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Ultramassive: as big as it gets: A black hole can consume anything in its path. These monsters can become huge — but perhaps only so huge.
Body In Mind: Long thought the province of the abstract, cognition may actually evolve as physical experiences and actions ignite mental life
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Science & the Public: Oil magnets

Featured blog: Nanomagnets and wires point to a potentially better mousetrap — or crude trap — for dealing with oil spills.
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Materials Science, Molecules and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Material Scientists: Cast Your Vote

You can vote early, if not officially.
Found in: Materials Science, Science & Society and Technology
A killer paint job

New findings suggest that nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings and surfaces could one day be used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals.
Found in: Body & Brain and Materials Science
Solar panels to dye for

Scientists show that cheap chemical dyes may one day help with the efficient capture of the sun's energy
Found in: Materials Science, Matter & Energy, Molecules and Technology
Science & the Public: Family Snaps in Peril

Digital photography appears to be far more ephemeral than camera sales people have led us to believe.
Found in: Materials Science and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Like the Nobel, Only Norwegian

Two weeks from now, an astrophysicist, neuroscientist, and nanoscience researcher will each be named to receive $1 million Kavli Prizes.
Found in: Astronomy, Atom & Cosmos, Body & Brain, Materials Science, Molecules, Physics and Science & Society
Squid beaks are hardly soft

Water softens squid beaks toward their base, so they don't cut into the squid's own soft tissue.
Found in: Materials Science
Quantum Cocoon

Diamond can hold quantum information even at room temperature, which makes it a candidate material for future quantum computers.
Found in: Materials Science
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Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 9th 2008

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Comment By Guest Columnists Oct 10th 2008

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
Review by Tom Siegfried
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula by Jules G. Evens
Univ. of California, 2008, 366 p., $24.95
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