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American Ornithologists Celebrate Semi-Centennial

Aluminum-Coated Mirrors New Aid to Astronomy

Strange Puffball Has Stalk Ending in Foot

Nobel Prizes Awarded to Leaders in Theoretical Physics

Nature Ramblings: Insects, Bugs and Such

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Conifers Grow during Winter, Structures Show

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Young People Get the Jobs in This Old Man’s World

First Glances at New Books

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