All Stories by Science News
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The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
How human culture has shaped the environment, and how the environment has, in turn, shaped evolution. The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich Island Press, 2008, 428 p., $35
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Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice
Artwork and photographs from the collection of the Natural History Museum in London document three centuries of exploration. Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice Firefly Books, 2008, 335 p., $39.95
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Letters
Reader letters : February 14, 2009.
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Science Future for February 14, 2009
February 23 “When Plasmons Interact, Worlds Collide: The Emerging Field of Nanophotonics” at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. Visit www.nsf.gov March 1 Deadline for submissions to the Chlorofilms plant biology video YouTube competition. Visit www.chlorofilms.org March 6 The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center opens in Concord, N.H. Visit Starhop .
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Science Past for February 14, 1959
POLAR ICE CORES REVEAL TRAPPED “ANCIENT AIR” — Bubbles of “ancient air” trapped in polar ice may reveal whether the modern industrial world is polluting the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. The air bubbles were found in cores drilled at depths down to 1,345 feet in the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps. The ice originated as snows […]
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SN Special : Darwin turns 200
This special Web edition of Science News includes expanded versions of articles from the magazine’s print edition plus two additional features, all commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.
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Book Review: Charles Darwin: The ‘Beagle’ Letters by Frederick Burkhardt (Editor)
Review by Tom Siegfried.
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Book Review: Freaks of Nature – What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution by Mark S. Blumberg
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
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Science Past for January 31, 1959
SEA VOICE MAY WARN REDS OF COMING STORMS — By listening to the sea’s voice, Russian scientists say they may be able to detect approaching storms. A Scientific Information Report circulated by the Central Intelligence Agency carries an abstract from an “unevaluated” paper prepared by Ya. Petrov, a Russian scientist. [He] says … V. V. […]
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Letters
Right-left preference In the article “Body in mind” (SN: 10/25/08, p. 24), Dr. Casasanto speaks of results with people who are left-handed or right-handed. But no mention is made of people who are innately ambidextrous, as in my family. Has he worked with any of these people? What about people who are almost ambidextrous but […]
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Book Review: Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat by Richard W. Hartel and AnnaKate Hartel
Review by Dina Fine Maron.
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