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  1. Math

    Rating Researchers

    A physicist has come up with a formula for characterizing a researcher's scientific output.

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  2. Humans

    Letters from the December 3, 2005, issue of Science News

    Eye on energy “Cosmic Ray Font: Supernova remnants rev up ions” (SN: 10/1/05, p. 213) is unfortunately murky. It’s confusing to state that accelerating charged particles to high speeds “therefore” produces cosmic rays. And what “charged particles”? Is the “energized” gas in fact “ionized”? “Energized” is too general a word. Finally, why are high-speed particles […]

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  3. Humans

    From the November 30, 1935, issue

    A giant salt container, slimming down overweight children, and taking isotopes for a spin.