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- Earth
Geologists develop weapons to combat that sinkhole feeling
What do five Porsches, several Kentucky thoroughbreds and a three-story building in Guatemala City have in common? They’ve all been swallowed by sinkholes. Sadly, the sudden cave-ins sometimes claim people’s lives as well. On February 28 the earth opened up underneath the Seffner, Fla., bedroom of Jeff Bush, entombing him. The freak accident highlighted Florida’s […]
- Paleontology
DNA suggests North American mammoth species interbred
Supposedly separate types may really have been one.
- Tech
Memory upgrade
The demands of modern computing call for a seismic shift in data storage and retrieval.
- Chemistry
Human blood types have deep evolutionary roots
The ABO system may date back 20 million years or more, a genetic analysis suggests.
- Humans
Maiden shows signs of TB-like infection
Molecular analysis yields clues about the immune system activity of a probable sacrificial victim.
- Physics
Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter
Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.
- Life
Team releases sequel to the human genome
ENCODE reveals the machinery that switches genes on and off.
- Earth
Big volcanoes wake up fast
Crystal chemistry suggests magma changes quickly before a huge eruption.
- Humans
Bone may display oldest art in Americas
A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.
- Humans
Stone Age art gets animated
Cave paintings and decorated disks provided moving experiences in ancient Europe.
- Life
The bloom isn’t off this ancient plant
Using fruit found in Siberia’s permafrost, scientists grow oldest flowering specimen ever produced from preserved tissue.
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BOOK REVIEW: How To Think Like A Neandertal by Thomas Wynn and Frederick Coolidge
Review by Bruce Bower.
