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  1. Letters

    Call for caution “Bar codes may check out next” (SN: 4/24/10, p. 14) describes a new ink that would enable a full grocery cart to be quickly checked out electronically. Hurrah? Undoubtedly the amount of radio frequency per package would be minimal. However, if much of our food were handled that way, and people used […]

  2. Science Future for June 5, 2010

    June 11 – 14 American Society of Mammalogists meets in Laramie, Wyo. See www.uwyo.edu/asm2010 July 17 San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum launches a series of podcasts on the science of creativity. See www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts/index.php July 17 – 21 The American Society for Virology hosts its annual conference in Bozeman, Mont. Get agenda at www.asv.org

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

    SOLVING OF SUN’S RIDDLES — Future space probes may skim as “close” as two million miles from the sun’s visible surface, a report to the National Academy of Sciences suggests. Before this can be done, however, greatly improved materials must be developed since temperatures at that distance would be about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, roughly the […]

  4. Book Reviews: Geoengineering

    Reviews by Alexandra Witze.

  5. Book Review: The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons

    Review by Erika Engelhaupt.

  6. Book Review: Voyage to the Heart of Matter: The Atlas Experiment at CERN by Anton Radevksy and Emma Sanders

    Review by Ron Cowen.

  7. Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler: Visiting Physics and Chemistry Sites Across America by Duane S. Nickell

    From Maine to Oregon, the country offers sightseeing for science enthusiasts. GUIDEBOOK FOR THE SCIENTIFIC TRAVELER: VISITING PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY SITES ACROSS AMERICA BY DUANE S. NICKELL Rutgers Univ. Press, 2010, 258 p., $19.95.

  8. The Babylonian Theorem: The Mathematical Journey to Pythagoras and Euclid by Peter S. Rudman

    Ancient Babylonians and Egyptians paved the way for Greek mathematicians, a physicist contends. THE BABYLONIAN THEOREM: THE MATHEMATICAL JOURNEY TO PYTHAGORAS AND EUCLID BY PETER S. RUDMAN Prometheus Books, 2010, 248 p., $26.

  9. Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan by George A. Cowan

    A chemist reflects on his career in nuclear physics and events in 20th century science. MANHATTAN PROJECT TO THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE: THE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE A. COWAN BY GEORGE A. COWAN Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2010, 175 p., $27.95.

  10. Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica by J.C. Miller, D.H. Janzen and W. Hallwachs

    Full-page photos and text unveil Costa Rican Lepidoptera. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS: PORTRAITS FROM THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF COSTA RICA BY J.C. MILLER, D.H. JANZEN AND W. HALLWACHS Belknap Press/Harvard Univ. Press, 2010, 256 p., $24.95.

  11. In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress by Sander Bais

    Science and reasoning have unique roles in society, a physicist argues. IN PRAISE OF SCIENCE: CURIOSITY, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROGRESS BY SANDER BAIS MIT Press, 2010, 192 p., $24.95.

  12. Meet the Howlers by April Pulley Sayre

    Facts about howler monkeys complement the playful poem in this tale of rain forest life. (Ages 4 – 7) MEET THE HOWLERS BY APRIL PULLEY SAYRE Charlesbridge, 2010, 32 p., $16.95.