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  1. Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher

    Reality consists of what you pay attention to, and new research is unraveling how the brain chooses some things over others. Penguin Press, 2009, 256 p., $25.95. Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher

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  2. Science News at AAAS 2009

    The American Association for the Advancement of Science is holding its annual meeting February 12 through 16 in Chicago. Leading researchers from all fields will discuss recent work and insights. Check here for the latest news from the SN writers attending the meeting.

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  3. Earth

    Don’t like it hot

    King penguins don't live on continental Antarctica but even they are vulnerable to warming water.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Sea Change: People have affected what penguins eat

    Adélie penguins in Antarctica significantly changed their eating habits about 200 years ago, after whaling and other human activities transformed the ocean ecosystem.

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  5. Paleontology

    Of penguins’ range and climate change

    Variations in the range of Adélie penguins along one section of Antarctica's coast during the past 45,000 years are a keen indicator of climate change there.

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  6. Animals

    Invasion of the salmon

    Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.

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  7. Humans

    Good Gone Wild

    New research shows that the ecotourism model of raising conservation awareness while protecting indigenous cultures doesn't always work out as planned.

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  8. Ecosystems

    Tortoise Genes and Island Beings

    Geneticists and conservation biologists are joining forces to untangle the evolutionary history of giant Galápagos tortoises and to safeguard the animals' future.

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  9. Animals

    Cool Birds

    Emperor penguins go to such extremes to cope with life in Antarctica that they've inspired interesting science as well as a hit movie.

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  10. 19604

    I very much enjoyed this article. What struck me, however, was a passage that mentioned the “bird’s resistance to the bends” and the researchers’ alleged inability to explain that. As a scuba diver, I know that the bends, or decompression sickness, is caused by breathing compressed air underwater. More nitrogen is absorbed in body tissue […]

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  11. Humans

    Letters from the December 24 & 31, 2005, issue of Science News

    Bends, the truth I very much enjoyed “Cool Birds” (SN: 10/22/05, p. 266). What struck me, however, was a passage that mentioned the “bird’s resistance to the bends” and the researchers’ alleged inability to explain that. As a scuba diver, I know that the bends, or decompression sickness, is caused by breathing compressed air underwater. […]

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  12. Anthropology

    Polynesian Latecomers: Easter Islanders took fast track to culture

    New radiocarbon dates from Easter Island indicate that the isolated Polynesian island was first colonized around A.D. 1200, up to 800 years later than had previously been thought.

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