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- Humans
From the July 12, 1930, issue
FISH’S-EYE VIEW A poet once wished for the gift to see ourselves as others see us. An artist has achieved it. Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson, of New York, has cultivated the ability to see things from the fish’s point of view, taking into account the squeezed perspective one gets through the little “window” in the water […]
- Planetary Science
Space Class
If you’re looking for classroom materials tied to recent NASA news reports, such as evidence suggesting the presence of water on Mars, this Web site pulls together a variety of articles, images, and Web links related to any given report. The archive includes topics such as solar storms, meteors, planetary alignments, eclipses, and many others. […]
- Math
Pinpointing Prey
Eight command neurons (black) represent the eight directions of the legs from which they receive input. Partner neurons (gray) send inhibitory signals. van Hemmen et al./Physical Review Letters Under cover of darkness, a burrowing cockroach skitters across the desert sand. Its rapidly moving legs excite tiny ripples that travel along the ground, tipping off a […]
- Health & Medicine
Being a dad comes naturally
Men whose wives are about to give birth show hormonal fluctuations that may predispose them to better parenting behavior.
- Health & Medicine
Heart risks linked to infertility syndrome
Women with polycystic ovaries—commonly linked to infertility—are more likely than women without the disease to show early signs of heart disease.
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The July 8 story about “trilobite farming” states that “these trilobites would be the earliest creatures known to have forged a partnership with another species.” What about the fact that eukaryotes formed a partnership with other single-celled creatures that became mitochondria or chloroplasts? Now, if you mean that this was the first extracellular partnership, then […]
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Trilobites might have invented farming
A close look at fossils raises the possibility that a type of trilobite farmed bacteria.
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Weevils pick on someone their own size
A horned weevil can't pick a real fight with a male too big for him because the bigger one can't get a good grip.
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Why is that wasp helping?
Researchers have found nests of a social insect with helpers that are neither close kin nor slaves.
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Energy-efficient brains
Successful problem solving depends on a brain that efficiently lessens its workload rather than laboring harder.
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Checking up on abuse memories
An unusual trove of evidence in a criminal case supports the accuracy of recall of childhood sexual abuse.
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19222
I offer no defense of the sex offenders described in your article. They merited punishment. However, the article emphasizes the reliability of the children’s statements. Did the questioners see the evidence prior to the questioning? Any surveyor of public opinion or interviewer knows that the answers given are greatly influenced by the timing of questions, […]
