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Letters
Only in the north It is not clear in the fine article on volcanoes (“Disaster goes global,” SN: 8/30/08, p. 16) how dust from the eruption of Huaynaputina, well south of the equator, in 1600 could affect only the Northern Hemisphere. David Bronson, Biddeford Pool, Maine For one thing, there’s less real estate in the […]
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‘National Greatness’ versus real national greatness by Frank Wilczek
From the October 11, 2008 issue of Science News.
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Gene therapy tool would target free radicals
New method would make the most of the balance between the good and bad of free radicals, offering a potential treatment for cardiovascular diseases.
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Book Review: Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
Review by Heather Benjamin.
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Book Review: A History of Paleontology Illustration by Jane P. Davidson
Review by Sid Perkins.
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The Primate Family Tree: The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives by Ian Redmond
Firefly Books, 2008, 176 p., $35.
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Solving Stonehenge: The New Key to an Ancient Enigma by Anthony Johnson
Thames & Hudson, 2008, 288 p., $40.
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Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles by Bruce K. Young and Amy Zavatto
Bantam Dell Publishing, 2008, 334 p., $25.
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Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century by Tim Gallagher
Houghton Mifflin, 2008, 326 p., $25.
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Tough meteorite made a big impact
The stony meteorite that landed in a remote portion of Peru in September 2007 was traveling abnormally fast when it struck and blasted a crater that was unusually large for the its size, new analyses indicate.
