In a new book about the space race, Megan Prelinger sees hopes, dreams and fears in the form of magazine ads.
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Reaching for the Stars When Space Was a Thrill
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Reaching for the Stars When Space Was a Thrill
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Speed Reading of DNA May Help Cancer Treatment
Monday, March 8th, 2010If altered bits of genetic material could be picked up in a patient’s bloodstream, they would serve as a direct and sensitive marker of cancer.
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Speed Reading of DNA May Help Cancer Treatment
Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Monday, March 8th, 2010Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?
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Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Monday, March 8th, 2010Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?
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Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon
Monday, March 8th, 2010“Relatively pure” ice is believed to be in small craters near the lunar north pole, and researchers say it could be easily tapped by future explorers.
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Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon
Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon
Monday, March 8th, 2010“Relatively pure” ice is believed to be in small craters near the lunar north pole, and researchers say it could be easily tapped by future explorers.
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Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon
Observatory: Greens Get a Boost Under the Supermarket’s Glow
Friday, March 5th, 2010Researchers found that spinach leaves exposed to light had higher levels of vitamins than those kept in darkness.
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Observatory: Greens Get a Boost Under the Supermarket’s Glow
Special Report: The Female Factor: After Harvard Controversy, Conditions Change but Reputation…
Friday, March 5th, 2010Harvard has changed in the five years since Lawrence H. Summers suggested that innate differences might explain why fewer women than men succeed in science and math.
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Special Report: The Female Factor: After Harvard Controversy, Conditions Change but Reputation…
Why Do Lizards Have Ears? To Eavesdrop, Perhaps
Thursday, March 4th, 2010While most lizards do not communicate among themselves, some use their ears to listen for warning calls from other animals, researchers say, which could alert them to predators.
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Why Do Lizards Have Ears? To Eavesdrop, Perhaps
Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Critics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.
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Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets