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  1. Physics

    Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog

    Sociologist Harry Collins chronicles the occasionally heated (and often arcane) debates among scientists studying gravitational waves.

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  2. Science & Society

    This study of hype in press releases will change journalism

    A survey of press releases and their related scientific studies shows that hype may creep from press releases to news coverage. But this doesn’t give anyone at any stage of the news cycle a pass.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    Top 10 scientific mysteries for the 21st century

    Solving the Top 10 scientific mysteries facing the 21st century will not be all fun but could be mostly games.

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  4. BOOK REVIEW: The Kingdom of Rarities by Eric Dinerstein

    Review by Janet Raloff.

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  5. Math

    The Improbability Principle

    The laws of mathematics and physics suffice to explain a world of coincidences, statistician David J. Hand argues.

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  6. Genetics

    Life at the Speed of Light

    Biology has come a long way from the days of mixing things in petri dishes and hoping something interesting happens. In his new book, Venter introduces readers to a future of precise biological engineering.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    For athletes, antioxidant pills may not help performance

    Supplements of vitamins C, E and other antioxidants may blunt the positive effects of exercise training.

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  8. Cosmology

    From Dust to Life

    In about 300 pages, this book sums up the history of all that matters — or at least everything made of matter — from the Big Bang to life on Earth.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Elusive baby sleep miracles remain elusive

    There is little evidence to support sleep-training interventions for babies younger than six months. Sorry, sleep-deprived parents.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Your baby: The ultimate science experiment

    Babies may be serious scientists, but parents can join the fun by trying some simple experiments with their kids.

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  11. Cosmology

    My Brief History

    by Stephen Hawking.

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  12. BOOK REVIEW: Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science by Christoph Irmscher

    Review by Erin Wayman.

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