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50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True by Guy P. Harrison
A journalist turns a skeptical eye on beliefs ranging from astrology to Atlantis, showing that scientific discovery can be just as fascinating as myth. Prometheus, 2011, 458 p., $18
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BOOK REVIEW: Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Review by Laura Sanders.
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BOOK REVIEW: My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
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The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.
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Head Agony
Jumpy cells may underlie migraine’s sensory storm.
- Climate
Soil’s Hidden Secrets
Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.
- Psychology
Big score for the hot hand
Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.
- Earth
Small efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect
Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.
- Tech
Twitter kept up with Haiti cholera outbreak
Epidemiologists find that social media can be used to track disease outbreaks as they happen, even in countries with little infrastructure.
- Health & Medicine
Study tracks booze’s buzz in the brain
In both heavy and light drinkers, alcohol causes the release of morphinelike chemicals.
- Space
Planets as common as stars in Milky Way
A new analysis suggests the galaxy is riddled with worlds.
