Science News / Computing Evolution
Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life Home / Feature Computing Evolution Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life By Patrick Barry Web ... [... more]
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Science News / The Solar System's Big Bang
Home / February 14th, 2009; Vol.175 #4 / Feature The Solar System's Big Bang Finding signs of a lost beginning By Ron Cowen February 14th, 2009; Vol.175 #4 (p. 26) Text Size Enlarge FULL MOONThe Clementine spacecraft took this portrait of the ... [... more]
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Science News / How They Shine
Home / June 7th, 2008; Vol.173 #18 / Feature How they shine Iridescence could be pretty meaningful-or maybe just pretty By Susan Milius June 7th, 2008; Vol.173 #18 Text Size Enlarge INSPECTING IRRIDESCENCESeen under a scanning electron microscope ... [... more]
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Dry Storeroom No. 1
Museums are more than collections of art and artifacts: They're collections of the people who work there. The book takes its title from a long-neglected room that Fortey discovered in the museum's basement - a musty storeroom chock-full of ... [... more]
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From Spam to savory
Science is in the kitchen, and the results are good for our taste buds Home / March 29th, 2008; Vol.173 #13 / Feature What's Cookin' Science is in the kitchen, and the results are good for our taste buds By Rachel Ehrenberg March 29th, 2008; ... [... more]
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On and off for the LHC
The year's best stories on research aiming to understand the fundamentals of matter. Home / January 3rd, 2009; Vol.175 #1 / Feature Matter & Energy: Science news of the year, 2008 The year's best stories on research aiming to understand the ... [... more]
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Science News / Not Your Father's Song
They're teenagers, and they're off somewhere listening to music. Fortunately for Chris Templeton, these are song sparrows, so he can put radio transmitters on them to figure out where they go. He's guessing-remember he's working with birds-that ... [... more]
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MIT Press, 2008, 208 p., $24.95
In this series of essays, anthropologists, psychologists and others share stories that attempt to address two profound questions: Do the machines and devices we use serve our purposes? And do the machines and devices change our purposes? The most ... [... more]
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Science News / Stimulus Bill Doesn't Ignore R & D;
Rumors have circulated for weeks about how robustly the economic-stimulus package would invest in research and development. The first solid clues emerged yesterday when the House Appropriations Committee released draft legislation to finance a ... [... more]
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Science News / The First Sound Bites
The presidential campaign, 1908-style. Hear early phonograph recordings. Home / News / News item The first sound bites The presidential campaign, 1908-style. Hear early phonograph recordings. By Ron Cowen Web edition : Friday, September 26th, ... [... more]
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Science News / Darwin's Evolution
Charles Darwin was born into a world that today's scientists wouldn't recognize. When baby Darwin arrived on February 12, 1809, modern science was also in its infancy. Dalton had just recently articulated the modern theory of the chemical atom, ... [... more]
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Science News / Epic Genetics
Genes' chemical clothes may underlie the biology behind mental illness Home / May 24th, 2008; Vol.173 #17 / Feature Epic Genetics Genes' chemical clothes may underlie the biology behind mental illness By Tina Hesman Saey May 24th, 2008; Vol.173 ... [... more]
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