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PhysicsCassini confirms Einstein’s theory
En route to a 2004 rendezvous with Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft has verified a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity to an accuracy 50 times better than that of previous measurements.
By Ron Cowen -
Health & MedicineWas President Taft cognitively impaired?
President William Howard Taft apparently had sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that could explain his propensity to nod off.
By Nathan Seppa -
Faint smells of schizophrenia
A loss of the ability to tell different odors apart may represent an early sign of schizophrenia.
By Bruce Bower -
EarthWeekend weather really is different
Analyses of more than 40 years of weather data from around the world reveal that in some regions the difference between daily high and low temperatures on weekend days varies significantly from that measured on weekdays.