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Brain Boosters
Some nutritional supplements provide real food for thought.
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Cerebral Delights
The amygdala, a part of the brain known for its role in fear, also helps people spot rewards — and go after them.
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Rivers in the sky
Atmospheric bands of water vapor can cause flooding and extreme weather
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Science Past from the issue of February 25, 1961
TRAFFIC CONGESTION SEEN AS FUTURE SPACE PROBLEM— Traffic congestion may be one of the most serious problems man may have to face when he starts commuting regularly from earth to outer space. This new frontier gradually is becoming cluttered with earth-launched orbiting vehicles and other debris.… [A]stronomical observatories, weather, TV and other communication satellites as […]
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Science Future for February 26, 2011
February 28 Learn about the good and bad of fat tissue at an afternoon symposium in New York City. Go to www.nyas.org/events March 7 At the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a geneticist describes efforts to track humanity’s migratory routes with DNA. See www.hmns.org March 11–12 Dig into the past at the Milwaukee Archaeology Fair. […]
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Book Review: Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley
Review by Susan Milius.
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Moon: A Brief History by Bernd Brunner
Revisit the wonders of Earth’s next-door neighbor with this cultural and scientific exploration. Yale Univ. Press, 2010, 290 p., $25.
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The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America’s Unburied Dead by Ann Fabian
A historian looks back at skull collecting in America and examines how cranial size was used to justify racism. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010, 270 p., $27.50.
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A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science by Cathryn J. Prince
How a meteorite that struck Weston, Conn., in 1807 spurred a Yale chemist to help build the foundations of American scientific research. Prometheus, 2010, 254 p., $26.
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Quantum Physics for Poets by Leon M. Lederman and Christopher T. Hill
Two physicists convey the enigmas of the quantum world in clear and compelling prose. Prometheus, 2011, 338 p., $28.
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Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals by David Dunmur and Tim Sluckin
Learn how liquid crystals were discovered and how they eventually became the standard in display technology. Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 345 p., $53.95.
