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  1. Earth

    Dead Heat

    New studies suggest that adverse health effects related to global warming aren't just a theoretical concern for the distant future.

    By Sid Perkins

  2. 19434

    I was surprised to find no mention of Linus Pauling’s theory of anesthesia in this article. In 1961, Pauling provided detailed arguments that interactions between anesthetic agents and water, rather than lipids, form hydrate microcrystals in the brain that entrap side chains of proteins and interfere with electrical oscillations. Stephen Lawson Linus Pauling Institute Corvallis, […]

    By Science News

  3. Comfortably Numb

    Scientists are finding the molecular targets of anesthetics.

    By John Travis
  4. Math

    Dogs Catching Frisbees

    When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.