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The Fact of Evolution by Cameron M. Smith
An anthropologist explains how evolution occurs and why it must for life to survive on an ever-changing planet. THE FACT OF EVOLUTION, CAMERON M. SMITH Prometheus Books, 2011, 346 p., $18
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The Face of the Earth: Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture by SueEllen Campbell
An English professor takes readers on a poetic exploration of geology, aided by essays from scientists and other writers. THE FACE OF THE EARTH, SUEELLEN CAMPBELL Univ. of California Press, 2011, 320 p., $26.95
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Lopped Off
Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.
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Beware the Long Tail
Economic models of risk don’t add up, cadre of researchers caution.
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Like a Bolt from Above
Lightning scientists begin to solve electric mysteries.
- Health & Medicine
Measles cases up in U.S. and Canada
Both countries report 2011 to be the worst year since the mid-1990s.
- Life
Cycads not ‘living fossils’
Though ancient, today’s representatives of the plant group date back to a common ancestor that lived not all that long ago.
- Life
Live long, pass it on
A tendency for a lengthy life can be inherited for several generations, even when offspring no longer have the genes for it.
- Psychology
Learning to walk on err
Flub-inducing treadmill tasks aid motor learning, with rehab implications.
- Health & Medicine
Malaria vaccine yields protection
In its first large-scale test, the experimental immunization cuts risk of disease in about half of the children getting it and limits severe infections, researchers report.
- Health & Medicine
Teen brains’ growing pains
Testing captures substantial changes in some youths’ IQs and gray matter.
- Life
Stopping a real-life ‘Contagion’
An antibody treatment fends off the lethal Hendra virus in monkeys and may also work against the equally dangerous Nipah virus.
