All Stories by Science News
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Transplant from the dead
Science Past from the issue of April 20, 1963.
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Letters to the Editor
Pacing Alzheimer’s Science Stats “Alzheimer’s Advancing” (SN: 3/9/13, p. 4) reports a new analysis extrapolating from 2010 U.S. Census data that concludes Alzheimer’s disease will triple by 2050. Omitted in such an analysis is the accelerating advance of science and medicine over the next 40 years. The gloomy prediction makes little sense unless science stops […]
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BOOK REVIEW: Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Review by Bruce Bower.
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Wolves in the Land of Salmon by David Moskowitz
An expert wildlife tracker paints a portrait of wolves’ lives and value to ecosystems, set against the backdrop of conflict over rising wolf populations. Timber Press, 2013, 334 p., $29.95
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Love in the Time of Algorithms: What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating by Dan Slater
A journalist argues that the calculations powering online dating websites are shaping the love lives of the 80 million American singles who use the services. Current, 2013, 245 p., $25.95
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Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare by Stephen Budiansky
A small group of scientists helped win World War II and changed the way wars are fought, a military historian postulates. Knopf, 2013, 336 p., $27.95
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Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures by Virginia Morell
A science writer presents recent research that demonstrates a large repertoire of intellectual skills in a variety of animals. Crown, 2013, 291 p., $26
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Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age by B. Jack Copeland
The ideas of mathematician and computer visionary Alan Turing are explored through interviews of his friends and colleagues. Oxford Univ., 2012, 300 p., $21.95
- Physics
Highlights from the American Physical Society meeting
Highlights from the March meeting, held in Baltimore on March 18-22, 2013, include how fire ants need a little water to dig deep, what makes trees scream and a tiny crystal that can squeeze through an even tinier tube.
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SN Online
ATOM & COSMOS Curiosity finds minerals consistent with habitability. See “Life-friendly environment confirmed on Mars.” JPL-Caltech/NASA BODY & BRAIN Scientists meld rat minds in “Rats do tasks while connected brain-to-brain.” CULTURE BEAKER See Rachel Ehrenberg’s column on website comments, “Trolls bad news for scientific discourse.” ON THE SCENE BLOG Kids build plasma guns and more […]
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Upcoming events
Science Future for April 6, 2013.
