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The Case of the Deformed Frogs

Norman Johnson

A review of A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story, by William Souder and Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis, by Sheldon Krimsky.


Darwinians Look at Rape, Sex and War

Craig Stanford

A review of A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion, by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer and Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior, by Bobbi S. Low.


"A Strange New Quantum Ethics"

Jonothan Logan

A review of Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn.


The Moral Landscape of Bomb Physics

Gregg Herken

A review of In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist, by Silvan S. Schweber.


Science and Faith: An Excerpt from Brother Astronomer


Expansion Is Accelerating

Pangratios Papacosta

A review of The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos, by Donald Goldsmith.


Supersymmetry X 2

Bjorn Andreas

A review of The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume III. Supersymmetry, by Steven Weinberg.


The Cardiology Industry

Aloyzio Achutti

A review of Saving the Heart: The Battle to Conquer Coronary Disease, by Stephen Klaidman.


God's Observatories

Steven Harris

A review of The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories, by J. H. Heilbron.


More Deep Thoughts from Robert Ballard

Richard Strickland

A review of The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration, by Robert D. Ballard with Will Hively.


Design Flaw

Norman Johnson

A review of Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology, by William A. Dembski and


Salmon: an Environmental Tragedy in Two Acts

William Dietrich

A review of Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis, by Jim Lichatowich and


Is God Alive?

George Kauffman

A review of How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, by Michael Shermer.


On the Wing

Trevor Pitcher

A review of Gatherings of Angels: Migrating Birds and Their Ecology, edited by Kenneth P. Able.


Not So Black and White

Paul Achter, Celeste Condit

A review of Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It, by Jon Entine.


An Engrossing Primer on Xenotransplantation

Harold Vanderpool

A review of XENO: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, by David K. C. Cooper and Robert P. Lanza.


Starlight Nights, The Sky Is Not The Limit, and more . . .


Untamed Heart

Roger Martin

A review of The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex, by David Buss.


Meaningful Byproducts

G. William Domhoff

A review of Dreaming Souls: Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind, by Owen Flanagan.


Hot Spots

James Case

A review of Windows Into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel.


India's About-face

David Morrison

A review of India's Nuclear Bomb: Impact on Global Proliferation, by George Perkovich.


Bugs in the Courtroom: Excerpts from A Fly for the Prosecution and Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles


. . . and Sometimes Artful Arrangement

Peter Bowler


The Misinterpretation of Dreams

G. William Domhoff


Old Developments

Clive Wynne




 

Feynman:
An Excerpt from a New Comic Biography

Read an excerpt from the new graphic-novel-style biography of Richard Feynman in an American Scientist slide show


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About once a month at Sigma Xi headquarters, we liven up the lunch hour with an American Scientist Pizza Lunch talk. In these informal lectures, scientists describe new research to nonscientists. The series is light on jargon but heavy on solid science. Each Pizza Lunch offers an in-depth look at its subject, whether it's bedbugs or the smart grid. Click below to read about and download these talks -- and to subscribe!



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