Columnists Philip and Phylis Morrison look at the development of the written word some five millennia ago in their article... ... Read More

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Author:  Philip Morrison ,  Phylis Morrison

Reading the cracked brown fragments of fossils and sequences of DNA, scientists have found clues that the story of human origins has more convolutions than previously thought.... ... Read More

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Merely accruing additional years beyond the biblical span of three score and 10 would be unwelcome if they just prolonged suffering from illness.... ... Read More

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Biotechnology might offer the best way to keep some endangered species from disappearing from the planet... ... Read More

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Author:  Robert P Lanza ,  Betsy L Dresser, ,  Philip Damiani

James Burke takes an encyclopedic look at wordsmiths, dirty old men, rock hounds, ETs, and the visitor`s London in this month`s "Connections" column... ... Read More

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Like a story by Victor Hugo as told to Neil Simon, the events leading up to the creation of the atomic bomb involved accidental encounters among larger-than-life figures... ... Read More

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Author:  William Lanouette

Studying how the mind and brain work sounds like it ought to be about as futile as trying to grab handfuls of air.... ... Read More

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Wise and witty James Burke`s titles this month`s essay "Class Acts" - he ties together Stonehenge, stamps, clear air and tea... ... Read More

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Most of the 35 million people infected with the AIDS virus live on the African continent, where drugs that fight the virus are rare. Will the world let them die?... ... Read More

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Author:  Carol Ezzell