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  1. Humans

    Letters from the July 17, 2004, issue of Science News

    Readers on reading Other librarians and I regularly discuss illiterate, functional, aliterate, and avid readers. I am pleased that research has begun into what happens in readers’ brains (“Words in the Brain: Reading program spurs neural rewrite in kids,” SN: 5/8/04, p. 291: Words in the Brain: Reading program spurs neural rewrite in kids). The […]

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  2. Female brains know how to fold ’em

    Women compensate for the smaller overall volume of their brains by squeezing more folds into some of the space than men do.

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  3. 19443

    Not to detract from this project’s accomplishments or its potential, but does space really need tourists? It’s not a sideshow.