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  1. Letters

    Reader letters from the Dec. 6 Science News.

  2. Science Past for December 6, 1958

    Find cell “power plants”—Fragments of mitochondria, microscopic “islands” in the cell protoplasm surrounding the nucleus, are helping scientists find out how a cell gets its energy to carry on vital life processes. All energy comes from combustion of foodstuffs, but exactly how the living cell does absorb, store and release energy is unknown. Now, Dr. […]

  3. Science Future for December 6, 2008

    January 3, 2009 The Year of Science kicks off with a launch event in Boston. Visit www.yearofscience2009.org January 28, 2009 The STFC holds a workshop in London on commercial applications of satellite data. Visit www.scitech.ac.uk/KE/Events/Wrks/SatData.aspx March 18, 2009 The National Science Education Leadership Forum will be held in New Orleans. Visit www.nsrconline.org

  4. Insatiable Curiosity: Innovation in a Fragile Future by Helga Nowotny

    Review by Elizabeth Quill.

  5. California’s Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions by Richard A. Minnich

    Review by Rachel Ehrenberg.

  6. Extreme Birds: The World’s Most Extraordinary and Bizarre Birds by Dominic Couzens

    Firefly, 2008, 287 p., $45.

  7. Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness after the Digital Explosion by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen and Harry Lewis

    Addison-Wesley, 2008, 366 p., $25.95.

  8. The Quantum Ten: A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition and Science by Sheilla Jones

    Oxford Univ., 2008, 323 p., $24.95.

  9. Prescriptions for the Mind: A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry by Joel Paris

    Oxford Univ., 2008, 247 p., $29.50.

  10. Coding and Redundancy: Man-Made and Animal-Evolved Signals by Jack P. Hailman

    Harvard Univ., 2008, 257 p., $39.95.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Minus one gene, male mouse is Mr. Mom

    The last day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offers new ideas on gender-based behavior, the genetics of creativity, the brain power of motherhood and the non-randomness of blinking.

  12. Health & Medicine

    This is the teenager’s brain on peer pressure

    Research shared during the fourth day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting remained diverse: What happens in the brain when teenagers feel peer pressure, a study in mice suggesting a new way to treat depression, the best way to relearn walking after a stroke, and the long lasting effects of disrupted sleep.