Letters From The October 22, 2005, Issue Of <em>Science News</em>

In the December 5 Issue:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance

Letters from the October 22, 2005, issue of Science News

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Smell the birdie

I wonder if any of the researchers had a pet bird ("Myth of the Bad-Nose Birds," SN: 8/20/05, p. 120). My Alexandrine parakeet can smell beer or ice cream from two rooms away—She screams for her share.

Bruce Dow
Ridge Manor, Fla.

Brainstorm

The research into placebos' pain relief ("Placebo reins in pain in brain," SN: 9/3/05, p. 157) should probably be tied in with the recent work utilizing hypnotism for pain relief. It may well be that the two turn on the same centers of the brain.

C. Norman Winningstad
Newport, Ore.

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