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  1. Science on American Television: A History by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette

    This history of science programs  illustrates the shifting line be­tween education and entertainment. Univ. of  Chicago, 2013, 306 p., $45

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  2. Earth

    Quakes in Slo-Mo

    Barely detectable tremors may portend major destruction.

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  3. Life

    Mice get brain boost from transplanted human tissue

    An experimental transplant of what have long been considered just support cells shows they may play a role in memory and learning.

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  4. Humans

    Of Mice and Man

    The lab mouse is being remodeled to better mimic how humans respond to disease.

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  5. Planetary Science

    When an asteroid heads for Earth, it’s time to reconsider those doomsday plans

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  6. Math

    Real-life Maxwell’s demon adds fuel to debate about status of the second law

    Fight Club had its First Rule (don’t talk about Fight Club). The Transporter enforces Rule Number 1 (never change the deal). And NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs observes Rule 1 (never mix the suspects together in the same room). Physics has the second law of thermodynamics. It’s weird when you think about it. Movies […]

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  7. Space

    No vacancy around stars

    The Milky Way’s planets pack tightly around their stars, according to simulations using data from the Kepler space telescope.

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  8. Chemistry

    Missing link in taste chain identified

    Taste-cell protein sends message to brain that tongue has detected sweet, bitter or umami flavor.

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  9. Physics

    Vortex gets tied in knots

    Physicists use 3-D printing and tiny bubbles to capture twisted-up water.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Immune cells chow down on living brain

    Microglia prune developing rat and monkey brains by eating neural stem cells.

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  11. Life

    Camel ancestors lived in the Arctic

    Fossils on Ellesmere Island suggest famous desert dweller got its start in cold regions.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Baby may be cured of HIV

    Only viral traces remain after prompt treatment of newborn, suggesting no working virus is left in the girl’s body.

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