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- Health & Medicine
BOOK REVIEW | Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer
Review by Nathan Seppa.
- Health & Medicine
BOOK LIST | Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management
The former CEO of Amgen narrates the company’s rise from start-up to biotech giant. Harvard Business School Press, 2008, 288 p., $29.95 SCIENCE LESSONS: WHAT THE BUSINESS OF BIOTECH TAUGHT ME ABOUT MANAGEMENT
- Animals
BOOK LIST | Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
The story of a chimp being raised by humans —and washing the dishes (p.130). NIM CHIMPSKY: THE CHIMP WHO WOULD BE HUMAN Bantam Books, 2008, 269 p., $23.
- Humans
BOOK LIST | Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy
Take a tour through aerial photographs of the Hudson’s shore, starting at the tip of Manhattan. UP RIVER: MAN-MADE SITES OF INTEREST ON THE HUDSON FROM THE BATTERY TO TROY Blast Books, 2008, 174 p., $19.95.
- Health & Medicine
BOOK LIST | On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine
The rise, fall and resurgence of the original “anti-depressants.” ON SPEED: THE MANY LIVES OF AMPHETAMINE New York Univ. Press, 2008, 352 p., $29.95 (cloth).
- Earth
A rapid rise for the Andes
New evidence suggests that the South American mountain chain shot up 2.5 kilometers in a geological blink of an eye.
- Health & Medicine
Tame-walk potion
A one-two sting and a cockroach lets a wasp lead it like a dog on a leash.
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- Space
Dispatch from Mars, Sol 9
The Phoenix Lander's robotic arm scoops its first experimental sample, and scientists prepare to start their scientific studies on the Martian soil.
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- Health & Medicine
Brain trauma
Cooling the body temperature of a child who has severe brain injury doesn’t seem to help recovery, but the jury is still out.
- Space
Potential future fireworks
Already bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, the star epsilon Aurigae may be trembling at the brink of a powerful outburst.
