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  1. Math

    Changes of Mathematical State

    Untangling a web of conflicting demands can be tough on computers.

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Humans

    From the May 3, 1930, issue

    MOON’S SHADOW AT ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHED Clouds over the sun broke away at Camptonville, Yuba County, California, two minutes before the total phase of the solar eclipse of the sun. Only the lightest haze remained, and the observations planned by the various expeditions located there were carried through successfully. The Lick Observatory-Crocker expedition under the direction […]

    By Science News
  3. Astronomy

    A Hubble Decade

    To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s 10th anniversary, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., has created a new Web site devoted to the Earth-orbiting telescope and its spectacular images.