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With science at its best, answers raise questions.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
May 9, 2009... Birds and bees, ants and plants are among the most familiar--and most well-studied scientifically--life-forms on the planet. You'd think that if you wanted to know something about how any of them work, you'd go look it up in a book (excuse me, I meant the Internet). But whether looking in...

Scientific observations.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(Professor Bennett G. Galef Jr.)(Quotation)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... "As I have told my students... I view a life in science as a marathon, not as a sprint. My goal is to ask simple questions arising from clearly stated hypotheses, to use both simple experimental designs and transparent statistical analyses, to proceed one step at a time, experiment after...

Science past: from the issue of May 9, 1959.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(global warming forecast)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... FORECAST 25% INCREASE IN AIR'S CARBON DIOXIDE--A 25% increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere during the 150-year period ending in 2000 A.D. has been forecast. Dr. Bert Bolin of the University of Stockholm in Sweden told the National Academy of Sciences meeting in...

Science future.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(fairs; contests)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 9, 2009... May 10 Winners of the "Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest" announced in Naples, Fla. View entries at illusioncontest. neuralcorrelate.com May 10-15 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for students in grades 9-12 in Reno, Nev. Visit www.societyforscience.org...

Earth.(SN Online: www.sciencenews.org)(iron in water)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... Iron in water seeping from an underground ecosystem takes on a rusty hue as it oxidizes (below). Surprisingly hearty life forms use the iron to breathe in their long-isolated, dark and salty home. See "Antarctic ecosystem holds unusual microbes." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]