

    By Julie Ann Miller
  3. Earth

    Growth Slumps: Melting permafrost shapes Alaskan lakes

    A new model suggests that some fast-growing, egg-shaped lakes in Alaska expand when their permafrost banks melt and slump in tiny landslides.