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- Life
Louse-y genome surprise
Blood-sucking body lice have an odd arrangement of mitochondrial genes.
- Health & Medicine
Autism immerses 2-year-olds in a synchronized world
By age 2, kids with autism focus on synchronized physical events, such as a person’s moving lips accompanied by sounds, rather than on eye movements and other social cues, a new study suggests.
- Tech
Urban Heat: Recycling waste heat
In the United States, only about one-eighth of the fuel people burn is converted into useful work. Recycling such wasted heat could be one of the best solutions to problems posted by growing cities.
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Book Review: Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
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Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone by Lucas John Mix
How the search for extraterrestrial life helps us understand Earth. Harvard Univ., 2009, 344 p., $29.95. Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone by Lucas John Mix
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Urban heat
Cities sizzle as more people move in.
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Building Beauty
Deconstructing flowers yields the secrets of petals, scents and hue.
- Astronomy
Planck by Planck
The launch of the European Space Agency’s Planck mission, set for late April or early May, will put into orbit a new tool —the microwave equivalent of polarized sunglasses — that may offer a view of the dawn of time.
- Life
Dissing a loaded label for some unicellular life
Prominent biologist calls ‘prokaryote’ outdated term.
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Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth by Emily Mendenhall, ed.
Short stories for youngsters reveal worldwide public health problems. Univ. of New Mexico, 2009, 238 p., $21.95. GLOBAL HEALTH NARRATIVES: A READER FOR YOUTH BY EMILY MENDENHALL, ED.
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Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life by Martha Lampland and Susan Leigh Star, eds.
Standards are a fact of life, from cradle to coffin size. Cornell Univ., 2009, 244 p., $22.95. Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life by Martha Lampland and Susan Leigh Star, eds.
