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- Humans
Depressed teens not shunned
In high school, students with depression seek — rather than settle for — friends with similar moods.
- Humans
Sociologists looking at risky behavior plunge into the gene pool
A new study of youths reveals that social scientists’ opinions still vary on the potential of studying how genes interact with social contexts.
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Cancer’s little helpers
Tiny pieces of RNA may turn cells to the dark side.
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- Astronomy
Celestial wish list
A panel of astronomers ranks proposed astrophysics projects for the coming decade.
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Science Future for August 28, 2010
September 11 Air and Space Museum’s September Star Party near Paris, Va. See www.nasm.si.edu/events/skywatching/ September 15 – 17 Researchers and policy makers meet in Austin, Texas, to discuss aging in the Americas. Go to www.utexas.edu/lbj/caa/2010 October 4 – 8 World virologists meet in Italy about HIV/AIDS and cancer. See www.ihv.org
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Science Past from the issue of August 27, 1960
CAT PHOBIA TREATMENT — [A] patient was cured of cat phobia by forcing herself to handle velvet until she got used to it. The patient, a 37-year-old married woman … had had a fear of cats as long as she could remember…. The therapist began … [with] what she felt was the least objectionable idea […]
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Book Review: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
Review by Rachel Zelkowitz.
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Book Review: Climatopolis by Matthew E. Kahn
Review by Matt Crenson.
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101Things Everyone Should Know About Math by Marc Zev, Kevin B. Segal and Nathan Levy
Simple questions and answers teach math concepts and problem-solving skills. For kids age 10 to 14. 101THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MATH BY MARC ZEV, KEVIN B. SEGAL AND NATHAN LEVY Science, Naturally!, 2010, 208 p., $9.95.
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The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck by Marcus Chown
A cosmology writer puts basic physics principles in an everyday context. THE MATCHBOX THAT ATE A FORTY-TON TRUCK BY MARCUS CHOWN Faber and Faber, 2010, 269 p., $25.
