All Stories
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The Sun’s Heartbeat: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet by Bob Berman
Light-hearted tales trace human understanding of Earth’s nearest star and of the sun’s effects on Earth. Little, Brown and Co., 2011, 304 p., $25.99
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War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America by Beth Linker
An account of how World War I influenced veteran medical treatment delves into the rise of rehabilitation therapy and the costs of supporting wounded veterans. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 291 p., $35
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Letters
Prescient sci-fi It took the Science News editor in chief to recognize the most prescient science “fiction” movie of all time, Forbidden Planet (“Science brings real life to the technologies of fiction,” SN: 7/2/11, p. 2). Beyond civilization without instrumentalities, the film also brought us lasers before there were masers, Robby [the Robot] analyzing molecular […]
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Russians Dig to Reach Below Earth’s Crust
During the space race, U.S. and Soviet teams also engaged in a less-famous contest — to drill down to the boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Sour news for cranberries, libido-sapping drugs, the social brain and more in this week’s news
- Life
Dolphin may sense the body electric
Organs on the species' snout help it detect faint fields, like those generated by prey.
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- Space
Magnetic waves bake the sun’s corona
New observations may explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is so blazing hot.
- Health & Medicine
Better transplants through centrifuging
Removing some antibodies from the blood of kidney recipients can improve their long-term outlooks, a study finds.
- Physics
C’mon radio, let’s do the twist
Molding signals into spiral shape might expand airwaves’ capacity.
- Humans
EPA considers new call for toxicity testing of BPA
The Environmental Protection Agency solicited public comment, July 26, about whether to require new toxicity testing and environmental sampling of bisphenol A, an ingredient in many plastics and food-contact resins.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week’s news.
