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  1. Letters

    SN on the newsstand I’m blind so I’ve been reading your magazine in braille for quite a while. But most of my sighted friends have never heard of you guys. This is a great publication, and I’m glad that more readers will now become familiar with it (“Science News goes public: available on newsstands,” SN: […]

  2. Genome from a bottle

    Back Story: Cracking the code.

  3. Physics

    Law & Disorder: A Companion

    More resources about how physicists and philosophers understand time.

  4. Science Past from the issue of June 18, 1960

    USSR USES SABIN VACCINE — The Sabin live polio virus vaccine, developed in the United States but not yet licensed here, is “completely harmless” and extremely effective, Russian scientists have found. They have already immunized millions of children in the USSR with the live vaccine.… The scientists said they had been particularly careful to study […]

  5. Science Future for June 19, 2010

    June 25 – 29 The American Diabetes Association hosts its annual meeting in Orlando. See professional.diabetes.org July 11 A total solar eclipse can be seen in parts of the South Pacific. See viewing times for cities at eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov July 24 – 27 Clinicians and researchers meet in Vancouver, Canada to discuss heart disease research. See […]

  6. Book Review: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean Carroll

    Review by Tom Siegfried.

  7. Book Review: The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

    Review by Sid Perkins.

  8. Natural Computing by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere

    Next-generation computers using biological approaches could revolutionize fields from finance to pharmacology. NATURAL COMPUTING BY DENNIS SHASHA AND CATHY LAZERE W.W. Norton, 2010, 268 p., $16.95.

  9. Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk by Massimo Pigliucci

    A philosopher examines science and pseudo­science in medicine, climate change and more. NONSENSE ON STILTS: HOW TO TELL SCIENCE FROM BUNK BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010, 332 p., $20.

  10. How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom

    Neuroscience, psychology and economics inform what makes something — or someone — pleasurable. HOW PLEASURE WORKS: THE NEW SCIENCE OF WHY WE LIKE WHAT WE LIKE BY PAUL BLOOM W.W. Norton, 2010, 280 p., $26.95.

  11. The Ptarmigan’s Dilemma by John Theberge and Mary Theberge

    The forces of ecology and genetics combine to drive evolution and organize life as it is today. THE PTARMIGAN’S DILEMMA BY JOHN THEBERGE AND MARY THEBERGE McClelland & Stewart, 2010, 416 p., $28.95.

  12. Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals by Gordon Grice

    The animal kingdom offers myriad ways to kill a human, this survey of lethal tactics shows. DEADLY KINGDOM: THE BOOK OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS BY GORDON GRICE Random House, 2010, 324 p., $27.