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DELETED SCENES BLOG An orbiting camera catches dust devils whirling at high speeds on the Red Planet. Read “HiRISE clocks hurricane-speed winds on Mars.” ATOM & COSMOS Astronomers get a new odometer to measure faraway objects. See “Longer cosmic ruler based on black holes.” ENVIRONMENT A warming climate could be making elk more destructive to […]

Olive oil injections aid in treating pneumonia

Treating pneumonia with olive oil sounds strange, but the idea showed signs of early scientific savvy.

BOOK REVIEW: The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 1: Introduction and Book I: Containing All Sorts of Trees, That Bear Edible Fruits, and Are Husbanded by People by Georgius Everhardus Rumphius; translated by E.M. Beekman

Review by Susan Milius.

Invasion of the Body: Revolutions in Surgery by Nicholas L. Tilney

The history of modern surgery is revealed through tales of surgical breakthroughs at a Boston teaching hospital that opened in 1913. Harvard Univ. Press, 2011, 358 p., $29.95

BOOK REVIEW: The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age by Nathan Wolfe

Review by Erika Engelhaupt.

A Bee in a Cathedral: And 99 Other Scientific Analogies by Joel Levy

One hundred analogies and metaphors make science more visual: Learn how chemical reactions are like school dances and how long it would take to type the human genome. A BEE IN A CATHEDRAL, JOEL LEVY Firefly Books, 2011, 224 p., $29.95

Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season’s Edge by Pete Dunne

A naturalist shares memories and pictures of travels through some of the most dramatic wilderness in the Northern Hemisphere. ARCTIC AUTUMN, PETE DUNNE Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, 258 p., $24

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

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

Lopped Off

Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.

Beware the Long Tail

Economic models of risk don’t add up, cadre of researchers caution.

Like a Bolt from Above

Lightning scientists begin to solve electric mysteries.