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- Health & Medicine
Drug gives rats booze-guzzling superpowers
Rodents that consume alcohol along with a compound derived from an ancient herbal remedy get less drunk, recover faster and appear less prone to addiction.
- Humans
Botanists et al freed from Latin, paper
As of January 1, people who classify new plant, algae and fungus species can do it in English and online.
- Physics
Neutrino parents call into question faster-than-light results
The particles’ precursor doesn’t have enough energy to produce the speeds reported.
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Make pituitary hormone
A pituitary hormone goes from labor drug to love drug.
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Letters
Skaters slide Regarding the article “Skateboarders rock at physics” (SN: 12/3/11, p. 10), the skateboarders’ “intuitive” conclusion that the ball will roll faster down the blue ramp (which is longer but has two steeper sections compared with the shorter red ramp with a single shallower section) depends on the particular geometries chosen for the two […]
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SN Online
SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC BLOG A government panel wants Science and Nature to withhold data that could be used to make bird flu more deadly. See “Researchers, journals asked to censor data.” ENVIRONMENT Survival rates of young fish could suffer from ocean acidification levels expected this century. Read “Acid test points to coming fish troubles.” […]
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Science Future for January 14, 2012
February 15 “Matchmaking in the Digital Age” at the New York Academy of Sciences looks at the computer algorithms behind online social sites and what can be learned from them. See bit.ly/oVX2oy February 16 The “Hugs and Hisses” event at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science gives an up-close view of the world of […]
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Science Past from the issue of January 13, 1962
MOON RACE WILL INCREASE — The race for the moon will become more competitive in 1962 in prestige, military and scientific aspects. Foremost there is developing a national will or desire to explore the moon and put an American landing party on the natural satellite of the earth. This is an objective set forth by […]
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The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection, 250 Milestones in the History of Physics (Sterling Milestones) by Clifford A. Pickover
Ideas and subjects ranging from Maxwell’s demon to the rings of Saturn are highlighted in short encyclopedia-style entries with attractive illustrations. Sterling, 2011, 528 p., $29.95
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Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters by Gordon M. Shepherd
A neuroscientist explores how the brain creates the sensation of flavor and discusses the effects of taste perception on healthy eating. Columbia Univ., 2011, 267 p., $24.95
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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham
Learn the secrets behind card tricks, including step-by-step instructions for performing them, along with the mathematical ideas the tricks illustrate. Princeton Univ., 2011, 244 p., $29.95
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Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City by Andrew Ross
The prospects for sustainability look bleak for the city of Phoenix in this environmental analysis of the desert oasis. Oxford Univ., 2011, 304 p., $27.95
