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- Mystery Meteorite: The case for (and against) a rock from Mercury
- Hard Times for Theorists in a Post-Higgs World: The Large Hadron Collider’s big success leaves no clear avenue for new physics
- In the Eye of the Tiger: Global spread of Asian tiger mosquito could fuel outbreaks of tropical disease in temperate regions
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- Infection time: Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice
- Explainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks: Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms
- Flu in the air: Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases
Web edition: November 17, 2005
Print edition: November 19, 2005; Vol.168 #21 (p. 335)
It's not there
"Organic Choice: Pesticides vanish from body after change in diet" (SN: 9/24/05, p. 197), as presented, doesn't address the statement made in the headline. The article shows only that on days when no pesticides are ingested in food, no pesticides are excreted in urine.
Charles Wyttenbach
Lawrence, Kan.
Sex differences
I am dismayed and offended that your article about the child sex trade in Thailand ("Childhood's End," SN: 9/24/05, p. 200) overlooked or avoided the circumstances of the under-12-year-old victims. As much as half of Thailand's sex tourism exploits preteen and preschool children.
Valerie Nielsen
Temecula, Calif.
Your article inaccurately states, "Thai Buddhists hold that each person's soul inhabits many physical bodies over time...." Buddha has categorically stated that there is no soul, a concept called anatta in the ancient language in which Buddha's teachings were recorded.
Kusum Perera
Albany, Calif.
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