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In your article “Do meat and dairy harm aging bones?” (SN: 1/13/01, p. 20), there was no mention of controls for vitamin D absorption. Differential exposure to sunlight or to dietary sources of vitamin D within the study populations could account for some of the differences in rate of bone loss. Brenda Gray County Dublin, […]
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Rediscovering the Maya
For an entertaining excursion into the language, calendar, architecture, and culture of ancient Maya society, try the “Rabbit in the Moon” Web site. You’ll also learn about the Maya myth that inspired the site’s name. Go to: http://www.halfmoon.org.
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From the January 3, 1931, issue
STRANGE SEA FLOWERS BLOSSOM ON REEF Long ago some observant writer remarked that in the sea, many of the plants look like animals and many of the animals, like plants. Support for this view can easily be found in the strange sea urchin pictured on the cover of this issue of the SCIENCE NEWS LETTER. […]
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Migraine: What a Pain!
About one in 10 Americans, most of them women, suffer recurrent bouts of intense, often debilitating headaches–a syndrome known as migraine. The Journal of the American Medical Association has developed a Web site that serves as a repository of background information and news of use to migraine victims and their families. Keep up with the […]
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Apparently your left column has no idea what your right column is doing. At the top left of page 15 in the Jan. 6 issue (“Y2K: One of the hottest, wettest yet”) you say Y2K is one of the hottest and wettest years yet. The first article starting on the right (“Sediments show bipolar melting […]
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18915
Apparently your left column has no idea what your right column is doing. At the top left of page 15 in the Jan. 6 issue (“Y2K: One of the hottest, wettest yet”) you say Y2K is one of the hottest and wettest years yet. The first article starting on the right (“Sediments show bipolar melting […]
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So some neo-Darwinist DNA researchers found that a few genes link a shrew and an elephant (“Genes seem to link unlikely relatives,” SN: 1/6/01, p. 4). Indeed, they are certain that all our other senses (like perceived morphology and such) should be overruled and their new evolutionary story accepted over all other stories. Russell Husted […]
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Cell Atlas
Spectacularly colorful, detailed microscope images of subcellular structures and organelles, from the nucleus to the Golgi apparatus, enliven this fantastic voyage into a monkey’s kidney cell. Presented by the Imaging Technology Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this online atlas provides not only a variety of images but also information on how the […]
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Quantum Special Issue : PDF Download page
All files are saved as PDFs. Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Clash of the quantum tıtans (Tom Siegfried)/Zombie cat (Alexandra Witze) (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdnessPDF 888KB Everyday entanglement (Laura Sanders)/A spooky link/75 years of entanglement (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdness in actionPDF 1.18MB
- Health & Medicine
Lupus in Depth
The Lupus Foundation of America provides a comprehensive Web site about this autoimmune disease, which affects up to 1.5 million people in the United States. The site offers information on the kinds of lupus, causes, symptoms, testing, and treatment. Students and researchers may also find it useful to check detailed accounts of ongoing studies. Go […]
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Special cosmic edition: PDF download page
All files are saved as PDFs. Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Cosmic questions, answers pending: Complete packagePDF 2.61MB Mission: reveal the secrets of the universePDF 555KB Pre-Bang branes and bubbles | By Ron Cowen PDF 546KB In the dark | By Alexandra Witze PDF 328KB Strung together | By Matt Crenson […]
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