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Science NewsAt 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star2007-12-20 05:30 - Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country with his online lectures. Essay: Darwin’s Era, Modern Themes: Science, Faith and Publication 2007-12-19 06:01 - ?Trumpery,? a play that opened this month in New York, explores a period teeming with religiosity and controversy. Observatory: A Comet Is Missing, So Spacecraft Will Go to NASA’s Next ... 2007-12-19 06:01 - NASA has given its Deep Impact spacecraft a new mission. Observatory: Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discrim... 2007-12-19 05:30 - Even without mouths or guts, the worms of the genus Osedax feast on the bones of ?whalefalls,? carcasses on the seafloor. Observatory: A Clearer Muddy Story: Fast-Flowing Water Can Form Deposi... 2007-12-19 05:30 - New findings suggest that fine clays may be deposited by relatively fast-flowing water. Cosmic Clash 2007-12-19 05:30 - Astronomers have released an image of what looks like galactic warfare. Signs of TB in Ancient Skull Support Theory on Vitamin D 2007-12-19 05:30 - Scientists have found evidence of a peril that human ancestors encountered in their migrations out of Africa: tuberculosis. Findings: Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine 2007-12-19 05:30 - We and our machines are about to go through a rocky transition as the machines get smarter and take over more tasks. Laws of Nature, Source Unknown 2007-12-19 05:30 - Which came first: the order or the universe? And can science ever supply an answer? The Way We Live Now: Our Decrepit Food Factories 2007-12-17 05:30 - What sustainability is really about. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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