All Stories by Science News
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The Rising Sea by Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
Coastal scientists describe the threat that higher sea levels pose to people around the world and what can be done. THE RISING SEA BY ORRIN H. PILKEY AND ROB YOUNG Island Press, 2009, 203 p., $25.95.
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3-D Explorer Oceans: A Journey from the Surface to the Seafloor by Jen Green
3-D Explorer Oceans: A Journey from the Surface to the Seafloor by Jen Green Pop-up scenes, photos and illustrations portray colorful life in the sea’s depths. Silver Dolphin Books, 2009, 32 p., $17.95. 3-D EXPLORER OCEANS: A JOURNEY FROM THE SURFACE TO THE SEAFLOOR BY JEN GREEN
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Ornamental Origami: Exploring 3D Geometric Designs by Meenakshi Mukerji
Ornamental Origami: Exploring 3D Geometric Designs by Meenakshi Mukerji Older children can learn origami techniques to create beautiful and varied geometric shapes. AK Peters, 2009, 145 p., $24.95. ORNAMENTAL ORIGAMI: EXPLORING 3D GEOMETRIC DESIGNS BY MEENAKSHI MUKERJI
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V is for Venus Flytrap: A Plant Alphabet by Eugene Gagliano
V is for Venus Flytrap: A Plant Alphabet by Eugene Gagliano Young readers can explore the botanical world by browsing a plant type, feature or characteristic for each letter of the alphabet. Sleeping Bear Press, 2009, 40 p., $17.95. V IS FOR VENUS FLYTRAP: A PLANT ALPHABET BY EUGENE GAGLIANO
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The Lives of Stars by Ken Croswell
The Lives of Stars by Ken Croswell Brilliant images and comprehensive text present the basics of stellar astronomy in an engaging fashion.Boyds Mills Press, 2009, 72 p., $19.95. THE LIVES OF STARS BY KEN CROSWELL
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Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids by Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids by Kerrie Logan Hollihan A guide to demonstrations of basic physics accompanies this story of a great scientist and his famous discoveries.Chicago Review Press, 2009, 131 p., $16.95. ISAAC NEWTON AND PHYSICS FOR KIDS BY KERRIE LOGAN HOLLIHAN
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Book Review: Dinosaurs (book series) by Matteo Bacchin and Marco Signore
Review by Janet Raloff.
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Science Future for November 21, 2009
November 23–24Global health experts and researchers meet in Toronto to discuss swine flu. Visit new-fields.com/isfc_canada December 5–9The American Society for Cell Biology hosts its annual meeting in San Diego. See www.ascb.org/meetings December 7–18World leaders and U.N. representatives meet in Copenhagen to hash out a global climate agreement. Visit en.cop15.dk
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Science Past from the issue of November 21, 1959
More psychiatrists today but still only 1 to 16,400 — Although the total number of psychiatrists in the United States has increased 21% in the last three years, there are still very few in proportion to the population, especially in remote regions away from the big cities.… The U.S. now has on an average one […]
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Letters
Slumber science Your October 24 issue featuring sleep research was very interesting and helpful. However, it did not cover any research being done — there may be none — relating to the human brain and modern changes to the nighttime environment. For most of human history, not much activity could take place at night. The […]
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Horse genome added to growing list of barnyard genetics projects
Equines join cucumbers and pigs as the most recent additions to the roster of organisms to have their complete DNA code spelled out. The new work on horses also helps answer a key question about chromosome structures called centromeres.
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Science Future for November 7, 2009
November 18 Last day entries for the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search will be accepted. Download forms at www.societyforscience.org November 24 Biologist E.O. Wilson and others lecture at Harvard on the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species. Sign up for viewings at darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com November 30 Meeting for scientists and policy makers on Antarctic research […]
