Children’s Books
Benjamin Franklin, who turns 300 this year, has received a fine birthday gift in these two volumes.
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OBSERVATORY
University of Bristol researchers Nigel R Franks and Tom Richardson lead study on learning behaviors of ants; research, which is published in journal Nature, finds that ants use tandem running technique in which learner ant trails along with teacher ant; David F Raikow of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and colleagues conduct study of chemical menadione, natural product that is called SeaKleen and is used to treat ballast water and its impact on dormant eggs of marine species buried in ballast sediment; research, which is published in journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, finds that effects of menadione on eggs appears minimal and that they could be transferred from one marine environment to another causing spread of invasive species; National Science Foundation sponsored Web portal, ben.clusty.com, offers researchers direct look into contributions to science of Benjamin Franklin; Dr Erik Asphaug and Craig B Agnor of University of California, Santa Cruz, develop computer model that suggests formative years of inner solar system involved various types of collisions between objects resulting in variety of outcomes; earlier research suggested that collisions were primarily mergers between objects forming larger bodies; research is published in journal Nature; drawing (M)…
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[TS] Shaking the Foundation of Faith
Science, religion and the Cape Ann earthquake of 1755.
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NEW YORK OBSERVED; Annals of Medicine, Yellow With Age
A rare-book library offers a 1542 surgery text, letters from Freud, a discreet 1839 sex manual and the odd hairball or two.
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