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The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress by Stephen Pemberton
A historian shows how advances in treatment made hemophilia manageable — yet led to many deaths from HIV-tainted plasma. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2011, 377 p., $50
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Vulture by Thom van Dooren
The much-maligned birds get their due attention in this thoughtful look at vultures’ natural and cultural history. Reaktion Books, 2011, 192 p., $19.95
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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives by Frank Moss
Preview some of the new technologies that the digital wizards at the MIT Media Lab are cooking up, from a foldable car to robotic feet. Crown Business, 2011, 272 p., $27.50
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Lip Service: Smiles in Life, Death, Trust, Lies, Work, Memory, Sex, and Politics by Marianne LaFrance
A psychologist examines the science of smiles and their many social uses, from a baby’s enticing grin to a bully’s malicious smirk. W.W. Norton, 2011, 321 p., $26.95
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The Book of Universes by John D. Barrow
Explore this universe and the many others that may be possible in this tour of the science and scientists behind theories of the multiverse. W.W. Norton, 2011, 354 p., $26.95
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Material Objects Seen as Holes in Space by British Scientist
A close examination of the math of quantum mechanics led to the prediscovery of antimatter particles in 1930.
- Life
Plants and fungi recognize generous trading partners
Rewards — and consequences — stabilize underground biological market in mutualistic relationships.
- Life
Paper wasps help out for their own good
Behavior that appears altruistic actually benefits number one.
- Paleontology
Sea monsters made great mothers
Fossilized plesiosaur with fetus suggests ancient reptiles cared for their young.
- Tech
Computers get under our skin
Epidermal devices offer new potential to integrate electronics into the body.
- Health & Medicine
New in Brief: Body & Brain
Second-guessing cancer treatments, a boyish side to soy and more in this week's news.
- Chemistry
Meteorites contain chemicals linked to life
Space rocks could have delivered DNA building blocks to Earth.
