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  1. Materials Science

    Better-Built Diamonds: Fast growth, purity may multiply uses

    A research group has fabricated the purest diamonds ever made or found, and another has devised a way to grow high-quality diamonds up to 100 times faster than typical growth rates.

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  2. Math

    Doing the Wave

    It was the first home game of the season for the University of Maryland football team. About 48,000 fans had crowded into Byrd Stadium to watch the Terrapins take on the University of Akron Zips. Inevitably, during a lull in what turned out to be a rather one-sided contest, the assembled spectators created their own […]

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  3. Humans

    From the March 8, 1930, issue

    LEAVES OLDER THAN GRAND CANYON FOUND Fossil remains of plants found in the walls of the Grand Canyon show that many millions of years ago stunted vegetation of very singular aspect grew in a great, red, sandy floodplain under a semi-arid climate in northern Arizona. This great red land has been found by Dr. David […]

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  4. Making Waves

    Dive into ocean waves, tides, currents, and much more at the Office of Naval Researchs oceanography Web site. This educational resource for students and teachers provides information on topics such as the creatures inhabiting hydrothermal vents, suggests simple experiments focusing on the forces that keep ships afloat and allow submarines to sink, and offers quick […]

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  5. Humans

    Small Steps: World Summit delegates wrangle over eco-friendly future

    Twenty thousand delegates from around the world met in Johannesburg last week for a contentious World Summit on Sustainable Development.

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  6. Astronomy

    Birth of a Tiny Galaxy: In the universe, dwarfs may pop up last

    Using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe a tiny galaxy still in the process of being born, astronomers are getting a rare glimpse of how larger galaxies formed early in the history of the universe.

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  7. Distressing Dispatches: Some journalists feel stress wounds of war

    A substantial and largely unnoticed minority of war reporters and photographers develops symptoms of a severe stress reaction as a result of the job.

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  8. Chemistry

    Money Allergies: Two-toned euro coins shed metallic allergen

    The two-alloy composition of some euro coins makes them release large amounts of nickel, a common skin allergen.

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  9. Humans

    From the September 10, 1932, issue

    COVER PICTURE PURSUED OVER NEW ENGLAND HILLS By chasing a blue hole in the screen of cloud that covered part of New England, a party of eclipse observers that included Prof. John Q. Stewart, Princeton astronomer, successfully saw the corona in clear sky and obtained the News Letter‘s cover picture. Originally they planned to view […]

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  10. Tech

    Future Tech

    Science fiction and fact seem to mingle at this Web site, which provides entertaining glimpses of a variety of futuristic technologies, from wearable computers to electronic healing. Links lead to other Web sites that offer additional information. Go to: http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/technology/index.asp

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  11. 19027

    Around the early 1950s, during the intermissions of the Sunday radio broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the announcer introduced recordings of extremely complicated birdcalls. The sounds were obviously somewhat comparable to various musical instruments and marvelously complex. Perhaps one of your bird librarians might be interested in finding the source of the early […]

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  12. Save Our Sounds

    Some 14 libraries around the world have built up substantial collections of natural sounds, from bird songs to fish hums.

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