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Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist by Maddalena Bearzi
A marine biologist chronicles her life in the field and offers an insider’s view of how scientists study marine mammals in the wild. Univ. of Chicago, 2012, 216 p., $26
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Evolution in a Toxic World by Emily Monosson
A toxicologist traces how life evolved to deal with toxic substances and how this plays into chemical exposures today. Island Press, 2012, 232 p., $35
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BOOK REVIEW: Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum
Review by Sid Perkins.
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- Humans
Stone Age art gets animated
Cave paintings and decorated disks provided moving experiences in ancient Europe.
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- Physics
Quantum teleportation leaps forward
Two teams report beaming information about particles over long distances, a step toward creating satellite quantum communication networks.
- Astronomy
Milky Way will be hit head-on
The Andromeda galaxy is destined to slam directly into ours, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show.
- Genetics
Poppies make more than opium
A 10-gene cluster controls the flowers’ production of a valuable cough suppressant and antitumor compound.
- Life
Treatment helps paralyzed rats walk
A combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and therapy can restore lost connections between lower limbs and brain.
