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  1. Life

    Life

    Stressed-out bird moms, apes’ memories, stick-wielding parrots and more in this week’s news.

  2. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    NASA’s plans to sample an asteroid, good-bye to Spirit rover, Neptune’s spin and more in this week’s news.

  3. Humans

    Humans

    Lewis and Clark’s gale encounter, nixing college lectures, divorce’s toll on kids and more in this week’s news

  4. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Detecting gunshot residue, free-falling through sand and thinning blood magnetically in this week's news.

  5. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Flameproofing baby products, early tectonics, the future of tomatoes and more in this week's news.

  6. Life

    Genes & Cells

    European scientists object to genetic testing, plus triggers for Alzheimer’s and asthma in this week’s news.

  7. Humans

    Association for Psychological Science meeting

    News includes likeable look-alikes, seeing clearer through meditation and bouncing back from bad events.

  8. Book Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson

    Review by Sid Perkins.

  9. Book Review: For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge Of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics by Walter Lewin, with Warren Goldstein

    Review by Devin Powell.

  10. A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer

    The engaging essays in this slim volume are chock-full of information about viruses, from the common cold to smallpox. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 109 p., $20.

  11. Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, Reginald B. Adams Jr.

    http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Jokes-Using-Humor-Reverse-Engineer/dp/026201582X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307032679&sr=1-1 Humor isn’t just fun, these authors argue; it’s evolution’s mechanism for building a brain that handles open-ended thinking. MIT Press, 2011, 359 p., $29.95.

  12. Fizzics by F. Ronald Young

    A friendly foray into the humble bubble, from honeycombs and soaps to sunset flashes, written by a physicist in the field. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2011, 114 p., $25.