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From the February 21, 1931, issue
WHAT BABIES THINK ABOUT What are baby’s secret thoughts? Babies understand what is said long before they are able to speak, psychologists have discovered. Wherefore, parents are reminded to think before they talk in front of even very young infants and to count to 10, or 110, before indulging in a family tiff while the […]
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PhysicsThe Atoms Family
Dracula doesn’t want to suck your blood. He wants you to enter his online library and learn about the properties of light, waves, and particles. Here at “The Atoms Family” Web pages, created by the Miami Museum of Science, Dracula and four other silver-screen ghouls invite Web surfers into their laboratories to try out physics […]
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Health & MedicineCalcium supplements for chocolate
Using soap chemistry, scientists prevented some of chocolate's saturated fat--and calories--from being absorbed.
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Health & MedicineCan childhood diets lead to diabetes?
Prolonged consumption of foods that break down quickly into simple sugars appears to foster obesity and vulnerability to diabetes, an animal study shows.
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ChemistryResearch shows why water acts weird
A new technique shows a link between water's unusual physical properties and its abnormal molecular structure.
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ChemistryNew all-metal molecules ape organics
Researchers have stumbled upon the first all-metal, aromatic molecules.
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Organ donations take family toll
Taiwanese people who donate organs from a deceased family member still support that decision 6 months later, despite frequently experiencing negative consequences related to their culture and religion.
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Hormone therapy may prove memorable
Healthy, older women may be protected against losses of verbal memory that typically occur with age if they receive hormone-replacement therapy.
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Materials ScienceFrom Metal Bars to Candy Bars
Materials scientists have turned the tools of their trade on some of the most familiar substances in the world: food.
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Finally, scientists are exploring the nature of religious experiences. Scientists will soon discover that the final frontiers of science and the origin of religion are one and the same. In authentic Zen Buddhism, ultimate reality is that from which all things come and to which all things return. Astrophysicists are traveling in time to find […]
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Planetary ScienceHappy landing: Craft descends onto Eros
On Feb. 12, NEAR Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid, the space rock 433 Eros.
By Ron Cowen