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First Glances at New Books

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Parenthood Seems to Depend on Inorganic Manganese

Earth’s Magnets Quiver Day after Outburst on Sun

California Astronomer Chosen National Academy President

[Photograph]: Insatiable Curiosity

Python Likes New Home; Lays Clutch of Eggs

Pressure of Sunlight Strong Enough to Break Comet in Two

New Camera Photographs Disease in Ear

Lifeless Drops Can Act as If They Had Life in Them

Cancer Kills More Quickly as Blood Alkalinity Rises

Five Hundredth of an Atom’s Diameter Measured Exactly