Uncategorized
- Health & Medicine
A year adds up to big changes in brain
Third grade brings big shifts in how kids use their heads to solve math problems.
- Physics
Light created from the void
An international team of physicists confirms a long-held theory about the quantum energy that fills empty space.
- Life
Genes & Cells
European scientists object to genetic testing, plus triggers for Alzheimer’s and asthma in this week’s news.
- Humans
Association for Psychological Science meeting
News includes likeable look-alikes, seeing clearer through meditation and bouncing back from bad events.
-
-
-
-
Book Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson
Review by Sid Perkins.
-
-
A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
The engaging essays in this slim volume are chock-full of information about viruses, from the common cold to smallpox. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 109 p., $20.
-
Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, Reginald B. Adams Jr.
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Jokes-Using-Humor-Reverse-Engineer/dp/026201582X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307032679&sr=1-1 Humor isn’t just fun, these authors argue; it’s evolution’s mechanism for building a brain that handles open-ended thinking. MIT Press, 2011, 359 p., $29.95.
-
Fizzics by F. Ronald Young
A friendly foray into the humble bubble, from honeycombs and soaps to sunset flashes, written by a physicist in the field. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2011, 114 p., $25.
