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A Black Hole is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
There’s plenty for both kids and adults to learn in this colorful look at the discovery of black holes and what scientists know about them today. Charlesbridge, 2012, 74 p., $18.95, ages 9–12
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What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz
Plants have senses too, a biologist shows. Though they can’t hear Chopin they do have ways to essentially touch, see and taste the world around them. Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012, 173 p., $23
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The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary by Jeffrey A. Barrett and Peter Byrne, eds.
A collection of original documents, many hard to find, relating to one of the most controversial of the many interpretations of quantum mechanics. Princeton Univ., 2012, 389 p., $75
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BOOK REVIEW: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
Review by Alexandra Witze.
- Health & Medicine
News Briefs: Body & Brain
How deaf people process other senses, a gene variant that protects against Alzheimer's, and special cells that wrap and feed neural extensions
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- Health & Medicine
Cartilage Creation
New joint tissue could keep people moving, reducing need for knee or hip replacements.
- Health & Medicine
The Brain Set Free
Lifting neural constraints could turn back time, making way for youthful flexibility.
- Health & Medicine
Ecstasy may cause memory problems
New users of club drug do worse than nonusers on one recall test.
- Earth
Stronger storms may destroy ozone
Extra water vapor churned high into the atmosphere by climate change–fueled tempests could trigger destructive chemical reactions.
- Chemistry
Terminator termites have unique technique
Age intensifies likelihood of workers turning into tiny suicide bombers.
- Humans
Maiden shows signs of TB-like infection
Molecular analysis yields clues about the immune system activity of a probable sacrificial victim.
