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Scientists reveal a mathematical principle underlying the arrangement of leaf veins in plant species.Published: 06/30/2008Found in: Life and Mathematics
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A controversial interpretation of passages from the Odyssey suggests that Homer knew much more about planetary motions than historians thought possible.Published: 06/26/2008Found in: Astronomy and Science & Society
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An experiment may explain the origin of underwater waves that shape the sediment of continental slopes.Published: 06/24/2008Found in: Earth -
An optical trap lets atoms in but not out, and it can be used to study matter at ultracold temperatures.Published: 06/20/2008Found in: Physics -
The mathematics of soapy water yields some clues to the origin of the genetic code.Published: 06/11/2008Found in: Genes & Cells, Mathematics and Physics
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Scientists reveal new details on how extendable jaws help fish capture prey.Published: 06/10/2008Found in: Life and Physics -
Gold comes in many colors. Since ancient times, glass artists and alchemists alike have known how to grind the metal into fine particles that would take on hues such as red or mauve. At scales even smaller, clusters of just a few dozen atoms display even more outlandish behavior. Gold and certain other atoms often tend to aggregate in specific numbers and highly symmetrical geometries, and sometimes these clusters can mimic the chemistry of single atoms of a completely different element. They become, as some researchers say, superatoms. Recently researchers have reported successes i...Published: 06/06/2008Found in: Biology, Chemistry and Physics -
Light behaves like waves or particles, but it doesn’t know what it will do in advance.Published: 05/23/2008Found in: Matter & Energy -
Home / SN Bookshelf / Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery by Jim MotavalliLast summer, the Discovery Channel temporarily suspended airing its hit survivalist show Man vs. Wild. The producer admitted that the protagonist would get help from staff or spend nights in hotels — all along claiming to rough it alone in the world’s most inhospitable places. Yet, Man vs. Wild was not the first high-profile case of possible “frontier fakery.” In August 1913, Joseph Knowles, a former Boston Post illustrator, one-time trapper, hunting guide and Navy man, went into the Maine woods on a solitary retreat. Starting out with nothing, not even clothes, Knowles thrived for tw...Published: 05/23/2008Found in: Science & Society -
Surfaces that mimic the back of an African beetle can collect water from fog.Published: 05/21/2008Found in: Chemistry, Molecules and Physics -
Time-lapse snapshots of molecules show that they change shapes less often than theory predicted.Published: 05/15/2008Found in: Chemistry, Molecules and Physics -
Neutrons can produce 3-D scans of a magnetic field, even inside a solid.Published: 05/13/2008Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Matter & Energy -
Testing the toxicity of dozens of nanoparticles en masse may offer a faster track to medical applications.Published: 05/12/2008Found in: Biomedicine and Technology
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A country’s development seems tied to the size of its executive cabinet, and a mathematical model helps explain why.Published: 05/09/2008Found in: Science & Society
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Researchers have shown that a grip that’s too tight can be counterproductive, especially on a microscopic object — but the findings could apply to fields ranging from ecology to sociology.Published: 05/07/2008Found in: Mathematics and Physics