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  1. Humans

    Letters from the August 28, 2004, issue of Science News

    In spite of them? Evidently, death waits for no one, except in Belgium (“Death Waits for No One: Deferred demises take a couple of hits,” SN: 6/5/04, p. 356: Death Waits for No One: Deferred demises take a couple of hits). Around 40 years ago, Belgian doctors went on strike for 3 months. If I […]

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  2. Math

    Floating Bodies

    An extension of work by Archimedes on the stability of floating bodies leads to some insights into the behavior of icebergs and other structures.

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  3. Humans

    From the August 18, 1934, issue

    The Great Dust Storm of 1934, preferred sleep position and handedness, and tensor theory applied to electrical machinery.