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As Told By the Egg
The story of fertilization, from the female point of view.
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Letters
Connecting the lincs As a physician, I was absolutely astounded reading “Missing lincs” (SN: 12/17/11, p. 22) and still am. We have been waiting since DNA was discovered to find this ‘what makes us human’ aspect of our biochemistry. Even in the infancy of this research, we are discovering the chemical reasons for a type […]
- Life
Pigeon navigation finding called off-course
Iron-containing cells that had been reported in beaks look mostly like immune system components, a new study finds.
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Rock, Rattle and Roll
Planetary scientists seek to fill in gaps in outer solar system’s formative years.
- Particle Physics
Nature’s secrets foretold
After decades of searching, it seems scientists have found the elusive Higgs boson.
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- Health & Medicine
Mineral quashes deadly bacterial poisons
Manganese supplement might someday help counter a virulent form of E. coli.
- Physics
Essay: Nature’s secrets foretold
Higgs discovery celebrates math's power to make predictions about the real world.
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Seeking a definition
Pitch is determined by a sound’s frequency. Notes that sit in different positions on a musical scale, called tones, have different pitches. Modern Western music, for example, combines 12 tones, with the A at the middle of a piano keyboard having a frequency of 440 hertz. Other cultures work with fewer tones. The first few […]
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